{"id":61368,"date":"2023-06-12T17:25:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T22:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=61368"},"modified":"2023-06-12T17:25:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T22:25:21","slug":"what-does-the-bible-say-about-pornography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/what-does-the-bible-say-about\/what-does-the-bible-say-about-pornography\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does the Bible Say About Pornography?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>What Does the Bible Say About Pornography?<\/h1>\n<h2>Lusting for Sex is Wrong<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<em>For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, <strong>not in lustful passion<\/strong>, like the Gentiles who do not know God<\/em>&#8221; (I Thessalonians 4:3-5).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, <strong>passion<\/strong>, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience, and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/Col%203.5-7\" data-reference=\"Col 3.5-7\" data-version=\"esv\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\">Colossians 3:5-7<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart<\/em>&#8221; (Matthew 5:28).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/a-look-at-pornography\/\">A Look at Pornography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-epidemic-of-internet-pornography\/\">The Epidemic of Internet Pornography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/not-what-they-told-you-pornography\/\">Not What They Told You &#8211; Pornography<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Is Pornography Really All That Bad?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Almost everyone realizes pornography is wrong. That is why they hide their viewing of it, but exactly what is wrong and what damage it causes is difficult for some people, especially young people, to grasp.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/lies-pornography-tells-men\/\">Lies Pornography Tells Men<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jamaica-patois-wisdom-pornography\/\">Jamaica Patois Wisdom &#8211; Pornography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-possible-to-watch-pornography-and-not-sin\/\">Is it possible to watch pornography and not sin?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>I Keep Giving in and Sinning<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-there-hope-for-me-to-overcome-pornography\/\">Is there hope for me to overcome pornography?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-fell-back-into-pornography\/\">I fell back into pornography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-know-pornography-is-wrong-but-i-cant-seem-to-defeat-this-sin\/\">I know pornography is wrong, but I can&#8217;t seem to defeat this sin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Am I Hopeless?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-someone-be-baptized-who-is-still-struggling-with-pornography\/\">Can someone be baptized who is still struggling with pornography?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/will-i-get-to-heaven-if-i-continue-to-struggle-against-porn\/\">Will I get to heaven if I continue to struggle against porn?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Is Pornography Adultery?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-every-man-do-it\/\">Does Every Man Do It?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/what-does-the-bible-say-about\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat Does the Bible Say?\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does the Bible Say About Pornography? Lusting for Sex is Wrong &#8220;For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":61332,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61368","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61372,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/what-does-the-bible-say-about\/what-does-the-bible-say-about-suicide\/","url_meta":{"origin":61368,"position":0},"title":"What Does the Bible Say About Suicide?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"What Does the Bible Say About Suicide? 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