Inability
to Think With Purity
“Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men
as brethren; The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all
purity” (1 Timothy 5:1-2). Paul encourages Timothy to treat other
members of the church as he would his own family. No one blasts their relatives
for wrongdoings but takes the time to work with and help them through an issue.
Notice how Timothy was to treat the younger females. “With all purity”
indicates that that his thoughts about his “sisters” were to be clean. The idea
is that of a stream with no impurities whatsoever. It is proven that
pornography changes the way an individual thinks. The addiction causes one to
be focused on impure things. Guess how that individual will view their family
in Christ and others? Those will not be thinking with all purity but will be
controlled by impure thoughts about the ones they love.
Interestingly
enough, if one were to make a decision to quit today these problems were
disappear within weeks to months. Sure, it takes time and effort but it is
worth it in the end. While these will disappear with discontinued usage, there
is one major problem which may never be resolved even if one quits.
Pornography Defiles the Marriage
Bed
“Marriage is
honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God
will judge” (Hebrews 13:5). Pornography
can and will destroy a marriage. Countless times it has caused one member of
the union to begin making unreasonable demands of their spouse. That person
will begin judging their significant other to those which are seen on a
computer screen on a daily basis. Eventually the marriage is destroyed because
of a loss of love.
Again, these are not all encompassing but just scratch the surface of the
physical issues caused by continued use.
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