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PORNOGRAPHY

PORNOGRAPHY. Hard-Core Sin 1 Peter 2:9, 11-12. Epidemic of Pornography. A Christian must… Abstain from every form of evil, 1 Ths. 5:22 Be holy as God is holy, 1 Pet. 1:15-16 Make “no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts” Rom. 13:14 Not take fire into his bosom, Prov. 6:27

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PORNOGRAPHY

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  1. PORNOGRAPHY Hard-Core Sin 1 Peter 2:9, 11-12

  2. Epidemic of Pornography • A Christian must… • Abstain from every form of evil,1 Ths. 5:22 • Be holy as God is holy,1 Pet. 1:15-16 • Make “no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts” Rom. 13:14 • Not take fire into his bosom,Prov. 6:27 • Set nothing wicked before his eyes, Psa. 101:3

  3. Effects of Pornography • Spiritual death (Rom. 6:23; Gal. 5:21) • Degrades society (Prov. 14:34) (women, marriage, sexuality, family, etc.) • Trivializes violence and sex crimes • An addictive, self-perpetuating cycle • Contaminates the minds and lives of our children, thus perpetuating its evil

  4. Defining Pornography • Legally: • I may not succeed in defining pornography, “but I know it when I see it.”Justice Potter Stewart (Jacobellis v. Ohio, 1964) • 1973: “Community standards” applied to determine obscenity(Miller v. Calif.)

  5. Defining Pornography • Practically: • Pornography is “predominantly sexually explicit and intended primarily for the purpose of sexual arousal.” (Final Report of the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography, p. 8) • “Sexually explicit pictures, writing or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.” (illusionsprogram.net)

  6. Defining Pornography • Biblically: • Pornographic images contain, depict and promote fornication • Viewing pornography contributes to further lust, lewdness, fornication and violence

  7. Defining Pornography • Biblically: • Derived from porneia (fornication), Matt. 15:19; Rom. 1:29 • porneuo: to commit fornication (1 Cor. 6:18) • pornos: whoremonger, harlot (Eph. 5:5)

  8. Defining Pornography • Biblically: • Proceeds from heart (Matt. 15:19) • Linked with “all unrighteousness” and “wickedness” (Rom. 1:29) • The body is not for it (1 Cor. 6:13)

  9. Defining Pornography • Biblically: • Flee from it (1 Cor. 6:18) • Not to be named among saints (Eph. 5:3) • Abstain from it (1 Ths. 4:3) • Repent of it (2 Cor. 12:21)

  10. Pornography Fuels, Feeds and Foments Evil Lusts • Lust of flesh and eyes, 1 Jno. 2:16 (2 Pet. 2:14) • Enticement to sin, Jas. 1:14-16 • Emboldens acts of fornication, uncleanness, passion and evil desire, Colossians 3:5

  11. Pornography Fuels, Feeds and Foments Evil Lusts • Gives occasion for lustful sins, Matt. 5:28-29 • Traits of pornography, 2 Cor. 12:21 • Uncleanness: impurity of lustful living (slaves of uncleanness, Rom. 6:19) • Fornication: sexual immorality • Lewdness: lasciviousness, unbridled lust, excess…shamelessness (Rom. 13:13)

  12. Presence and Growth of Pornography in America Alarming Growth • 1967: Total retail of all hard-core in U.S. no more than $10 million (perhaps < $5 mil.) • 1996: Americans spent $8 billion • 1985-1996: Growth from 75 to 665 million hard-core video rentals per year • 2006: 957 million video sales and rentals

  13. Pornography Time Statistics Every second $3,075.64 is spent on pornography Every second 28,258 Internet users are viewing pornography Every second 372 Internet users are typing adult search terms into search engines Every 39 minutes A new pornographic video is being created in the United States 13

  14. Presence and Growth of Pornography in America Appalling Acceptability • Increasingly respectable • “Soft-porn” on cable and satellite TV • Sports Illustrated, Vogue, Cosmopolitan • Victoria’s Secret “fashion shows” • Big business • 2006: Total U.S. revenue - $13.3 billion • 2006: Worldwide - $57 billion

  15. Presence and Growth of Pornography in America Appalling Acceptability • Terminology (“soft porn”) • Adult film (victimless crime) “I call it adult entertainment, not porn, because we’re not sleazy guys walking around selling chicks. I mean, in one sense we are, but we’re not in there watching it go on, we’re not watching the girls.” (Andrew Strauss purveyor of pornography)

