The Curse Of Pornography

look either. Again let me say, God looks at what is in the heart, not what we are actually

doing. If looking is adultery, then we are safe in saying that looking at pornographic

material is committing the sin of spiritual adultery, or adultery committed in the spirit.

Now what do we do about this? “And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and

cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and

not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.” (Matthew 5:29). If pornography is

causing you to sin, then you must take a drastic measure. You need not pluck out your

eye, but you must be willing to do what ever is necessary to stop you from your sin.

Now Jesus is not saying that the Christian will loose their salvation, but He is saying

that the non-Christian will never be saved as long as they are not willing to forsake their

sin, no matter what the cost. The mark of the Christian is the willingness to forsake their

sin when it is pointed out to them. The unwillingness to forsake sin is a mark of the

unregenerate soul. How do you stand when it comes to forsaking sin?

The Christian community does not understand just how big the problem of

pornography is today. It is easy to look at the world and say there is a problem. This is

not what I’m talking about. Pornography is within the Church. Just how bad? I know of

one Church with about 50 male members and 5 of them are having a real problem with

pornography. Families are being broken up, thousands of dollars are being spent and sin

is running unchecked within the Church. At least one of these men has been working

with the children’s program for years. This may be the down fall of a lot of Churches.

Many pastors stand on Sunday morning and preach of the sins of the world. They

point out just how many men and women in high offices are living in sin. They “bash”

the world nearly every week. Many do this for the sake of being popular and keeping

their job. (I often wonder just who their real employer is.) The congregation admires

them for their stand. How sad it is that they hardly ever address the sin that goes on in

their church. If people really were told just what sin was going on inside their church,

many would fire the pastor or go to another church. Not many Christians want to stand

up against sin. They could be called trouble makers by the others in the church. Most

will cover up the sins of others because of their own sins.

It’s time that men who pastor the Church start acting like the shepherd that they are

called to be. Sin must be called sin and not whitewashed down and made to look like the

sin cannot be controlled. Paul wrote to the Romans and told them that they have the

power to overcome any sin, if they want to overcome it. The Christian that claims that

sin has too much of a strong hold on them, may not be Christians at all. The power of

God that saves from sin is the same power available to every one that wants to overcome

and forsake sin. Come on pastors, start shepherding the sheep God has given you and