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Judgment

Porn Sends You to Hell

by Alan Sharpe November 4, 2024 Leave a Comment

Jesus, Paul, Peter, Jude and other New Testament writers taught that sexual purity is essential for followers of Christ, and they did not shy away from describing the eternal consequences of disregarding this teaching.

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In our digital age, pornography is more accessible than ever before, but its availability does not lessen the danger it poses to our souls. The Bible, especially the New Testament, gives clear and serious warnings about the consequences of sexual immorality, including consuming pornography. Jesus, Paul, and other New Testament writers taught that sexual purity is essential for followers of Christ, and they did not shy away from describing the eternal consequences of disregarding this teaching. Here, we’ll explore what the Bible says about pornography and why it warns that habitual engagement with it can lead to eternal separation from God.

1. Jesus’ Teaching on Lust and Hell

Jesus addresses the issue of sexual lust directly in the Gospel of Matthew. He warns that harboring lustful thoughts is equivalent to committing adultery in one’s heart:

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not
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Consequences

Matthew 5:29 Explained

by Alan Sharpe May 22, 2024 Leave a Comment

The meaning of Matthew 5:29 is that disciples of Jesus will be cast into hell if they fail to stop lusting after women with their eyes.

by Alan Sharpe May 22, 2024 Leave a Comment

The meaning of Matthew 5:29 is that disciples of Jesus will be cast into hell if they fail to stop lusting after women with their eyes. That’s a strong statement, I know. And it runs contrary to the doctrine of unconditional eternal security, or the doctrine of once-saved-always-saved, which you may believe. But this truth remains anyway. Disciples of Jesus will end up in hell if they never forsake their sin of lusting after women with their eyes. You have Jesus’ word on this.

See for yourself. This teaching in Matthew 5:29 is from the famous sermon that Jesus delivered on a mountainside at the start of his ministry. You and I know it as the Sermon on the Mount. So, who is the audience for this sermon, who does the sermon apply to? You learn this from the first verse in the chapter: “And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to him. Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying . . .” Notice the audience–“his disciples”–that’s Jesus’ disciples. Here is what Jesus tells his followers:

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Consecration

Quit Porn Biblically

by Alan Sharpe March 5, 2024 Leave a Comment

Watching porn is a sin. And sin requires a biblical remedy. Here is what I’ve learned the hard way about what Christian men must do to quit porn biblically.

by Alan Sharpe March 5, 2024 Leave a Comment

(This is the transcript of my 60-minute course of the same name. Watch the course here.)

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Two of the primary problems with pornography are that it’s available and that it’s anonymous. You can access porn from anywhere, 24 hours a day, and you can do so without anyone knowing. To quit porn, you must meet these two problems head-on. Here’s how you do it.

Install a porn-blocker

If you are serious about quitting porn, install porn-blocking software on all of your electronic devices. That means your desktop PC, laptop, tablet, and phone. I use Covenant Eyes. Porn blockers, also known as porn filters, block pornographic websites, apps and images from showing up on your devices. They help you �

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Consecration

God’s Will? Abstain from Sexual Immorality | 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

by Alan Sharpe November 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8: “For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication.”

by Alan Sharpe November 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

Have you ever wanted to know God’s will for your life? Have you ever wondered what job you should take, where you should live, who you should marry, what school you should attend? Have you ever had difficulty discerning the Lord’s will? Have you ever found out that it’s a challenge to know, to appreciate, to understand, to get a clear yes or no from the Lord concerning his will for your life? I have good news for you. I’m going to show you God’s will for your life today. This is categorically, unequivocally, 100% God’s known will for your life today.

Turn the New Testament book of First Thessalonians, chapter four. Paul says:

Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality

Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality
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Prevention

Porn and the Penalty for Inaction | Matthew 5:29

by Alan Sharpe August 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

Achieving sexual purity will cost you plenty. But not as much as you’ll pay by doing nothing.

