Pornography and Christians

## Did You Know?

**Did you know** there are Bible principles that can help the Christian avoid falling into the trap of pornography? Through supplication in prayer to Jehovah, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, God's Holy Spirit can give us the power needed to overcome pornography (Philippians 4:6-9).
**Pray on these scriptures to help, or avoid, the following problems known to be associated with pornography:**

* Undermines marital trust, intimacy, and love.—Proverbs 2:12-17.
* Promotes selfishness, emotional aloofness, and dissatisfaction with one’s mate.—Ephesians 5:28, 29.
* Fuels unhealthy sexual fantasies and cravings.—2 Peter 2:14.
* Tempts users to force objectionable sex practices on their mate.—Ephesians 5:3, 4.
* Promotes emotional and physical infidelity.—Matthew 5:28.

**Pornography** damages the Christians' friendship with God (Romans 1:24). The unclean practice is highly addictive, equivalent to crack cocaine. It is also a crafty act of the Adversary that is designed to corrupt individuals morally, and break down the family unit (Ephesians 6:11; 1 Peter 5:8).

(*or believes everything he sees*),
but the shrewd one ponders each step.
—**Prov. 14:15**

## Biochemical trail

Testifying before a U.S. Senate committee, Dr. Judith Reisman, a leading researcher on pornography, said: “Pornographic visual images imprint and alter the brain, triggering an instant, involuntary, but lasting, biochemical memory trail [that is] difficult or impossible to delete.”

## Enlaves

Pornography enslaves people, so as to become to themselves, as "slaves of corruption" (2 Peter 2:19). People who indulge in pornography often cover up their habit. Many suffer from feelings of isolation, shame, anxiety, depression, and anger. In some cases, they even develop suicidal tendencies. In the family arrangement, "couples and families break up over porn.”—(*The Porn Trap*, by Wendy and Larry Maltz). The Bible tells marriage mates not to “deal treacherously” with each other. (Malachi 2:16) Infidelity is the kind of treachery that can devastate a marriage and lead to separation and divorce. Such breakups, in turn, harm the children from the marriage.

## Behind the scenes

[her death] was a very dramatic thing for me." When
asked why she killed herself, he said, "She became
Savannah. She became her character, who was into
drugs, and needed reassurance all the time. She
forgot who Shannon was ... I knew she wanted out
[of the porn business]."

There exits a Hub to trap the Christian into giving up service to God, where the Christian gets down on his knees and submits to the glory of extreme humiliation and brazen conduct. It is operated by an Evil Angel who bares the mark GGG. The apostle Paul wrote: "we have a struggle, not against blood and flesh, but against the governments, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the wicked spirit forces in the heavenly places. For this reason take up the complete suit of armor from God, so that you may be able to resist in the wicked day" (Ephesians 6:12,13).

"And the angels who did not keep their
positions of authority but abandoned their
proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness,
bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the
great Day. In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire."

—Jude 1:6, *New International Version* (NIV)

## Merciful and gracious

The Bible states: “Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness. For he himself well knows the formation of us, remembering that we are dust.” (Psalm 103:8, 14) He invites humble ones to turn to him to “obtain mercy and find undeserved kindness for help at the right time.”(Hebrews 4:16)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 WT (2013) 8/1, *Pornography—Harmless or Toxic?*
2. ↑ Strong's G3180, **methodeia** (Greek: **μεθοδεία**), trickery—wile, lie in wait, scheme, machination.
3. ↑ **Evil angel**, *See* Angel or Demon