Watching "Un-christian Porn" - protect your heart

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phil112

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The scriptures have admonished in several places to watch what goes into our hearts. The gateways into our hearts are what we hear and what we see.

There have been many complaints of people being personally attacked because their beliefs were different then the attackers. This seems to be a common occurrence. Disagreements will always be with us here on this earth as we all see in part and know it part.

Slander, bitterness and malice are common place and to see believers doing this to other believers is just as deadly as watching porn. When I see the typing of such malicious words on here , it is defiling us to have to view this on our screens. This is why I call it watching "Un-christian Porn".

How do we protect our hearts from the garbage that is being sent to us through our eyes while on this site?

Matthew 18:15-17 (KJV)
[SUP]15 [/SUP] Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

If the person keeps on spewing garbage to you then ask them to stop and if they don't then just put them on the "ignore" status. This is what unfortunately I have had to do to a few that persisted in their malice. There is a way to disagree without attacking - personally the person, the name-calling, the bitterness being expressed and manifesting hate filled malice towards your brother or sister.

Ephesians 4:29-32 (NASB)
[SUP]29 [/SUP] Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
[SUP]30 [/SUP]Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
[SUP]31 [/SUP] Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice
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[SUP]32 [/SUP] Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.


I encourage you to protect your heart and stop watching this "Un-christian Porn " being brought in to you through your eyes.....just put the offending people on "ignore" if they continue with their malice towards you. Just "shake the dust off your feet" towards them.

Bless them and leave them in the loving hands of our Lord. He will love on them. He will be faithful to them.

Send them off with the words of Paul...

Acts 20:32 (NASB)
[SUP]32 [/SUP] "And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.


Proverbs 4:23 (KJV)
[SUP]23 [/SUP] Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.



Side note: If you are manifesting what has been addressed above and I don't respond to you it's probably because I have heeded my own counsel.
Porn only has one definition and that is sexual in nature. I have seen nothing of the sort here.
I really don't get that. Is that really the subject matter, the thoughts, that you want to entice from people reading your posts?
It defiles you to see someone, what, suggesting scripture? Give us an example because I have no clue what porn you're referring to.
 
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how is it, you can understand or see , grace, as unmerited faviour.

yet return, to some sort of action. yet everyone could say, a modern day statement, no body is perfect.(2016)

a bible statement.
0 Now therefore why do you put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?11 But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are."(they are, refers to the gentile)Acts 15

the aim of the fruits of the spirit,
love , joy, peace etc

for example. if you could use a number between 1 to 10. to grade your own idea of how your own love. joy, peace( etc ) measures , how would you grade your self. 1 (would be bad ) ware 10 would be very good or excellent. etc

if you scored all 1s,(for all the fruits etc) how would this stop grace a gift, or unmerited faviour.
 
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Read it again....it's talking about our eyes seeing evil that is being written on the screens.....seeing people slandering and speaking hate malice filled words to them....the greek word for evil is [FONT="Gentium" !important][I]ponēros = an active form of evil
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[/SIZE]Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old Testament and New Testament Words...


[QUOTE="phil112, post: 2462188"]Porn only has one definition and that is sexual in nature. I have seen nothing of the sort here.
I really don't get that. Is that really the subject matter, the thoughts, that you want to entice from people reading your posts?
It defiles you to see someone, what, suggesting scripture? Give us an example because I have no clue what porn you're referring to.[/QUOTE]
 
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phil112

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Read it again....it's talking about our eyes seeing evil that is being written on the screens.....seeing people slandering and speaking hate malice filled words to them....the greek word for evil is [FONT=&quot]ponēros = an active form of evil
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Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old Testament and New Testament Words...
Porn isn't in the bible. The english definition, and the one most associated with that word, is sexual debauchery.
Un-christian porn? Is there a christian porn?
There was, in my opinion, a hundred better ways to express yourself than that.
Why you would even consider using a word that has such a generally wicked connotation is beyond me.
 
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coby

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Porn isn't in the bible. The english definition, and the one most associated with that word, is sexual debauchery.
Un-christian porn? Is there a christian porn?
There was, in my opinion, a hundred better ways to express yourself than that.
Why you would even consider using a word that has such a generally wicked connotation is beyond me.
I thought it was a good one. Everybody sees porn as a filthy sin, so you don't go to the porn site but a nice christian forum and then think backbiting and hate and unforgiveness isn't that bad.
 
