What does the Bible say about pornography?

The Bible’s View of Pornography and Sexual Sin

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

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

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.

The three main categories of sin are the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. Pornography definitely causes us to lust after flesh and is undeniably a lust of the eyes. Pornography definitely does not qualify as one of the things we are to think about, according to Philippians 4 .8.

Pornography, Addiction, and Evidence of Unbelief

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

Steps Toward Freedom and Renewed Thinking

For those involved in pornography, God can and will give the victory. Are you involved with pornography and desire freedom from it? Here are some steps to victory. Confess your sin to God. Ask God to cleanse, renew, and transform your mind.

Ask God to fill your mind with things that are true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, and commendable. Learn to possess your body in holiness. Understand the proper meaning of sex and rely on your spouse alone to meet that need.

Realize that if you walk in the Spirit, you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. Take practical steps to reduce your exposure to graphic images, install pornography blockers on your computer, limit television and video usage, and find another Christian who will pray for you and keep you accountable.

That answers the question, what does the Bible say about pornography? Research this question further on our website, GotQuestions .org. Be sure to click subscribe and check out these other questions.