The Unfaithful Wife (continued) a young woman. They had all the hopes and. aspirations of any couple when they got married. She came from the kind of a home where mom. and dad co-operated, working together in all projects. Mother could ask father to help her, and vice versa! On the other hand the husband came from a home where Dad'was czar. One just didn’t ask dad to do any menial tasks. As a result, when this couple were first married and the wife would try to discuss some household problem with the husband, he would respond, “Oh, don’t bother me with your trou bles; you work them out.” Bit by bit their lives began to drift apart. The husband was absorbed in his own work. She was left to build a life all her own. What he didn’t know was that she wasn’t building the kind of a life he thought she was. She had been a very clever woman and had covered up her difficulties. Deceit is one of the products of the human heart. When she came in she asked, “Can you blame me for being lonesome and bitter? I was misunderstood. This, was my way of getting even.” In that sense, she was right; she hadn’t gotten a square deal from her husband. The human heart, rather than committing a person unto God and praying for grace to surround them, tries to hit back and get even. This deception of hers led her to adultery. It is quite understand able for her to say, “He drove me to it.” He certainly made it easy for this woman to do what she did. A woman has a right to expect her husband to become involved in building a life to gether. How natural, when we face difficulties and problems, to draw with in ourselves and to nurse the product of an evil heart Deception and adul tery are both products of the human h eart., Another illustration will also reveal other things that are in the heart. Think of theft and covetousness. A man came into our offices who was very well dressed. He seemed to be a highly respected man. As he sat down, almost .immediately, he put his head
Dr. Brandt Dr. Henry Brandt will be featured August 18-25 at Biola's Family Bible Conference, Firs, Bellingham, Washington. mto his hands and said, “I don’t know how to say it, but I’ve been stealing money from my employer.” I respond ed, “How did you ever get into that?” It seems that he had some friends who had prospered. They had all "started out about the same. They had a little house, a meager but sufficient income, and seeming happiness. But his friends began to better themselves. They were making more money than he was. "They ate in better restaurants, drove nicer and bigger cars. This man’s heart began to be filled with covetousness. There are many of us the same way. We see somebody else succeed but rather than rejoicing with them, we turn sour and are covetous. We say in essence, “He got a lUcky break. I’m just as good.” Again, the product of the human heart is the sort that leads one toward covetousness. My client was in a position where he could see a potential good deal. He could buy a certain quantity of ma terial at a very low price, then turn around and sell it for nearly double the amount. With this he could make him self several thousand dollars. It would, of course, necessitate “borrowing” some of" the company money in order to buy the quantity of materials. But, instead
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