And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
1 Corinthians 2:1-5
Want to know the secret to quitting porn? You don’t have to join a 12-step program. You don’t have to understand the limbic survival brain. There’s no need to complete a Sexual Dependency Inventory with a sex addiction counsellor ($695). And there’s no need to go through 12 month’s of clinical counselling ($9,000).
The remedy for your compulsive use of pornography and masturbation isn’t found in a book, or in a course, or across the couch from a shrink. Your remedy is found in God alone. I tell you this because an entire cottage industry has sprung up in North America to help Christian men quit porn. Sexual sobriety can be yours for only $99.99! For a fee, you can learn how your family of origin and trauma impact your behavior. Fork over a few thousand dollars and someone will help you discover a proven process of healing from unwanted sexual behavior and betrayal trauma. For a small monthly fee, or even a large monthly fee, you can overcome your sexual brokenness, find freedom, and embark on a healing journey.
What most “Christian porn addiction” methods have in common is that they overcomplicate your problem and your remedy. They label you an addict. They teach you that you are powerless over your compulsive sexual behavior. They train you to believe that you must understand brain chemistry and epigenetics to break free from your sexual bondage. They insist that you must address the spiritual wounds of your childhood before you can quit porn and masturbation.
But the secret to quitting porn is simple—there is no secret. You need God, and His grace. Period. What Paul said to the believers at Corinth all those years ago (1 Corinthians 2:1-5) is just as true for you and me today. You don’t need to hear persuasive words. You don’t need man’s wisdom. You must put your faith in the power of God alone, not in the wisdom of men. You need to know Jesus Christ and Him crucified. His grace is sufficient for you.
You can be free of sexual sin without spending a dime. Look to God alone. Seek Him as your strength, your motivation, your reason for staying sexually pure. Read His word, the Bible, and then obey what you read. Talk with God in prayer. Abstain from sexual immorality because God says so. Flee sexual immorality because God commands you to. Quit porn biblically. Don’t look anywhere else for understanding or help. You need the wisdom of God and the power of God. Nothing else. And no one else.
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