4 Reasons Christians Should Not Watch Porn
By Allen Parr
Christians and pornography? The two should not go together. This video provides 4 reasons why Christians should not watch pornography.
What’s the big deal about watching a little porn every once in a while?
The world will say, “There’s nothing wrong with it. You’re not hurting anybody. It’s better than committing adultery or fornication.” But today I want to share with you what I believe are 4 problems associated with watching porn and the first is what I’m calling the…
#1 – The Inverse Effect – The inverse effect says, “The more I look at porn the less our desire will be for my spouse.” This one you can take to the BANK! • For example, if you’re married without even thinking about it, you will subconsciously compare your spouse to a world of fantasies and because your spouse may not be able to replicate your fantasy created through watching porn then over time your desire for them will decrease. • Why does this happen? (It’s because SATAN TEMPTS US WITH SEXUAL BOREDOM!) Our human nature is naturally attracted to that which is new. And every time we watch porn there is the possibility of being exposed to newness, novelty and variety which could be the antithesis of what you’re experiencing with your spouse which ultimately causes your desire for them to go down. The second major problem with pornography is that it creates insecurities.
#2 – Creates insecurities – Watching porn can create insecurities both within yourself and in your spouse. • If you’re watching pornography you will subconsciously begin to compare yourself with the people you see on the screen leading you to believe that if I don’t look this way, if I don’t sound this way, if I don’t perform this way then I may not be satisfying to my spouse leading you to feel insecure with how God created you. • On the flip side if your spouse knows you are watching pornography, it can cause them to feel like they have to measure up and compete with all the fantasies you are creating in your mind which isn’t fair to them because they are being compared to something that not’s reality. The third problem with watching porn is that it…
#3 – Hinders your spiritual life – Watching pornography is conducive to living in shame and secrecy which is exactly the place where the enemy wants you to be. He wants you to be secretive, embarrassed, ashamed so that you don’t feel comfortable sharing with other people the things that are going on in your life. Not only that, but we can sometimes feel too ashamed to even come to God because we feel dirty (Prov. 28:13). We feel unworthy to pray to God; unworthy to read our Bibles; we feel unworthy to get our prayers answered; we sometimes don’t feel worthy to come to church and we stay away from community because we think if people only knew what I’m dealing with they wouldn’t accept us. For the Christian who is being convicted by the Holy Spirit it hinders us from creating that intimacy with God that we so desire. The fourth problem with watching pornography is that it…
#4 – Is an insatiable desire – One of the biggest problems with pornography is that it can lead to other forms of sexual sin. In other words it’s only a matter of time before we get bored with the fantasy and want to make our fantasy a reality which means it can lead to a. Fornication, adultery (married), maybe even swinging, coveting someone else’s spouse. b. (Now you tell me…if you’re thinking about this (arrow) all day aren’t you going to want to eat one sooner or later?) One of the major problems with pornography is that it invites you, it entices you to think that, “Oh if I just watch a little bit of porn I’ll be okay or I just need a little bit more to get by” deceiving you into thinking that it provides relief, when in actuality it slowly enslaves you to the point where before you know it, the more you do it the more you want to do it.
Now I know this is a sensitive subject and in this video I surfaced the problem but stay tuned for my blog this Friday where I provide practical next steps we can take to attack this issue of pornography.
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