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You have heard that it was said to those of old, “You shall not commit adultery.” But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
Matthew 5:27-29

Will your whole body be cast into hell because you refused to install a porn-blocker on your laptop? Maybe. Will God cast you into hell because you refused to replace your smartphone with a dumbphone that can’t access porn? Perhaps. Will your body be thrown into hell because you scorned this warning of Jesus and never cancelled your subscription to that X-rated website? Maybe.

Jesus teaches you and me that we must deal with the causes of our sexual temptations in this life or pay the penalty for our inaction in the next. That’s the heart of this div

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Temptation

When Did You Pluck Out Your Eye? | Matthew 5:29

by Alan Sharpe July 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

If you want to get victory over pornography, you must discover and deal with your triggers. You likely have dozens.

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When Did You Pluck Out Your Eye? | Matthew 5:29

If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
Matthew 5:29

When is the last time you plucked out your right eye and cast it away from you? I am not being sarcastic. I am asking you in earnest because this principle is one of the keys to conquering pornography, lust, sexual temptation and sexual immorality in your life. The path to sexual purity requires knowing and conquering your triggers.

When Jesus said, “If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you,” He was speaking in the context of adultery. He had just said, “whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Then he gave the remedy. If your right eye causes you to sin by lusting after women, then pluck it out and cast it away from you.

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Prevention

How to Stop Masturbation as a Christian

by Alan Sharpe June 2, 2022 48 Comments

If you want to stop masturbation as a Christian, get your guidance from the source. Follow these biblical steps to stop masturbating.

by Alan Sharpe June 2, 2022 48 Comments

When is the last time you heard a really great sermon about masturbation? Never, right? Masturbation is one of those topics that’s off-limits in the pulpit but commonplace in the pews. It’s one of those sins that no one wants to discuss but lots of people want to commit. If you want to learn how to stop masturbation as a Christian, you need to get your guidance another way. So here it is. Here are some biblical steps to take to stop masturbating.

Step 1: Admit Your Sin
Psalm 32:5

Step 2: Forsake Pornography
Matthew 5:28-29

Step 3: Resist the Devil
James 4:7

Step 4: Take Every Thought Captive
2 Corinthians 10:3-6

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Consequences

Four People You Sin Against When You View Pornography

by Alan Sharpe May 27, 2022 Leave a Comment

One way to quit porn is to appreciate that your sin harms others. Your sexual immorality involves more than just you.

by Alan Sharpe May 27, 2022 Leave a Comment

Watching pornography isn’t a victimless crime. Each time you look at a woman to lust after her, you sin against four people. One way to quit porn is to appreciate that your sin harms others. Your sexual immorality involves more than just you.

When You View Porn, You Sin Against God

“Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done this evil in Your sight— that You may be found just when You speak, and blameless when You judge.”
Psalm 51:4

Psalm 51 is a prayer of repentance. The author is David. He wrote this psalm after Nathan the prophet confronted him about his adultery with Bathsheba, and about his sin in orchestrating events so that Bathsheba’s husband would be killed in battle s

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Temptation

To Defeat Porn, Discover Your Who, What, Why, Where, When and How

by Alan Sharpe May 17, 2022 Leave a Comment

To defeat sexual sin, you must understand yourself. Start with the Five Ws and the One H of your sexual temptation.

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To Defeat Porn, Discover Your Who, What, Why, Where, When and How

When journalists want to get to the bottom of a news story, they ask the Five Ws and the One H. They ask about the Who, What, Why, Where, When and How. If you want to conquer sexual temptation, particularly the temptation to look at pornography or to masturbate, you must uncover the Five Ws and the One H of your sexual temptation. To defeat sexual sin, you must understand yourself. And that means discovering your six types of triggers.

Who Triggers You to Sin Sexually?

Let’s start with the Who of sexual temptation. Who tempts you to commit sexual sin? Who do you lust after? Who lusts after you?

