But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
Romans 13:14
Anyone who says the Bible is a book of do’s and don’ts is correct as far as quitting pornography is concerned. The cure for habitual sexual sin is essentially one thing you are to do and one thing you are not to do. Paul gives us each one at the end of the 13th chapter of his letter to the Romans. “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ,” says Paul, “and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.”
“Put on the Lord Jesus Christ” is the do. You are commanded to clothe yourself with Christ. You are to put Him on in the same way that you are to “put on the full armor of God” (Ephesians 6:11). You are to adopt the spirit of Christ to such an extent that you reproduce it in your outward walk and conduct.
Making provision for the flesh is the don’t. You are to give no forethought about your earthly lusts. You are to give no consideration to how and where and with whom you will satisfy your lusts. You are to manufacture no plans, construct no scenarios, and make no opportunities, for satisfying the lusts of your sinful flesh.
That’s one do, one don’t, one path to a sexually pure life. That’s one positive, one negative, one guaranteed way to forsake sin and live a life that pleases God. You aren’t to put on Christ while leaving the flesh to its own designs. And you aren’t to expend all of your effort mortifying the flesh while ignoring Christ. You must obey the one do and the one don’t. You must turn your face to Christ and turn your back to lewdness and lust.
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