If you struggle with the sin of watching pornography, you may wonder why it has such a grip on you. You likely can’t figure out why you keep giving in to it, going back to it, even when you know that pornography is pleasant for a moment, but afterwards leaves you feeling dirty, ashamed, deceitful and defeated.
You feel this way because you have allowed pornography to become sovereign in your life. You have let it give the orders and call the shots. You have allowed sexual immorality to become king. You discover this when you read the book of Romans. The Apostle Paul tells you that, if you as a believer have died with Christ, been buried with Him, and been raised from the dead with Christ, you are to walk in newness of life. Then Paul says:
“Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.”
Romans 6:12
Before you were saved, sin was sovereign in your life. It reigned over you, just as a king reigns over his subjects. You obeyed sin, just as you obey someone in authority who commands you to do something. But now that you are born again, sin is no longer to have this power over you.
The temptation to look at pornography may be strong, but you have power over it. The desire to masturbate to sexually explicit images and videos may seem irresistible, but it isn’t. If you are a believer in Christ, filled with the Holy Spirit, then Christ is your Sovereign. Sin no longer reigns over you—the Savior does. But Christ only reigns over you when you turn your back on sin and turn to Him. You must do this as an act of your will. Lust is something you are allowed to be disloyal to. You are allowed to disobey sexual temptation. So go ahead—disobey.
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