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John 3:3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is
pure. NKJV
“When all of the components of the eye function
properly, light is converted to impulses and conveyed to the brain where an image
is perceived.” (www.pasadenaeye.com/faq)
Our eyes are constantly being assaulted with images (some harmless and others
harmful), if the harmful are downloaded and stored in the brain and then
uploaded to the mind/heart, our mind/hearts will become dirty and out of it
will flow the fruit of those images (fornication, adultery, pornography viewing,
masturbation, etc.) in our actions. Our eyes do not control what they view, but
only process what the mind/heart commands it to view.
Matthew
15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,
fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. NKJV
The Pornography Industry is dramatically designed
and built on its imagery which draws, lures, and attracts men in large numbers
because we are designed for the visual. Women are not immune to being attracted
by the visual, but they are designed more to be drawn by emotional stimuli.
Therefore, this industry, seeing its influence on the culture creating more unmarried
women with high earning capabilities has transformed much of their product to
include story lines and plots just as a typical Hollywood movie studio would
produce.
I want to say to every man and woman out there reading
this post that the Pornography Industry thrives to keep its victims in silence.
The true founder and CEO of this industry (the devil) operates all of his
activities in darkness and wants to produce guilt, shame, and fear to keep you
trapped in this selfish loveless gutter. What would you do if some stranger came
into your yard or home and took up your child or grandchild and attempted to
take them away to harm them? Why, I’m sure you would fight with every ounce of
strength in your mortal frame to free and rescue them from that evil perpetrator.
In like manner, we must fight for our purity as if we were being assaulted or
our children were being assaulted in the natural. We are being assaulted; our
children are being assaulted everyday by this industry all around us in many
different forms and disguises.
Proverbs
8:13 “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil.” NKJV
Amos
5:15 “Hate the evil and love the good.” NKJV
We must have a holy hatred for evil and daily go on
a mission to seek and destroy the things that would lure us away from intimacy
with our Blessed Redeemer. We must by the power of the Holy Spirit let the Word
of God dwell in our hearts so richly and mightily bringing all of our thoughts
into captivity (slavery) to the obedience of our Lord, Master, and Savior Jesus
Christ. This cannot be an option for us, we must see it as a necessity or else
we die spiritually. Our old nature has not been improved and is still as vile
as it was before our regeneration and new birth, therefore, it is our
responsibility to mortify it (kill it; put it to death) regularly. Do you
realize and understand that our loving, all sufficient Lord Jesus hates
pornography and all associated with promoting it as good and using it to
gratify lustful sinful pleasure. Perhaps you don’t believe this statement and
think I am espousing my own hearts knowledge. Listen to these words: Proverbs 6:16-19 These six things
the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, A
lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked
plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil, A false witness who
speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren. NKJV
Notice first that pride is the root that bears the
fruit of every kind of sin. Secondly, look at verse 18 and He says a heart and
feet. Both the heart and feet belong to a person and is the object of the LORD’s
hatred and are an abomination to Him. This is not my opinion or that of any other
man or woman, but it is how the LORD sees them. Any argument you might have
with me put it to rest and take it up with the LORD of Glory Jesus Christ.
Finally, how must we go about purifying our
affections? We must fight by guarding what we watch through our eyes and what
we listen to through our ears. The devil or no human instrument of his can
force us to allow images and sounds that are unclean into our hearts. We have a
choice every moment of everyday we are given to live down here on this earth.
Our citizenship is in Heaven and we must live like the pilgrims, sojourners,
and aliens Christ Jesus our Lord has made us. When a rug or carpet acquires a
spot, a special cleaning product must be used to remove that spot. When once an
unclean image has been taken in through the eye gate and treasured in the heart,
it requires confession and repentance, and then the Spirit of God will use the
Word of God to purify that heart afresh.
Psalm
119:9 How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your
word. NKJV
"Mastery Over The Believer" — My Utmost
For His Highest for 07/19/2012
Ye call Me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so
I am. — John 13:13
Our Lord never insists on having authority; He never
says - Thou shalt. He leaves us perfectly free - so free that we can spit in
His face, as men did; so free that we can put Him to death, as men did; and He
will never say a word. But when His life has been created in me by His
Redemption I instantly recognize His right to absolute authority over me. It is
a moral domination - "Thou art worthy . . ." It is only the unworthy
in me that refuses to bow down to the worthy. If when I meet a man who is more
holy than myself, I do not recognize his worthiness and obey what comes through
him, it is a revelation of the unworthy in me. God educates us by means of
people who are a little better than we are, not intellectually but
"holily," until we get under the domination of the Lord Himself, and
then the whole attitude of the life is one of obedience to Him.
If Our Lord insisted upon obedience He would become
a taskmaster, and He would cease to have any authority. He never insists on
obedience, but when we do see Him we obey Him instantly, He is easily Lord, and
we live in adoration of Him from morning till night. The revelation of my
growth in grace is the way in which I look upon obedience. We have to rescue
the word "obedience" from the mire. Obedience is only possible
between equals; it is the relationship between father and son, not between
master and servant. "I and My Father are one." "Though He were a
Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered." The Son's
obedience was as Redeemer, because He was Son, not in order to be Son.
By Oswald Chambers
Sincerely in Christ,
Author of “Silent Assassins of the Soul - Are you
Broken by Pornography and Masturbation? You can be Restored by the Lord Jesus
Christ and brought into Deliverance, Freedom, and Victory! A Guide for Men and Women
in the Enemy’s Crosshairs” e-book will be available soon…
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