As you read your Bible, you discover that men have been tempted to sin sexually for centuries. Most of them were tempted to sin with a particular woman. Job was tempted to lust after

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Consequences

You, Porn, and the First Temptation | Genesis 3:4

by Alan Sharpe April 29, 2022 Leave a Comment

The Bible warns that you can fall away in unbelief and become severed from your saving union with God through Christ. Heed the warnings. Don’t believe the lie.

by Alan Sharpe April 29, 2022 Leave a Comment

“Then the serpent said to the woman, ‘You will not surely die.'”
Genesis 3:4

If you are a Christian man struggling to conquer your habitual sin of watching pornography, your problem may be that you believe the same lie that Satan told Eve in the Garden of Eden. The lie that Eve believed. The lie that she and Adam acted upon. The lie that brought death—physical and spiritual—upon them and all mankind.

Satan whispers this same lie to you whenever you are tempted to look at pornography or masturbate. You know that these sins are wrong, but Satan tells you otherwise.

God says if you are sexually immoral, you will be cast into hell (Matthew 5:27-30). Satan says, “you will not surely die.”
God says if you are sexually immoral, you will not inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:9-10). Satan says, “you will not surely die.”
God says you must abstain from sexual immorality or fa
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Prevention

How to Quit Porn Biblically

by Alan Sharpe April 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

Pornography is a sin issue. And sin issues require biblical remedies. If you want to learn how to quit porn, learn what the Bible says on the topic. Then obey what you read.

by Alan Sharpe April 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

Sexual Sin Requires a Biblical Remedy
2 Peter 1:3

Step 1
Abstain from Sexual Immorality
1 Thessalonians 4:3

Step 2
Make No Provision for the Flesh
Romans 13:14

Step 3
Pluck Out Your Right Eye and Cast it Away
Matthew 5:27-30

Step 4
Flee Sexual Immorality
1 Corinthians 6:18

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Prevention

Sexual Purity Is a List of Do’s, Not Don’ts

by Alan Sharpe April 12, 2022 Leave a Comment

Perform the positive actions that God commands, and you’ll have a positive day today, free of sexual sin.

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Sexual Purity Is a List of Do's, Not Don'ts

If you are a Christian man who has been struggling to overcome pornography or masturbation for some time, you may feel that the only path to victory is a life of self-denial. You may feel that the weight of scripture on this topic is a long list of “Thou shalt nots.” But the opposite is the case, particularly in the New Testament. The path to sexual purity is a list of things you are to do. Victory over sexual sin comes through what you do, not simply what you don’t do. Here are the top-10 actions you are commanded to take to live a life of sexual purity.

Make a covenant with your eyes not to look upon attractive women (Job 31:1)
Gouge out your right eye if it causes you to commit adultery, and throw it away (Matthew 5:29)
Flee sexual immorality (1 Corinthians 6:18)
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Prevention

If Social Causes You to Sin, Pluck it Out | Matthew 5:29-30

by Alan Sharpe March 24, 2022 Leave a Comment

Do social media platforms cause you to look at women to lust after them (as Jesus forbids)? Then you must delete your accounts.

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If Social Causes You to Sin, Pluck it Out | Matthew 5:29-30

“If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.”
Matthew 5:29-30

If Twitter causes you to sin, should you keep scrolling? If Facebook tempts you to sin sexually, should you keep clicking? If Instagram causes you to commit sexual immorality, should you continue swiping? If Tik Tok causes you to commit adultery, should you keep watching? No, nope, never, and negatory. The key to gaining and maintaining victory over sexual temptation is twofold: (1) know your triggers, and (2) avoid your triggers.

Jesus establishes this principle in His Sermon on the Mount. He tells you and me and His other disciples, “If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you.” That is, if something you see triggers you to sin sexually, eliminate that trigger in such a way that it can’t trigger you now and it can’t

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To Quit Porn, Quit Social Media | Matthew 5:29-30

by Alan Sharpe March 24, 2022 Leave a Comment

Jesus commands us to remove all sources of sexual temptation from our lives. And not just for a day. Not just for Lent. But immediately, permanently. Pluck them out, cast them away. Never look back. That’s the path to victory.

by Alan Sharpe March 24, 2022 Leave a Comment

To Quit Porn, Quit Social Media | Matthew 5:29-30

Do any social media platforms cause you to look at women to lust after them (as Jesus forbids)? Do they cause you to commit adultery in your heart? In short, do any social platforms cause you to sin? Then you must pluck them out and throw them away. This is what Jesus demands of you.

