The author and axians, John Piper, pointed out poems that should give Christians a motivation to resist their desires, as records suffer from temptation to see pornography.
As CBN News reported last fall, a new study that exceeded the pornographic phenomenon, a joint venture between BARNA Group and Pure Desire Ministry, allows about 54 % of Christians and 68 % of non -Christians will watch pornography. I did it. When it was broken, the survey revealed that 75 % of Christian men and 40 % of Christian women use pornography at various levels.
The 79 -year -old Minister answered a question from a listener named Derek in the ASK Pastor John podcast.
In the Old Testament aisle, King David says, “You will show me how you live.
Piper encouraged the believers to motivate them to reject the sinful satisfaction in front of God for their eternal joy. Pornography provides incorrect satisfaction compared to the eternal satisfaction from Jesus.
He said, “Bible,” “I use fear and hope to pull us away from impurities.”
The Minister based in Minneapolis pointed out a letter to the Romans at 8:13. There, the apostle Paul wrote as follows. But if you kill your sinful properties through the power of the spirit, you will live “(NLT).
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Piper said that the central theme of the Bible was a line of fear and promise.
“Hell is real. Heaven is better. Flying from hell; pursuing heaven,” he pointed out and focused on the results of sin and the interests of justice. He says, “Other religions do not reveal the god who sent their son to endure the punishment of the enemy’s sin.”
Eventually, Piper encouraged Derek and other believers facing the same temptation to the desire -looking back on the two reality specified in the Bible: “My heart has become beautiful, The heart turns into blood.
Beauty is the promise of eternal being with God, and blood is the sacrifice of Jesus, which enables the reunion with God. He said that these two truths are the best motivation for purity.
“My ears hear that Jesus says,” I suffer from a cross sentence to keep you away from sin and desire, and accept enhancement of joy and joy forever. ” 。 “And, in that case, the poem 16:11 is the biggest promise purchased at the maximum price, so I hope it will be the biggest power for purity.”
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