Porn's Influence on Christians — Shane Idleman

Pride Revealed Through Backsliding

And what's he go on to say? Because their transgressions are many, their backslidings have increased. And that's a sure sign of pride. Regression is a sign of pride. Anytime somebody begins to regress from God, backslide, turn from God, pride is at the forefront.

It's sure not humility. It's sure not humility and needing God. It's pride. It's pride driving us away from God. And that's what happens. The pride of your heart has deceived you. He says that often to his people, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Joel, Amos, Obadiah.

The Deception of the Heart

All these guys are saying the pride of your heart has deceived you. Wake up, the pride of your heart has deceived you. You see how deceptive this area is? How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by those that are not even God's.

Sexual Promiscuity and Spiritual Adultery

When I had fed them to the full and they committed adultery and assembled themselves by troops in the harlot's houses. What he's saying, there's so much promiscuity, sexual promiscuity. They're just lined up at the door.

The Porn Industry and Cultural Perversion

The porn industry, number one billion industry, tops all sports combined. All this lust and this perversion. Everybody wants to put a porn star sticker on their truck. I want to say, wake up, that's perversion.

Pornographic Symbols and the Corruption of Youth

You're not cool. You're going against God. Think about it. We've got our young girls now thinking it's cool to have porn star things on their purses, stickers on their cars, as if God is going to just wink and say, oh, no big deal.

He says you lust after these evil perversions. Turn back to me, people. A lot of people are watching these things, all these shows, wife swapping, desperate wives, the Kardashians or Kardashians or whatever.

All this stuff. All this stuff. We laugh, but we watch it and we wonder why, what's going on. We're lusting after all these perversions. The lust of your heart has deceived you. It's drawn you away from God.

Worship Shaped by What Enters the Mind

You tell me what you watch, I'll tell you what you worship. That's just the truth, myself included. What you allow into the mind gate to influence you is what you ultimately worship. There's no way around that.

Renewing the Mind Against Worldly Conformity

Be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. I told you I'm a little bit angry today. I'm on the war path. The enemy's coming after too many families, coming after too many marriages.

I see too many young adults ruining their lives when they know better. This lust and this perversion everywhere. You got porn on Facebook. You got soft porn on Carl's Jr. commercials for the love of God.

Pornography in Mainstream Advertising

It's a hamburger place.