In practical terms, this means deleting your social media accounts. Not pausing them. Not uninstalling the apps from your phone but keeping the accounts active. To pluck out your eye and to cast it away you must delete, cancel, terminate and close all social accounts that cause you to sin. And if you find yourself drawn back to these social platforms even though you no longer have an account, you must block them. Install a porn-blocker on every electronic device you

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Obedience

I Ditched My Smartphone to Conquer Porn | Matthew 5:27-30

by Alan Sharpe January 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

Given the choice between gouging out my right eye or ditching my smartphone to quit porn, I went with the phone. Obedience comes at a cost. But I’m happy to pay.

by Alan Sharpe January 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

In November 2021, I finally gave up trying to control my compulsive habit of using my smartphone to view pornography. I replaced my Samsung S10 smartphone with a Jethro SC490 feature phone, a so-called “dumbphone” designed for seniors. The transition has been difficult, painful and inconvenient, but I have never been happier. Here’s why and how I made the move, and why I’m never going back.

Why I gave up my smartphone

I have been a Christian since the summer of 1991. I was converted at the age of 31. One of the defining moments of my conversion was the deliverance I received from my alcoholism. God took away my desire to drink, a Class A Miracle that I rank right up there with Moses parting the Red Sea. I have not touched a drop of alcohol since that day in June of 1991 when God saved me from the bottle without me even asking.

Today, I know that having alcohol in my home is a foolish idea. I

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Judgment

10 Things God Calls You if You Look at Pornography

by Alan Sharpe January 10, 2022 Leave a Comment

If you want to understand how wicked pornography is in the sight of God, just study the words that God uses to describe the sexually immoral.

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10 Things God Calls You if You Watch Porn

Are you a porn addict? No. Not according to the Bible, anyway. The world may tell you that you have an addiction, that you have a wound, that you seek intimacy in the wrong places, and that you have a disease called porn addiction. But this is not how God looks at pornography and sexual immorality. If you want to know God’s view of your habitual sexual sin, simply open your Bible to discover what God calls the sexually immoral.

1. Adulterer

You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 5:27

When you watch pornography, you look at a woman to lust after her. Jesus calls that adultery. That makes you an adulterer.

2. Idolater

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Prevention

Gouge Out Your Right Eye While Out and About: Part 3 of 3 | Mt 5:27-29

by Alan Sharpe December 20, 2021 Leave a Comment

Jesus says pluck out your right eye and cast it from you if that eye causes you to commit sexual sin. Here’s how to do this while out and about.

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Jesus says you are to pluck out your right eye and cast it from you if that eye causes you to commit sexual sin (Matthew 5:27-28). Here’s how to do this while out and about.

Stop eating at restaurants where waitresses wear revealing uniforms
Stop attending strip clubs, massage parlors and so-called men’s clubs
Stop attending theatres to watch movies that are rated NC-17 and R
If your library card causes you to borrow steamy novels or inappropriate movies and TV shows on DVD, cut it up
Stop driving, walking, jogging, cycling or skating through parts of town where you know you will see provocative women or sexually suggestive billboards and storefront displays
If a nearby female colleague dresses provocatively, re-arrange your desk or chair to permanently face the other way
If an immodestly dressed woman sits near you, or vice versa, get up and sit where you can’t ogle her
Don’t walk through the lingerie section at Walmart (or any other store, for that matter)</
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Prevention

Pluck Out Your Right Eye Online: Part 2 of 3 | Matthew 5:27-28

by Alan Sharpe December 20, 2021 Leave a Comment

Jesus says you are to pluck out your right eye and cast it from you if that eye causes you to commit sexual sin. Here’s how to do this online.

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Jesus says you are to pluck out your right eye and cast it from you if that eye causes you to commit sexual sin (Matthew 5:27-28). Here’s how to do this online.

