The Strange Woman

The Strange Women

      As well as warning us to beware of the folly of the lust of the flesh as it pertains to falling into the sin of adultery, the mention of the strange woman in scripture typifies, and speaks of anything that would draw us away from God. Adultery in scripture also has a twofold meaning, in that, not only does it pertain to the actual act of physical adultery, but it also typifies and speaks of the act of turning away from our first love, who, for the Christian and child of God, is our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

The command given to us that we should not commit adultery is a twofold command to warn us not to leave our physical mates for another, but also, it is a warning to the bride of Christ for us not to become involved in any affair that would constitute our committing spiritual adultery against our first love. So, the mention of the strange woman in the scriptures speaks of any thing, or any one, that would draw us away from God and his perfect will for us. Speaking of the strange woman, Proverbs 5: 4 says: “Her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two edge sword.”

What are the results of yielding to those things that draw us away from God? When we are drawn away from God and commit adultery with other gods we are cast about by every wind or doctrine. We are like the chaff that is blown about by the wind, according to Proverbs 5:6 . an unstable life without foundations , where it says: “Lest thou shouldest ponder the paths of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.”

What are some of the strange women in our lives with whom we commit adultery? Could it be a sin that we have not confessed that draws us out of fellowship with God? Could it be a grievance of the Holy Spirit because of something that we have not made right, perhaps a broken promise, or a vow that we have not kept? Could it be that there is some person - husband, wife, son or daughter, mother, father, or friend, that we desire their admiration, respect, and esteem so much that we would turn aside from God to them? Is the strange woman in our lives our material possessions, our house, our car, our business, bank accounts, our Job? Is it our education? Is it our standing in the community?

Whatever it is that draws us away from God and causes us not to put God at the very pinnacle of our lives, and the seat of our conscious worship, is nothing but an adulterous whore, and we are warned to seek wisdom that we may be kept away from the strange woman which flatereth with her words. Following the strange woman means ultimate destruction. God admonishes us not to be a wanderer away from God. Be true to your first love. Be true to the wife of your youth. Bride of Christ, be true to the one who has bought you and married you.

Thou shalt have no other gods before thee. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul. So shall thou keep his commandments and live.