  16. Presence and Growth of Pornography in America Appalling Acceptability • Viewed positively in marriage • “Has pornography affected your sex life?” Of the 50 percent of those surveyed that said pornography has affected their sex lives, 72 percent said it has been in a positive way. (Oprah.com sex survey)

  17. Presence and Growth of Pornography in America Types of Pornography • Adult magazines • More Playboy and Penthouse circulatedthan Time and Newsweek • Videos • 2006: 957 million rentals • 1997: 25,000 hard-core video stores • Hotel pay-per-view (hundreds of millions)

  18. Presence and Growth of Pornography in America Types of Pornography • Movies and Television • About 900 theaters show porn films • Movie ratings have softened • Internet • No longer the “dirty little secret” • Estimated 372 million porn web pages • 89% produced in U.S. (260 new sites/day)

  19. Presence and Growth of Pornography in America Types of Pornography • Internet • 12% of all websites are pornographic • 25% of all search engine requests • 35% of all downloads are pornographic • Every minute about 1.7 million Internet users are viewing pornography

  20. Presence and Growth of Pornography in America Types of Pornography • Internet • U.S. revenue in 2006 was $2.84 billion • 72% Internet porn users are men • 70% porn traffic occurs during 9-5 workday

  21. Presence and Growth of Pornography in America Things are Getting Worse! • About Internet pornography: “Some of the stuff on there, I mean, I wouldn’t even publish it.” (Larry Flynt, founder of Hustler) “But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.” (2 Tim. 3:13)

  22. Why does it Exist? • Refusal to respect God and one’s fellow man, Rom. 1:21-29; Matt. 7:12; 22:37-39 • Money. Porn is a commodity in demand, and many are getting rich at the moral expense of our nation,1 Timothy 6:10 • Lust: 2000 university study claimed at least 200,000 Americans are addicted to e-porn (“A Lust for Profits”, 42)1 John 2:16

  23. Why does it Exist? • Entertainment. Seeking to “escape the real world,” they plunge themselves into the bondage of sin, 2 Peter 2:19 • Previous sexual abuse. “It is believed that 70% of women involved in pornography are survivors of incest or child sexual abuse.” “Quick Facts About Pornography” http://www.unh.edu/sharpp/stats_facts_folder/pornography.htm

  24. Where does it Exist? • Mainstream media (movies, television, magazines, books) • Advertising. cf. Fashion magazines, men’s magazines, billboards, etc. • Hotel rooms. Pay-per-view porn movies (several $100 millions per year) • The Internet. • Chat rooms, YouTube.com, websites

  25. Where does it Exist? • Cell phones. Teenagers e-mailing photos • In your home? Psalm 101:2-4 • On your computer • On your TV (cable, movie channels, PPV) • In magazines, catalogs, books • Monitor your children and yourself! • Cannot hide sin from God! Num. 32:23; Heb. 4:13

  26. Remedy for and Protection Against PornographyProv. 4:23 • Purify your heart, Jas. 4:7-8; Phil. 4:8 • Make a covenant with eyes, Job 31:1 • cf. King David,2 Sam. 11:2; Matt. 5:28 • Set nothing wicked before your eyes,Psa. 101:3 (Rom. 13:14) • Teach your children God’s will about sex (Heb. 13:4; 1 Cor. 7:1-5)

  27. Remedy for and Protection Against PornographyProv. 4:23 • The cycle of lust, enticement, sin and death can be broken! 2 Cor. 6:17-7:1 • Repent & sever contact, Matt. 5:29-30 • Use prayer, Jas. 5:13 (Phil. 4:6-7)  • Meditate on God’s word, Psa. 1:1-2 • Heed conscience, 1 Tim. 4:2; Eph. 4:19 • Obey God’s truth, Matt. 7:21

  28. Live soberly, righteously and godly For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should livesoberly, righteously, and godly in the present age…(Titus 2:11-12)

  29. Abstain from lusts, live honorably and do good works Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. (1 Peter 2:11-12)

  30. Set your mind on things above If then you were raised with Christ,Seekthose things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.Setyour mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and yourLifeis hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.Colossians 3:1-4

  31. Repentance and Forgiveness is Possible! …and I shall mourn for many who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, fornication, and lewdness which they have practiced. 2 Corinthians 12:21

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