If your smartphone causes you to sin, smash it into a thousand pieces and fling the fragments into several dumpsters across town. Then buy a dumb phone that gives you zero access to the internet (recovering heroin addicts don’t carry heroin in their pockets)
Install an internet porn filter, such as Covenant Eyes, on all your devices (desktop, laptop, tablet, phone) so that you can’t access pornographic websites or apps anymore
Delete your Facebook account if it causes you to look at inappropriate images and videos
Delete your Twitter account if it causes you to watch porn
Delete your Instagram account if it causes you to gape at women
Delete your TikTok account if it tempts you to think sexually immoral thoughts about the women who post there
Use the Site Blocking feature in Covenant Eyes (or the internet fil
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Prevention

Pluck Out Your Right Eye at Home: Part 1 of 3 | Matthew 5:27-29

by Alan Sharpe December 20, 2021 Leave a Comment

Jesus says you are to pluck out your right eye and cast it from you if that eye causes you to commit sexual sin. Here’s how to do this with the people, places and things in your home.

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Jesus says you are to pluck out your right eye and cast it from you if that eye causes you to commit sexual sin (Matthew 5:27-29). Here’s how to do this with the people, places and things in your home.

Cancel your subscriptions to Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, HBO and other streaming services that broadcast sexually explicit movies and shows
Cancel your cable television subscription
Cancel your subscriptions to Sports Illustrated, Maxim, GQ and other magazines that show women wearing practically nothing
If your wife subscribes to Cosmopolitan, Shape, Vogue and other print magazines that feature female nudity and articles about sex, ask her to hide them where you won’t find them
If your wife hides her women’s magazines from you, don’t go hunting for them
Stop taking your smartphone into the bathroom with you
Throw away all of your AO-Rated (adults only) video games and any others that feature sexually suggestive characters, images and storylines
Cleanse yo
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Lust

Adultery in the Heart Involves Two People | Matthew 5:27-28

by Alan Sharpe December 20, 2021 Leave a Comment

When you watch pornography and lust after a woman, you commit adultery with that woman. Where this adultery takes place doesn’t matter

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Do you miss the entire point of Jesus’ teaching on adultery in the heart by dwelling on the where of adultery and not on the who? Read the verse again. Spot where you misread it.

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
Matthew 5:27-28

Jesus says, “Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery WITH HER in his heart.” Where the adultery takes place is immaterial. What is material is with whom the adultery takes place. Adultery, after all, requires two people. You are one of them. The other person is the woman you lust after. When you watch pornography and lust after a woman, you commit adultery with that woman. This is what Jesus is saying. Where this adultery takes place doesn’t matter.

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Obedience

Quitting Free Porn Will Cost You Plenty if You Quit Biblically | Matthew 5:27-29

by Alan Sharpe November 13, 2021 Leave a Comment

The sure way to quit watching pornography is to quit biblically, starting with obedience to the explicit commands of Jesus. Just prepare yourself for the consequences. Your obedience will cost you plenty.

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The irony of pornography is that you can watch it for free but you have to pay dearly in order to stop watching. Getting out of the grip of pornography takes effort, and comes at a price that many Christian men seem unwilling to pay. I present as Exhibit A the clear command of Jesus on the subject of lusting at women with your eyes. Jesus says:

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.”
Matthew 5:27-29

If you want to be free from your bondage to pornography, you must pluck out your right eye and cast it from you. In other words, you must rid yourself of anything valuable and

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To Defeat Porn, Pluck Out Your Right Eye. Then Cast it Away. | Matthew 5:27-29

by Alan Sharpe November 12, 2021 Leave a Comment

Avoiding the cause of temptation in the moment is not enough if that person, place or thing causes you to sin again. You must pluck it out when tempted, then cast it from you so that it never tempts you again.

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If you struggle with the sin of watching pornography, Jesus has a remedy for you that is doubly difficult—but effective. You learn of this remedy in the Gospel of Matthew, the fifth chapter, in the passage that recounts the sermon that Jesus delivered to a multitude gathered on a hillside in Galilee.

