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The Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect says child abuse is "any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, an action or failure to act that presents an imminent risk of serious injury. ".This is what happens to children when a parent's adultery leads to divorce making it almost always does.

The children are: ten times more likely to be abused physically and/or sexually. four times more likely to become alcoholic. six times more likely to abuse drugs.

three times more likely to have behavioral disorders. 2 times more likely to drop out of school. twelve times more likely to end up in prison. three times more likely to become an unwed parent. five times more likely to reside in poverty. three times more likely to commit suicide. (No Innocent Affair: Creating Right the Wrong of Adultery).When a person commits adultery they seldom give thought to the greatest damage which will be caused by their selfish action, as adultery is the most bizarre example of selfishness. And the couple adulterers that do give thought to the consequences which are going to be visited on others they purport to love (such as their children), will rationalize their actions to be able to justify what they know in their heart isn't justifiable.

As a Christian, I see this all too frequently. Some adulterers will proceed so far as to assert adultery is within their children's best interests, as if are happy they will be much better parent. How sad that sin can cloud the mind as it does. But for those of us who claim his name, we must consider how God sees this issue. Jesus said in Matthew 18: 6, "But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it'd be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea." Christ, the Son of God, a man of peace, that was ready to die for the sins of all humanity said it'd be better to get a guy to be drowned than induce a young child to sin.

Reread the statistics.1 Timothy 5: 8 states: "However, if anyone does not provide for his own, particularly for those of the own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." How can you provide for the needs of your kid when, by way of adultery, you are in the process of destroying their own world? You can't which makes you worse than the usual non-believer. The important words being "worse than. ".As I said earlier, there are a thousand reasons not to cheat on your spouse, but none more important than what you're about to do to your innocent kid who believes in you that loves you that trusts you.

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