Oct

22

2009

Justin Taylor|2:24 pm CT

Breaking Pornography Addiction

Here is a two-part article by David Powlison that I pray God would be used to help many break a destructive pattern of sin.

Here is an excerpt:

Imagine that your heart, your true inner self, is a room filled with your thoughts, feelings, experiences, and perceptions. Some are good and full of light, and some are bad and full of evil and darkness. There are two ways to clean out the evil and darkness and bring light and goodness to the whole room. You can eject the evil bodily: Fight the sin! Say no! Call your accountability person. Repent. Remember the Bible. Cry out to God for mercy. That’s one-half of the battle.

The other way you fight sin is to flood your heart with light. When the room of your heart is filled with light, the shadows, the darkness, and the evil will be pushed out. You don’t just put off your sins; you have to put on something new. Part of winning your battle with sexual sin is learning a new way of living.

Read the whole thing.

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5 Comments

  1. LKJR
    October 22, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    A Moralist Will be Unsuccessful in Trying to Displace His Love of the World by Reviewing the Ills of the World. Misplaced Affections Need to be Replaced by the Far Greater Power of the Affection of the Gospel. — Thomas Chalmers

  2. Jugulum
    October 22, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    Amen.

    I’m surprised he didn’t mention Colossians 3:1-17, where we are not just admonished to put off the old self & put to death our worldliness–we are admonished to put on the new self & set our mind on things above. To seek Christ, and to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly.

  3. donsands
    October 22, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    Pornography when i was young was Playboy, for the most part, and that Mag back then was mild compared to today.

    The way porn is so available on the internet is beyond belief. And Christians need all the help we can get. Especially adolescent boys. My heart really goes out for this generation, the way it will have to deal with porn. It’s most likely only going to become worse.

    Thanks for the post.

  4. Burly
    October 23, 2009 at 8:00 am

    I just saw that Tim Chester has a new book on porn coming out: “Captured by a Better Vision: Living Porn Free”.

  5. Luke Gilkerson
    October 26, 2009 at 9:51 am

    Great article! I also really liked his chapter in Sex and the Supremacy of Christ. I am looking forward to this year’s CCEF conference. Last year Powlison’s talk was very informative: http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/11/16/escape-to-reality/

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