Is watching pornography a sin?
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Old post but had to comment.
Here are some versus to clear up any confusion...
NIV version...
Now for the matters you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman." 2*But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19*Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20*you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
*Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14*Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9*Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
Here are some versus to clear up any confusion...
NIV version...
Now for the matters you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman." 2*But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19*Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20*you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
*Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14*Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9*Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
Watching porno is lusting and lusting or coveting is a sin which lure you away from God. It make you focus more on the flesh, and which you'll lose contact of the spirit. What give us real pleasure is the spirit, but not the flesh. Pleasing the flesh is keeping you trapped and or enslaved to worldly things by having you addictive to them because they are only temporary which causes you to seek more of it; but pleasing the spiritual soul last for ever.
Porn and masturbating is known as lust. If it gives you a sexual desire and you act on it then it is a sin. however having sexual desires is a part of the human flesh, but going to porn is a bit to far. I am not one to talk because I have seen porn( although it seems really weird to me) but like any other sin it is something we can overcome and ask for forgiveness. people need to stop condemning themselves about these things and just work with god to beat it.
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Watching porn is a sin.
Because it is NOT just the watching....it is where it comes from, how it is made.
Not good.
Stop.
Think of how this was filmed...produced...paid for.
It is not good in any way....it is simply not LIGHT.
End of.
WWJD....watch it? be involved in the production of it and the exploitation?....I think not.
God Bless you all who admit to this, men are not alone, in fact men are stepping up and admitting their struggles but it affects women too. It is not a simple 'watch in my own home...who is it hurting' story.
COME ON!! this is not at all clean, open, loving and edifying.
In ALL ways, acknowledge Him and He will Bless you...
Porn...never blesses anyone.
STAND!!
God Bless all who seek Him in their weakness...thank you Lord that you LOVE us, no matter what we have done or are doing, in Him, we are cleansed totally!! Thank you Jesus, <><
Because it is NOT just the watching....it is where it comes from, how it is made.
Not good.
Stop.
Think of how this was filmed...produced...paid for.
It is not good in any way....it is simply not LIGHT.
End of.
WWJD....watch it? be involved in the production of it and the exploitation?....I think not.
God Bless you all who admit to this, men are not alone, in fact men are stepping up and admitting their struggles but it affects women too. It is not a simple 'watch in my own home...who is it hurting' story.
COME ON!! this is not at all clean, open, loving and edifying.
In ALL ways, acknowledge Him and He will Bless you...
Porn...never blesses anyone.
STAND!!
God Bless all who seek Him in their weakness...thank you Lord that you LOVE us, no matter what we have done or are doing, in Him, we are cleansed totally!! Thank you Jesus, <><
If you were a Christian you would not have the thoughts in your head that would lead you to ask. It would be beside the point. Your question shows your absolute ignorance of what sex is, how it was created, what it is for, or anything about it except the mechanism of it. Also, your inability to experience it.
God created us, created the world, made it to operate in a certain way. Sex is one of the major things God created and blessed us with. Lots of things revolve around it. Pornography has absolutely no part in sex, it is a non issue.
If you go back to Genesis, it will explain just what sex is. Go to the book Song of Solomon and it gives a lot of the spiritual and physical of sex. Each month a woman has her seed die and creates a new one. God is involved in sex. It represents all the love and caring that marriage is, and the possibility of creating new life.
The thing you are seeing in pornography is taking something holy and dragging it in the dirt. Satan loves it, Satan usually uses God's words when He temps us. He is taking something of God to make it hateful, it is one of Satan's crowning achievements.
God created us, created the world, made it to operate in a certain way. Sex is one of the major things God created and blessed us with. Lots of things revolve around it. Pornography has absolutely no part in sex, it is a non issue.
If you go back to Genesis, it will explain just what sex is. Go to the book Song of Solomon and it gives a lot of the spiritual and physical of sex. Each month a woman has her seed die and creates a new one. God is involved in sex. It represents all the love and caring that marriage is, and the possibility of creating new life.
The thing you are seeing in pornography is taking something holy and dragging it in the dirt. Satan loves it, Satan usually uses God's words when He temps us. He is taking something of God to make it hateful, it is one of Satan's crowning achievements.
Justifying something as "not as bad" is not the way to go that leads straight into legalism and becoming a "Pharisee". To God there isn't lesser sin or greater sin (with exception of Denouncing the Holy Spirit which I do not want to get into) whether I lie or I cheat or I steal or I kill its all sin in God's eyes not little sin normal sized sin or BIG SIN its all sin in God's eyes. Although sin is the same in God's eyes the consequences of said sins are NOT THE SAME. i.e I lie to my brother about taking his car on a joyride I kill my brother for taking my car on a joyride...both of those would be sins yet the first would just mean an angry brother while the second would mean prison time. All sins are created equal however NOT ALL CONSEQUENCES OF SIN ARE EQUAL!
Your argument that masturbation and lusting for another is not a sin because it keeps you from having actual sex is preposterous to say the least. So if I do "anything but have sex" am I still considered "pure"? Of course not...thats legalism and Phariseeism (if that's a word). Jesus said woe to you Pharisees you hypocrites they would swear on the temple and then not keep a promise that they swore they would, and would Justify it by suggesting well I didn't swear on the GOLD OF THE TEMPLE...simply put sin is sin is sin no lesser or greater sin in God's eyes and lusting and masturbating is putting your own desires of the flesh above the Lord's therefore a sin.
Your argument that masturbation and lusting for another is not a sin because it keeps you from having actual sex is preposterous to say the least. So if I do "anything but have sex" am I still considered "pure"? Of course not...thats legalism and Phariseeism (if that's a word). Jesus said woe to you Pharisees you hypocrites they would swear on the temple and then not keep a promise that they swore they would, and would Justify it by suggesting well I didn't swear on the GOLD OF THE TEMPLE...simply put sin is sin is sin no lesser or greater sin in God's eyes and lusting and masturbating is putting your own desires of the flesh above the Lord's therefore a sin.
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Is it a sin?
1John 2:15 - 17
15 | Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 | For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 | And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
these thing is not of the Father said the bible but of the world, and it is said love not the world=love not these things
1John 2:15 - 17
15 | Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 | For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 | And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
these thing is not of the Father said the bible but of the world, and it is said love not the world=love not these things
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"is not of the Father" mean against the soul
1Peter 2:11
11 | Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which was against the soul;
and if it was against the soul, it kill the soul
but how the soul be killed?
Ezekiel 18:4
4 | ... the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
1Peter 2:11
11 | Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which was against the soul;
and if it was against the soul, it kill the soul
but how the soul be killed?
Ezekiel 18:4
4 | ... the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
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read proverbs 1,16 17 18.porn is covetous by nature.its a trap set to catch anybody off guard.be ready because our adversary satan is here to catch anyone off guard.when I was a child I found my dads porn magazines an questioned then what good can marriage be if a woman is more like a pet and there is no need for love if I have sex.vain imaginations of a lustful boy and foolishness.so beware of your adversary the devil.by the way the devil is the god of this world.so porn is never helpful and can only bring destruction to our Christian faith and leave us wanting and miserable.there is good pleasure and bad pleasure.