No, Sleeping with Your Wife's Mother Isn't "Complicated" - It's an Abomination
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No, Sleeping with Your Wife's Mother Isn't "Complicated" - It's an Abomination

You came here looking for what exactly?

Permission? An excuse? Justification?

You won't get any of that.

What you're doing isn't a "complicated relationship". It's not a "mistake". It's not "just sex".

It's an abomination before God.

And if you don't repent immediately,you will destroy your life, your wife, your mother-in-law, and bring God's judgment upon yourself.

What the Bible Says Without Ambiguity

It's Explicitly Condemned

Leviticus 18:17- "You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter... They are near of kin to you. It is wickedness."

Leviticus 20:14- "If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is wickedness. They shall be burned with fire, both he and they, that there may be no wickedness among you."

Did you read?"They shall be burned with fire."

God doesn't say "it's inappropriate". He doesn't say "it's unwise".He orders death penalty.

It's Not Just Adultery - It's Incest

Deuteronomy 27:23- "Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law!"

CURSED.

Not "the one who makes a mistake". Not "the one who has moment of weakness".CURSED.

When you married your wife, her mother became your mother-in-law.She's your family. Your blood by covenant.

Sleeping with her isn't just cheating on your wife.It's spiritual incest.

Early Church Condemned It Violently

1 Corinthians 5:1-5- "It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father's wife! And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you!"

A man was sleeping with his father's wife (his stepmother).Paul ordered his immediate excommunication.

"Such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles."Even unbelievers found it repugnant.

And you're wondering if it's normal?

Why It's an Abomination

1. You Violate God's Created Order

Genesis 2:24- "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh."

When you married your wife, you became one flesh.Her family became your family.

Her mother is no longer "a woman".She's your mother-in-law. Your family.

Sleeping with her is like sleeping with your own mother.It's destroying boundaries God established.

2. You Betray Multiple People Simultaneously

You betray your wife- Your adultery is already horrible. But doing it with HER MOTHER?It's unimaginable cruelty.

You betray your mother-in-law- She should see you as her son by covenant.You made her your mistress.

You betray your children(if you have any) - You destroy their family and introduce perversion that will mark them for life.

You betray God- You spit on His created order and His explicit commands.

Proverbs 6:32-33- "Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; whoever does so destroys his own soul. Wounds and dishonor he will get, and his reproach will not be wiped away."

Your reproach will not be wiped away.Never.

3. You Destroy Multiple Lives Irreparably

Your wife:How can she ever trust you again? How can she look at her own mother?You destroyed her entire family.

Your mother-in-law:What mother does this to her own daughter?She'll carry this shame and guilt forever.

Your children:They'll discover one day.How will they look at their father? Their grandmother?

Your extended family:This sin will contaminate entire family.Family relationships destroyed for generations.

4. You Defile Marriage Bed in Extreme Way

Hebrews 13:4- "Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge."

Marriage bed must be pure.You defiled it in worst possible way.

Not with a stranger. Not with a coworker.With your wife's mother.

It's extreme desecration.

5. You Open Door to Generational Curses

Exodus 20:5- "For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me."

This sin of spiritual incest doesn't affect only you.It affects your children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren.

You think it's "just between consenting adults"?No. You're cursing your descendants.

The Lies You Tell Yourself

"No One Will Know"

GOD KNOWS.

Numbers 32:23- "Be sure your sin will find you out."

And this kind of sin?It always gets discovered eventually.

A word dropped in anger. Guilt that shows through. A confession under alcohol.Truth always comes out.

"We Really Love Each Other"

No, you don't love each other.

Love doesn't destroy.Love doesn't betray.

1 Corinthians 13:4-6- "Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth."

What you're doing isn't love.It's lust, perversion, and betrayal.

"It's Just Sex"

There's no such thing as "just sex".

1 Corinthians 6:16- "Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For 'the two,' He says, 'shall become one flesh.'"

Every time you sleep with her,you become one flesh.

You create spiritual bond with your wife's mother.It's total perversion of God's order.

"My Wife Doesn't Satisfy Me"

Then divorce. But don't do this.

Matthew 5:32- "But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery."

Divorce for non-biblical reasons is sin.But what you're doing is thousand times worse.

If your wife doesn't satisfy you:

  • Seek Christian marriage counseling
  • Work on your marriage
  • Pray for your wife and yourself
  • But DON'T SLEEP WITH HER MOTHER

"We'll Stop Soon"

Stop NOW. Not "soon". NOW.

James 4:17- "Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin."

You KNOW it's wrong.Every day you continue is willful sin.

"Nobody's Perfect"

True. But not everyone sleeps with their mother-in-law.

Romans 6:1-2- "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?"

God's grace isn't excuse to continue in sin.Especially sin this serious.

