each other

i read numbers 5:5-6 today

"The LORD said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites: 'When a man or woman wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the LORD, that person is guilty"

and it struck me the 'logic' that God has here that we don't have.
it explicitly says when a man or woman wrongs another in any way they are unfaithful to the LORD.
and i'm sure that a lot of our thinking about reality is wrong and a lot of our 'intrinsic', inherited values are wrong. but while i don't know what all of those are, and i do know that it is definitely true here. my emphasis and weight on relationships with other people ought to have the weight of being a decision and impact directly upon God. it is He who has said that we should love our neighbours [as ourselves] and my decision to comply or not can't be made on the basis of that person's 'value' or 'appeal' but it is a matter of my faithfulness to the LORD.
David knew this. psalm 51

"Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight"