(The “right hand” is probably “a euphemism for the male sexual organ.” 4) And Jesus supports those conclusions with two parallel reasons: it is better to lose your eye or genitals than for your whole body to go to hell. Jesus then reaches a logical conclusion: Since it is sinful to look at a woman with lustful intent, therefore, you should tear out your eye if it causes you to sin, and you should cut off your right hand if it causes you to sin. So if you indulge in pornography, you are sinning. Jesus says that looking at a woman for the purpose of lusting is sin. It does not merely prohibit you from stealing someone else’s wife. Jesus authoritatively interprets what “You shall not commit adultery” means. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. You have heard that it was said, “You shall not commit adultery.” But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. In his famous Sermon on the Mount, Jesus addresses lust: Indulging in Pornography Will Send You to Hell You should not indulge in pornography for at least seven reasons. If that describes you, then this article is a way of metaphorically taking you firmly by the shoulders, looking you directly in the eyes, and soberly warning you, “Wake up! Do you realize what the consequences are for indulging in pornography?!” I am particularly burdened to motivate people who habitually indulge in pornography and who are not killing their sin of lust. My burden in this article is to motivate you not to indulge in pornography. Other resources do that well, and I recommend several of them below.
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This article does not comprehensively address how to deal with pornography. My goal is to motivate you to say no to pornography by God’s grace. The most common way this is happening in our culture is by viewing sexually charged images and videos on the Internet. 1 By “indulging in pornography,” I mean that you sinfully allow yourself to enjoy the pleasure of printed or visual material that explicitly describes or displays sexual body parts or activity in order to stimulate erotic feelings. (7) It participates in sex slavery.īoys and men today regularly indulge in pornography-even guys who profess to be Christians. (3) It is a poisonous, fleeting pleasure. (2) It does not glorify God with your body. You should not indulge in pornography for at least seven reasons: (1) It will send you to hell.