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phil112

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I thought it was a good one. Everybody sees porn as a filthy sin, so you don't go to the porn site but a nice christian forum and then think backbiting and hate and unforgiveness isn't that bad.
Since you quoted me I'm gonna assume you are accusing me of such things.
This is where Willie would want you to come talk to me about such things, maybe bring a couple of witnesses.
I'll be satisfied with you providing posts where I said or insinuated such a thing.
Because surely you wouldn't bring a false accusation. Surely.
 
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We get the word "porn" from the greek word = ponēros = an active form of evil

It is used 76 times...in the KJV bible.....I considered using the word "porn" because it means evil.....never mind..you obviously didn't get the gist of it..it's ok...:)

evil 51
wicked 10
wicked one 6
evil things 2
miscellaneous translations 7
[Total Count: 76]

Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary.


Porn isn't in the bible. The english definition, and the one most associated with that word, is sexual debauchery.
Un-christian porn? Is there a christian porn?
There was, in my opinion, a hundred better ways to express yourself than that.
Why you would even consider using a word that has such a generally wicked connotation is beyond me.
 
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coby

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Since you quoted me I'm gonna assume you are accusing me of such things.
This is where Willie would want you to come talk to me about such things, maybe bring a couple of witnesses.
I'll be satisfied with you providing posts where I said or insinuated such a thing.
Because surely you wouldn't bring a false accusation. Surely.
Lol I don't even know you and most of the time I don't read those Bible discussions because I saw it happening. Who did it I have no idea, not one person. I used to be on christian forums and you saw it happening all the time. In fact on every forum I've been on, because it's just fruitless to discuss things except when everyone can do it in a mature respectful way and most of the time people can't. I did it myself too. Wot? You accuse me? I accuse you back! Lets just focus on unity and the harvest. As if it is any use to warn people on forums about false teachers or teach them your doctrin when they disagree. I did it a long time, but I stopped. It's no use. Better just lift each other up and help each other.
 
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It had nothing to do with him....you were just trying to answer his question and stating what the "evil" was in the OP.....:)..


Lol I don't even know you and most of the time I don't read those Bible discussions because I saw it happening. Who did it I have no idea, not one person. I used to be on christian forums and you saw it happening all the time. In fact on every forum I've been on, because it's just fruitless to discuss things except when everyone can do it in a mature respectful way and most of the time people can't. I did it myself too. Wot? You accuse me? I accuse you back! Lets just focus on unity and the harvest. As if it is any use to warn people on forums about false teachers or teach them your doctrin when they disagree. I did it a long time, but I stopped. It's no use. Better just lift each other up and help each other.
 
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phil112

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Lol I don't even know you and most of the time I don't read those Bible discussions because I saw it happening. Who did it I have no idea, not one person. I used to be on christian forums and you saw it happening all the time. In fact on every forum I've been on, because it's just fruitless to discuss things except when everyone can do it in a mature respectful way and most of the time people can't. I did it myself too. Wot? You accuse me? I accuse you back! Lets just focus on unity and the harvest. As if it is any use to warn people on forums about false teachers or teach them your doctrin when they disagree. I did it a long time, but I stopped. It's no use. Better just lift each other up and help each other.
I agree. It would be helpful if you were more careful with your posts. Read that back and see if doesn't sound like an accusation.
I'm real big on using words that best convey the exact point one is trying to make. Apparently I'm about the only person here that sees any importance in that.
Which is the problem I have with this thread to start with. Porn conveys no kind of bible instruction, lesson, or passage to me, and I'm fairly familiar with the bible.
 
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KennethC

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Lol I don't even know you and most of the time I don't read those Bible discussions because I saw it happening. Who did it I have no idea, not one person. I used to be on christian forums and you saw it happening all the time. In fact on every forum I've been on, because it's just fruitless to discuss things except when everyone can do it in a mature respectful way and most of the time people can't. I did it myself too. Wot? You accuse me? I accuse you back! Lets just focus on unity and the harvest. As if it is any use to warn people on forums about false teachers or teach them your doctrin when they disagree. I did it a long time, but I stopped. It's no use. Better just lift each other up and help each other.
I understand what you are saying here, but at the same time not bringing the Truth forward but leaving the person to walk in the false teachings they have been lead in is dangerous and makes us guilty of not helping them.

