What does the Bible say about pornography?

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What does the Bible say about pornography? We're going to answer that question. By far the most searched for terms on the internet relate to pornography.

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Pornography is rampant in the world today. Perhaps more than anything else, Satan has succeeded in twisting and perverting sex.

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He has taken what is good and right, which is a loving sex between a husband and a wife, and replaced it with lust, pornography, adultery, rape, and homosexuality.

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Pornography can be the first step on a very slippery slope of increasing immorality.

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Just as a drug user must consume greater quantities of drugs or more powerful drugs to achieve the same high, pornography drags a person deeper and deeper into hardcore sexual addictions and ungodly desires.

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The three main categories of sin are the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.

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Pornography definitely causes us to lust after flesh and is undeniably a lust of the eyes.

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Pornography definitely does not qualify as one of the things we are to think about according to Philippians 4 .8.

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Pornography is addictive and destructive. Lusting after other people in our minds, which is the essence of pornography, is offensive to God.

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When habitual devotion to pornography characterizes a person's life and he continues in sin without seeking help, making no attempt to stop or feeling no desire to change his behavior, it demonstrates the person may not be saved.

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For those involved in pornography, God can and will give the victory. Are you involved with pornography and desire freedom from it?

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Here are some steps to victory. Confess your sin to God. Ask God to cleanse, renew, and transform your mind.

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Ask God to fill your mind with things that are true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, and commendable.

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Learn to possess your body in holiness. Understand the proper meaning of sex and rely on your spouse alone to meet that need.

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Realize that if you walk in the spirit, you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.

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Take practical steps to reduce your exposure to graphic images, install pornography blockers on your computer, limit television and video usage, and find another

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Christian who will pray for you and keep you accountable. That answers the question, what does the

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