Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you. For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.
Leviticus 18:24-25
If you want to understand God’s opinion of pornography, just open your Bible and see what God commanded the children of Israel to do with the nations that were in the Promised Land. These wicked nations practiced incest, homosexuality, child sacrifice, bestiality and more (Leviticus 18:6-23). God commanded Joshua and his armies to destroy these nations, man, woman and child. Joshua and his men obeyed. “They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword” (Joshua 6:21).
Why did God destroy the Canaanites? Because God chose the nation of Israel to be a witness to the world of the true and living God. God commanded the Israelites to live in the Promised Land, surrounded by the heathen nations, but the Israelites were not to be influenced by the other nations’ religions. God commanded His people to have nothing to do with the elements of the false pagan religions. They were not to engage in any of the sexually immoral practices of the pagans, such as incest, homosexuality, and bestiality.
Yes, God destroyed the Canaanites because they had corrupted and perverted God’s truth. But He also destroyed them so that they couldn’t infect Israel with their sexual depravity. That’s worth contemplating today, isn’t it? Because God calls you and me to be a witness, a light on a hill, salt and light, in our homes, neighborhoods, workplaces and beyond. God calls you and me to live a separated life, one that is pure and holy. That means pornography and sexual immorality have no place in our lives.
God hates pornography. God hates sexual immorality. Just look at what God did to the Canaanites so see how much he hates sexual sin. Then live today on the right side of God’s wrath. Forsake porn. Forsake masturbation. Flee sexual immorality.
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