What Will Happen If You Continue

1. Your Marriage Will Be Completely Destroyed

There's no possible reconciliation after this.

Your wife can forgive many things.Not this.

Proverbs 6:34-35- "For jealousy is a husband's fury; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. He will accept no recompense, nor will he be appeased though you give many gifts."

When she discovers,fury will be total. And justified.

2. You'll Lose Your Children

What child wants to stay with father who slept with their grandmother?

They'll despise you. They'll be right to.

Ephesians 6:4- "Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord."

You're not raising them.You're destroying them.

3. You'll Be Excommunicated from Any Serious Church

1 Corinthians 5:11- "But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person."

No biblical church will keep you in its ranks.You'll be excluded. Cut off.

4. Your Reputation Will Be Destroyed Forever

This kind of scandal isn't forgotten.

In your family. Among your friends. At your work. In your community.Everyone will know.

Proverbs 22:1- "A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold."

You threw your reputation in the trash.For illicit sex.

5. You Attract God's Direct Judgment

Hebrews 10:31- "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."

Galatians 6:7- "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap."

You're sowing abomination.You'll reap judgment.

Perhaps disease. Perhaps total financial loss. Perhaps sudden death.God will judge.

What You Must Do IMMEDIATELY

1. Stop NOW

Not after "one last time". Not "we'll decrease gradually". NOW.

Romans 13:14- "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts."

2. Confess Your Sin to God

1 John 1:9- "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

On your knees. In tears.With true repentance.

"Lord, I have sinned against You. I have committed abomination.Forgive me and change my heart."

3. Cut All Contact with Your Mother-in-Law

No more messages. No more calls. No more solo visits. NEVER.

If you must see her (family events),your wife must be present. Always.

Proverbs 6:27- "Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?"

4. Confess to Your Wife

Yes, you must tell her.

She has right to know.You owe her the truth.

She'll probably divorce.That's her biblical right.

Matthew 19:9- "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery."

She can divorce for infidelity.And what you did is most extreme infidelity.

5. Seek Pastoral Counselor Immediately

You need professional Christian help.

Find pastor or counselor who:

  • Will take your sin seriously
  • Will hold you accountable
  • Will help you walk in repentance
  • Won't minimize what you did

James 5:16- "Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed."

6. Accept the Consequences

You destroyed lives. There will be consequences.

  • Your marriage will probably end
  • Your children will be hurt
  • Your family will be torn apart
  • Your reputation will be ruined
  • You'll have to live with this shame

Galatians 6:7- "For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap."

But if you truly repent,God can forgive you.

He won't remove consequences.But He can restore your soul.

7. NEVER Contact Your Mother-in-Law Alone

For rest of your life.

Even if you reconcile years later.Never alone.

1 Thessalonians 5:22- "Abstain from all appearance of evil."

If You're the Mother-in-Law

Yes, You're Also Guilty

Deuteronomy 27:23- "Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law!"

This verse doesn't say "cursed is the man only".Both are under curse.

You betrayed your own daughter.Your own flesh and blood.

What mother does this?

You Must Repent Too

Everything said above applies to you:

  • Stop immediately
  • Confess to God
  • Confess to your daughter (if possible)
  • Cut contact with your son-in-law
  • Seek help
  • Accept consequences

Proverbs 28:13- "He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy."

The Final Message for You Reading This

If You're Currently Doing This

STOP. TODAY.

Not tomorrow. Not next week.TODAY.

Ezekiel 18:30-32- "Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin... Therefore turn and live!"

Turn.Or you'll die spiritually and perhaps physically.

If You're Thinking About It

FLEE.

2 Timothy 2:22- "Flee also youthful lusts."

Don't even start.The first look. The first thought. The first flirtation.

Flee like Joseph fled Potiphar's wife.

Genesis 39:12- "She caught him by his garment, saying, 'Lie with me.' But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside."

Leave everything.And run.

If It Already Happened in the Past

Repent. Confess. Repair what can be repaired.

God can forgive.But you must truly repent.

Isaiah 1:18- "Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD, though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool."

God can whiten even this sin.If you truly repent.

The Final Truth

NO, it's not normal to have relationship with your wife's mother.

It's biblical abomination. Spiritual incest. Sin that cries for vengeance to heaven.

God says:"CURSED is he who does this."

Not "it's complicated". Not "it's debatable". CURSED.

If you continue,you're heading toward total destruction.

If you repent,God can forgive you. But consequences will remain.

Choose today.

Joshua 24:15- "Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve."

You can't serve God and sleep with your mother-in-law.Choose.

Foundational Bible Verses

Leviticus 20:14- "If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is wickedness. They shall be burned with fire."

Deuteronomy 27:23- "Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law!"

1 Corinthians 5:1- "It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you... such as is not even named among the Gentiles."

Hebrews 13:4- "Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge."

Galatians 6:7- "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap."

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