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Dr. Jim Garlow is a lifelong pastor who most recently served in San Diego, California, and now leads Well Versed, a ministry dedicated to bringing biblical
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Porn's Widespread Impact and Christian Reality 0:10 Well, we welcome you now to chapter 30 in our ongoing video series, Reverse from Culturally Woke to Biblically Awake. If you don't have this book, go to well versed world dot0:22 org, and we'll get make sure you get a copy. I hope you've already read this chapter before we talk about it. But if you haven't, you're welcome to read it after we finish this video clip. We're talking0:34 about chapter 30, the topic of pornography. Not particularly new in culture, the Greco Roman culture. You can trace all kinds of erotic0:45 behavior to those time frames. If you look at the frescoes, for example, or statues of Mount Vesuvius, destroyed by a volcano, There you can find erotic0:57 literature in the form of these frescoes. I remember many, many years ago, my wife and I and my parents visited. We were we were in the Holy Land, and we we went to Mount Vesuvius as1:09 part of a subtour after that. And, being quite candidly very shocked at what we saw there that represented the pornography of the day.1:21 With the advent of the printing press, there was then now more sophisticated form of pornography. And then with photography. And then with motion picture. And of course, with the1:32 Internet. And you add to that the reality of Hugh Hefner and his influence, or before him, Albert Alfred Kinsley and his, very1:45 wrongful reporting of sexual ethics. And the result is you have a culture that's very, very damaged in the sexual arenas. In fact, the first use of the Internet, to my understanding, was1:56 in France. And the first use of the Internet was simply for the purpose of passing around pornography. That was its original usage. I don't know if that's its intent, but that's original usage for some2:08 time before it became something, more used by the general public. If you happen to have your book, turn to page 2 31. And and and there's a there's a 1 paragraph I wanna read to2:20 you. What's wrong with pornography? The primary concern about pornography is its distortion of perceptions of sexuality. The explicit and often exaggerated portrayal2:32 of sexual acts creates unrealistic expectations about sexual experiences, which in turn leads to sexual dissatisfaction, body image2:44 issues, and difficulty establishing healthy intimate relationships based on genuine emotional connections. Researchers have found that the earlier a2:56 person starts using porn, the more likely they will turn to bestiality or child porn in the future. Pretty jolting fact. And how widespread is it?3:07 Well, severely. 75 percent of parents said they did not think their children had excess porn. But of the parents that thought that, 533:19 percent of those children said they in fact had. It's not only profoundly addictive, but it sexually objectifies women. They're3:31 more objects as opposed to human. It dehumanizes women. And tragically, those who participate in pornography are more likely to support violence against3:43 women. There's nothing good that comes from this medium. It's addictive. It sets a dopamine in the brain, much like alcohol and other addictive substances.3:55 And lest we think that this is just the world doing this, the statistics regarding Christians are very sobering. What does the Bible tell us about this? The4:07 Bible tells us it's sinful behavior. It tells us it's also pornography is a gateway to acting out in worse increasingly worse ways. The eye gate, the Bible says, is4:19 to be protected. We're to think on those things that are pure and right and holy and just. The warnings in scripture about sin entering our souls through the eye gate are very common, and we are to be proactive to4:31 not put ourselves in these tempting situations. Job 31, Psalm 1 19, Proverbs 6. But the most damaging thing is what we do to ourselves.4:43 I said in a previous taping, let me just repeat it in this 1, there's something about our sexuality and our spirituality, our spirit that are intertwined. When we mess with4:55 our sexuality, we tamper with our spirit who we are. This is why it's very hard to see homosexuals set free.Sexuality, Spirituality, and Abundant Life 5:07 Why it's so hard to see pedophiles set free. Why it's so damaging to children when they're taken advantage of and sexually molested. There's something5:19 about the core of us, our spirit, and our sexuality that are sufficiently intertwined that when you tamper with that arena, abusively, by pornography5:31 or other actions similar to that, the result is catastrophic to ourselves and our spirits and who we are. What's the goal? The goal is for a5:43 person to live the full abundant life. What does the abundant life include? It includes marital satisfaction. It includes sexual satisfaction in the scope of5:55 marriage. And 1 does great personal harm when they participate in pornography and other related things outside of the pattern for sexuality that God has established.6:07 God wants to bless your life. He even wants your sexual life to be blessed. And so he says, protect your eyes, protect what you see so that you may walk in6:19 the fullness of the blessings that God has. Yes. Even in sexual expression. So we're moving from culturally woke to biblically awake.6:32 Father, we come to you in prayer over this issue. Lord, we pray for purity and against sexual perversion. In all its forms,6:44 may our relationship be 1 of integrity and holiness with you. Give us the gift of holiness and respect for others. Protect6:56 our children, especially in Jesus' name. Cleanse our airways and our communication realms, father. We ask for your divinePrayer for Purity and Closing 7:08 intervention by the Holy Spirit to go through every access portal in our lives for what we see, what we hear, what we do, what we say. Govern our7:20 bodies, our souls, our minds with your presence. In Jesus' name, amen.7:27 We hope you enjoyed the video. Thank you so much for watching. Hey. Don't forget to check out this discussion questions that are attached. Have a fun time studying and we will see you in the next chapter.In this video 0:00 Porn's Widespread Impact and Christian Reality5:00 Sexuality, Spirituality, and Abundant Life7:00 Prayer for Purity and Closing
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