Not helping others in need is the same as denying Christ.................Matthew 25
 
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coby

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*For all the law is fulfilled in one word,*even*in this:*“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15*But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
 
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Hence the God given "ignore" button for those that need it....thank you mods..that button comes in handy......:)
 

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Since you quoted me I'm gonna assume you are accusing me of such things.
This is where Willie would want you to come talk to me about such things, maybe bring a couple of witnesses.
I'll be satisfied with you providing posts where I said or insinuated such a thing.
Because surely you wouldn't bring a false accusation. Surely.
Willie would want you to do this? Does the Bible verse not count?
 
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coby

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I understand what you are saying here, but at the same time not bringing the Truth forward but leaving the person to walk in the false teachings they have been lead in is dangerous and makes us guilty of not helping them.

Not helping others in need is the same as denying Christ.................Matthew 25
Yes that's true but I think we must all watch out how we do it and if God even asks you to do it. Sometimes it's better to pray for someone that they see it themselves. I remember I was very fond of some false teachers. If someone warned me I didn't listen and only just stopped talking to them.
My ex went to a real dangerous false teacher years ago and he wanted to warn everyone, also pastors from Holland. God said: That's not your task. I have leaders of big churches who must do that and later they did.
 
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We get the word "porn" from the greek word = ponēros = an active form of evil

It is used 76 times...in the KJV bible.....I considered using the word "porn" because it means evil.....never mind..you obviously didn't get the gist of it..it's ok...:)
Not true. It comes from porne, which means prostitute.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography#Etymology

The word is similar to the Modern Greek πορνογραφία (pornographia), which derives from the Greek words πόρνη (pornē "prostitute" and πορνεία porneia "prostitution"[9]), and γράφειν (graphein "to write or to record", derived meaning "illustration", cf. "graph"), and the suffix -ία (-ia, meaning "state of", "property of", or "place of"), thus meaning "a written description or illustration of prostitutes or prostitution".
 
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KennethC

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Yes that's true but I think we must all watch out how we do it and if God even asks you to do it. Sometimes it's better to pray for someone that they see it themselves. I remember I was very fond of some false teachers. If someone warned me I didn't listen and only just stopped talking to them.
My ex went to a real dangerous false teacher years ago and he wanted to warn everyone, also pastors from Holland. God said: That's not your task. I have leaders of big churches who must do that and later they did.

Well that maybe what God told you but that is not what He said to me by the Holy Spirit, and I am far from being a leader in a big church.

I wanted to learn and only do prophecy study when I started out, but the Holy Spirit told me this is not for you yet and said He had other more important things He wanted me to learn and carry out first.

He lead me in 6 years of Paul studying and the warnings that Paul gave to believers, as He told me this is important because people are falling away do to not standing firm in the sound doctrine of Christ.

Once I got through those studies He said go and warn others of the false teachings going about, and told me not to be worried as I will not be well accepted when exposing them.

I have lost heart a couple times on here because of the heat I have taken for His name, but thanks be to the working of the Holy Spirit He has kept me on here as well in other places to bring His Truth !!!

The only reason this is not for all is that some will not be able to stand up to the attacks !!!
 
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Now..that is good Godly wisdom in action...it's for leaders to confront leaders...and to let the Lord lead them in doing that ..

..some think it's their duty to go heretic hunting and it's just an excuse to malign people that don't believe what they do....those that do that are baby Christians and just walking in the flesh.....it's just the nature of the beast....but then again there is the coveted "ignore' feature....:)

Yes that's true but I think we must all watch out how we do it and if God even asks you to do it. Sometimes it's better to pray for someone that they see it themselves. I remember I was very fond of some false teachers. If someone warned me I didn't listen and only just stopped talking to them.
My ex went to a real dangerous false teacher years ago and he wanted to warn everyone, also pastors from Holland. God said: That's not your task. I have leaders of big churches who must do that and later they did.
 
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KennethC

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Now..that is good Godly wisdom in action...it's for leaders to confront leaders...and to let the Lord lead them in doing that ..

..some think it's their duty to go heretic hunting and it's just an excuse to malign people that don't believe what they do....those that do that are baby Christians and just walking in the flesh.....it's just the nature of the beast....but then again there is the coveted "ignore' feature....:)

You have been shown multiple times that the rebuking and reproving is not just for leaders in the church, yet you continue to spread this around.

I am not a leader in my church but I know exactly what the Holy Spirit lead me to study and pass on, and He told me clearly my position was to warn of heresies of false teaching that is influencing the churches today.

He said we are in the great falling away and many people need to be saved quickly now more then ever !!!

Please keep refraining from telling people something we all can do if the Holy Spirit so deems us to do is only for leaders !!!