This is what Jesus says:

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.”
Matthew 5:27-29

Notice the double remedy for eliminating the temptation to sin by lusting with your eyes: (1) pluck out your right eye, and (2) cast it from

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Obedience
Forsake Your Porn Habit or be Cast Into Hell. Period. | Matthew 5:27-29

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by Alan Sharpe November 11, 2021 Leave a Comment on Forsake Your Porn Habit or be Cast Into Hell. Period. | Matthew 5:27-29

If you refuse to forsake pornography while you have the chance, you will spend eternity in hell. This is not open to debate or misunderstanding. Jesus is clear on the subject.

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Do you feel shame and regret after watching pornography? Good. Those feelings prove you still have a working conscience. God uses your conscience to warn you that watching pornography is sin. And to warn you that this sin has consequences in the life to come if you won’t repent.

If you refuse to forsake porn while you have the chance, you will spend eternity in hell. This isn’t in doubt. This isn’t open to debate. Just read the Gospel of Matthew, chapter five, to find your proof. Here you find Jesus’ teaching on this subject:

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.”
Matthew 5:27-29
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Prevention
How to Pluck Out Your Right Eye to Overcome Porn | Matthew 5:27-29

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by Alan Sharpe November 9, 2021 Leave a Comment on How to Pluck Out Your Right Eye to Overcome Porn | Matthew 5:27-29

Obeying Jesus means plucking out anything of value in your life that causes you to watch pornography. This will hurt. A lot. But the effort is worth it when your soul is at stake.

by Alan Sharpe November 9, 2021 Leave a Comment on How to Pluck Out Your Right Eye to Overcome Porn | Matthew 5:27-29

Winning the battle against pornography requires drastic, costly action. You must attack the enemy at the source. And that means making many sacrifices in your life that put you out of step with the majority of Christian men. But no matter. Your eternal destiny is at stake. So get moving.

I am referring, of course, to the clear teaching of Jesus about what you must do to conquer sexual sin that involves your eyes. Here is what Jesus commands you:

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.”
Matthew 5:27-29

In practical terms, obe
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Conquering Porn Requires Drastic Action | Matthew 5:27-29

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by Alan Sharpe November 9, 2021 Leave a Comment on Conquering Porn Requires Drastic Action | Matthew 5:27-29

Conquering pornography requires drastic action that costs you something. Obeying the clear command of Jesus means cutting off anything of value in your life that causes you to sin sexually.

by Alan Sharpe November 9, 2021 Leave a Comment on Conquering Porn Requires Drastic Action | Matthew 5:27-29

If you are a Christian man who wants to conquer a compulsion to watch pornography, and if you have been struggling for some time without success, your problem might be that you aren’t obeying a clear command of Jesus on this issue.

Jesus doesn’t teach explicitly about pornography, of course, but He does teach about how to win the battle with sins that involve your eyes. And that includes the sin of looking at pornographic images and videos. You find this teaching in a few places in the New Testament, in the passages in the Gospels that recount Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Here is what Jesus teaches, as recorded by His disciple Matthew:

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members
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At a Hotel or in Your Heart, It’s Still Adultery | Matthew 5:27-28

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by Alan Sharpe November 8, 2021 Leave a Comment on At a Hotel or in Your Heart, It’s Still Adultery | Matthew 5:27-28

When you lust after a woman with your eyes, when you watch pornography, you commit adultery with a person, not an abstraction. You commit adultery with someone in particular, a woman you can describe in intimate detail. Where this happens is irrelevant.

by Alan Sharpe November 8, 2021 Leave a Comment on At a Hotel or in Your Heart, It’s Still Adultery | Matthew 5:27-28

Will you commit adultery today? The thought may shock you, but only because you haven’t thought hard enough about what Jesus teaches about looking at women and lusting after them. Or because you have thought about what Jesus says, but think he means something else.

I am referring, of course, to the teaching that Jesus gives on a hillside in Galilee, a teaching that we know as The Sermon on the Mount. This is what Jesus teaches:

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
Matthew 5:27-28

If you are like many of your brothers in Christ, you think that Jesus is teaching that looking at a woman to lust for her means you commit adultery only in your heart, that you don’t actually commit adultery. You think that look
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1. Jesus’ Teaching on Lust and Hell

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