Posted on 02/03/2022 9:38:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The Reality Is…
There are threats that face the Christian Church, and the cause of those threats is sin. Sin affects every member of the Christian faith, no matter the status. Sin causes us to stumble and sets us back in our cause for Christ. Ultimately, it should remind us how desperate we need the forgiveness and guidance of God.
But which sin seems to set us back the most? What are we glossing over, pushing under the rug, and pretending isn’t there? That, my friends, is sexual sin. In 2016, Josh McDowell told CBN News, “pornography is probably the greatest threat to the cause of Christ in the history of the world.” Wow. That’s a strong statement to make.
Churches should be pushing the alarm button…not the snooze button! The sad reality is we are not hearing the alarm because most Christian men are in the clutches of this sin. Barna Research Group and Josh McDowell Ministries commissioned a studyfound that the number of Christian men who view pornography nearly mirrors that of non-Christian men. How can this be?
Factors
How has the Church suddenly become a fruitless and passive representation of God in this area? There should be alarms ringing left and right about this topic. Yes, there are certainly pastors and leaders out there addressing it and hundreds of books have been written on it. However, instead of winning against this sin, we’re backsliding.
A recent Lifeway Research poll found that 81 percent of Americans said they were concerned with the declining moral behavior of America. If God calls and equips the Church to be set apart from this world and its lusts, why are most Christian men living sexually immoral lifestyles?
There are a couple of primary factors that contribute to this decline in morals and moral behavior. First, the world is constantly advancing the availability, accessibility, and acceptance of sexual immorality. Over half of men aged 18-49 label pornography as morally acceptable. What’s even more disturbing is that 50% of those who claimed their religion was important to them, also said porn was morally acceptable.
The second factor contributing to this moral decline is that Christians frequently underscore God’s Word and the role that He plays in the battle between the flesh and the spirit. Most of the sermons and books today focus on what you need to do to become free — not how God has a role and provision for us in this battle.
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. (2 Corinthians 10:4-6)
It’s time to fight
As the Body of Christ, we cannot allow this moral decline to continue. We must sound the alarm.
Did you know that sexual sin is different than all other sins? The Bible tells us, “Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he commits sexual immorality sins against his own body” (1 Corinthians 6:18). Sexual sin incapacitates us both spiritually and physically. Satan knows this and has been using this sin against man from the very beginning. He knows we were created as sexual beings (Genesis 2:24) and our sexual immorality incapacitates us. He also knows sin causes us to hide from God (Genesis 3:10) and he specifically targets Christians.
The Church has been putting forth unbiblical tactics far too long and it’s time for the Church to stand up and fight the war of sexual immorality.
Adapted from J.S. Shelton’s book “Unmuzzled: Escaping sexual sin, Satan’s grip on men.” For more information about J.S. Shelton and “Unmuzzled” please visit: https://unmuzzledmen.com/
Author of the book UNMUZZLED, Jeremy is a man on a mission to directly confront sexual sin in the church today. He does so with the belief God is using him to grab hold of those heading toward a slaughter. He and his wife of eighteen years have five children and live in Texas.
Well said.
Yep, it’s sick.
That’s your opinion.
Dad said; “Son (he called me that...because I was so bright. My sister wasn’t so bright)...son, the difference between a pig and a man is a pig will undress a woman with his eyes, but a man will put her clothes back on”.
Galatians chapter 6 tells us like it is and is applicable to this thread.
...that is all
I’m a millennial and a serious Christian, and I can’t recall the last time I saw a man my age in church, with the few exceptions of those I know to be married.
There are churches all over this region but not many are active. Still, most of the older folks are churchgoers. Under 30, it’s a whole different story.
Generally speaking, the kids attend services with the parents, then the kids graduate, find work, move in with their partner, and that’s the end of their church attendance.
Exactly.
Thumper points a bony finger at you.
Three fingers point back at Thumper.
PORN
Because we are sinners?
Yes, it is my opinion and that of most, if not all, Christian theologians, clergy and philosophers.
What is yours?
Sorry but I’ll still go with what I said.
Jesus defined adultery is simply lusting after a woman not your wife.
So under even Christ’s definition, find me a Christian man who says he’s never committed adultery and you’ve got yourself a liar.
When I got divorced I figured out that the majority of 40 year old divorced women will do things on a first date that would make a porn star blush.
It’s not obvious?
I am a free thinker, I use the brain and the abilities that God gave me to think independently and freely.
I often wonder why the religious fanatics think that sex is so bad when God made it so wonderful.
I also wonder why God even gave us a brain capable of free thought if, according to the religious fanatics, we’re not supposed to think freely.
So to your point about the “Christian Theologians”, I don’t give a F__K what they say, I think for myself. When I read your post and saw that line it sounded so much like the climate chang fear mongers and how they always say, “Experts say”, and I really don’t care what the “experts” say about anything. Most experts are completely corrupt as are so many theologians especially of the Catholic type, the Vatican is the most corrupt organization on Earth and the Marxist Pope is Satan.
So now you know my opinion.
Hahahaha, that is so true.
Why is the author exclusively focusing on the men?
We could use more Christian girls eager to marry good men at 18, rather than sleeping around with the “exciting” men, and finally resigning themselves to “settling” for an average good guy at 30 or later.
Because preaching is a business, and preachers understand that if they tell men they are sinners, the men will take it, but if they call women sinners, the women will go elsewhere.
Women also have porn issues. For women, it's trashy romance novels, and fantasies of aristocrats and wealthy handsome billionaires (note the popularity of the "50 Shades of Grey" series) swooning over them.
Women's porn creates issues with women in the 50th percentile thinking that guys in the 90+ percentile of desirability will marry them. The ultra-desirable guys may date them (in exchange for no-strings sex on evenings when a more-desirable girl is unavailable), but outside such booty calls there is little interest.
Meanwhile the average woman will ignore the good men around them.
Sorry to hear you reject the revelation of your Creator.
You nailed it. Forty years ago, when I was in college, we used to have this same discussion. We reached the same conclusion as you have stated... The dates on the calendar may change, but people don’t.
First we have to destroy the Globalist Oligarchy. Then, we can focus on that ‘sin’ thing.
Priorites.
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