Pornography Matthew 5:27-29

This post seeks to link pornography and the heart of an individual.

Pornography, the viewing of lewd pictures or images, causes sexual arousal. Jesus discussed adultery by coupling viewing of the image of a woman with sexual desires and the heart, Matthew 5:27-29. “You have heard … it …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. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.” In this scripture, Jesus orders a drastic solution to this terrible sin. He says destroy the part of the body, the eye, that admits this image to the brain or heart! Thus, using the eyes to view pornography in any form can cause the loss of the soul to hell.

Jesus also clearly identifies the source of many defiling sins as coming from the heart, including sexual immorality, Mark 7:21-23. “And he said, “What comes out of a person … defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

So, viewing lewd images causes the mind, the heart, to sin.

The Apostle Paul provides guidelines for the thoughts of our minds, Philippians 4:8. “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever … honorable, whatever … just, whatever … pure, whatever … lovely, whatever … commendable, if …any excellence, if … anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”

Using the mind or heart to dwell on pure, commendable things rather than allowing the eyes to focus on pornographic images and thoughts should characterize the Christian.

So, what did we learn?

1.Viewing lewd images causes sinful thoughts.

2.Often, sin begins with wicked thoughts in the heart.

3.Christians should think pure thoughts.

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