Gospel Music Bites Word Of The Day: Sexual Sin (5) – Pornography
gospel | Oct 15, 2009 | Comments 0
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:27-28).
When your single, pornography can appear to be a good alternative to having a sexual relationship, but it does the opposite. It totally distorts what sexual relationship should be. It destroys the need for human connection, the God-given intimacy between a husband and a wife.
God gave us sex to be experienced in marriage. When we twist that into something that is self-serving and self-focused and definitely not God-focused, it takes away the beauty of romance.
Young people, in the future when you marry, your mind will have been twisted into thinking that sex is something totally opposite to what God created it to be. When you use pornography in place of a relationship, you are setting yourself up for failure in marriage. You’re destroying the future marriage. Pornography sets a standard that no human being can ever live up to, because its not real and this destroys the marriage. It is much more dangerous than most people think.
Jesus explains in Matthew 5 that thinking about sex outside of marriage is just as wrong as doing it. This is a radical idea for many people are deceived into thinking that as long as they are not actually having sex, they have done nothing wrong. Think about this as you judge others. Lusting, masturbating, watching and reading pornography with out doing the act is the same sin and needs repentance and spiritual assistance. (See Matthew 5:27-28 above).
Ray Of Hope
For those who are struggling Jesus says, “neither do I condemn you,” “Go now and leave your life of sin.”(John 8:11)
With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ’s being-here-for-us no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud (pornography). A new power is in operation. The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death.
Today’s Prayer
Father, there is no place for pornography in a life lived for You. Strengthen me to stay far away from this temptation. Amen.
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