Monday, January 31, 2005
Desensitizing the Spirit
All Things Possible make a good point:
This double life of outward Christianity and hidden sin distorts reality and brings confusion.Darkness of mind signifies the lack of light in a person's thinking. The more a person gives himself over to the power of sin, the harder he grows toward God. He may still attend church, sing all of the songs of worship, and even enjoy some good preaching, but there is a thick callous around his heart that keeps him from feeling the Holy Spirit nudge him toward repentance. The more a person sins, the thicker that callous grows.
The sin of pornography is a crafty beast. Unlike many other sins (smoking, drug abuse) it doesn't cause outward physical harm. This makes the hidding of it so much easier. Pornography also enjoys some societal acceptance. This leaves the addict to hide behind the "everyone does it" or "I'm a man, what can you expect?" statements.
Because of this I believe pornography is one of the hardest sins to battle for a Christian. To be able to ask for help from God (anyone who has battled this will know that it takes more than self-decipline) the person has to know in thier heart that it is wrong and is killing their communion with God. But the excuses slow this process, many times to a complete halt.
The danger is, as All Things Possible points out, eventually the sin gets cocooned in denial and is never dealt with. All the while the Christian's heart becomes becomes harder and darker until all joy has left and all areas of their life scarred.
This double life of outward Christianity and hidden sin distorts reality and brings confusion.Darkness of mind signifies the lack of light in a person's thinking. The more a person gives himself over to the power of sin, the harder he grows toward God. He may still attend church, sing all of the songs of worship, and even enjoy some good preaching, but there is a thick callous around his heart that keeps him from feeling the Holy Spirit nudge him toward repentance. The more a person sins, the thicker that callous grows.
The sin of pornography is a crafty beast. Unlike many other sins (smoking, drug abuse) it doesn't cause outward physical harm. This makes the hidding of it so much easier. Pornography also enjoys some societal acceptance. This leaves the addict to hide behind the "everyone does it" or "I'm a man, what can you expect?" statements.
Because of this I believe pornography is one of the hardest sins to battle for a Christian. To be able to ask for help from God (anyone who has battled this will know that it takes more than self-decipline) the person has to know in thier heart that it is wrong and is killing their communion with God. But the excuses slow this process, many times to a complete halt.
The danger is, as All Things Possible points out, eventually the sin gets cocooned in denial and is never dealt with. All the while the Christian's heart becomes becomes harder and darker until all joy has left and all areas of their life scarred.
# posted by Joe Florida @ 7:51 AM 
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Pornography is in all ways one of the worst of the plagues that is upon the "church" First you peek, then you sneak, and you end up a creep. The "eye is never satisfied." We must do like Job. We (the spiritual and righteous believer) must "make a covenant with our eyes." (Job 31:1) If you are into porno you are unable to walk under any anoiting. You are correct in saying, "light" is snuffed out in this type of man's thinking. This undermines all power and conviction in the church and like secret abortion leads to compromise with the "false light" of the worlds wisdom. Thanks for posting this blog. You are in my "top 100" bolg list.
Bruce Harpel. ("Sprucegoose")
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