The Dangers of Sexting.

[Titus2woman]

While i believe that there is addiction; to drugs, alcohol, and other things that alter brain chemistry by releasing certain hormones and opioid type chems whether from hyper-stimulation or fear or whatever...

I also know that... here it comes... GOD DELIVERS.

I am not a fan of 12 step programs that try to convince that our frailties are bigger than God and that we will be drug addicts, alcoholics, gamblers, sex addicts, or anything else forever.

I do not find bible to support that idea at all, do you?

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

While i believe that there is addiction; to drugs, alcohol, and other things that alter brain chemistry by releasing certain hormones and opioid type chems whether from hyper-stimulation or fear or whatever...

I also know that... here it comes... GOD DELIVERS.

I am not a fan of 12 step programs that try to convince that our frailties are bigger than God and that we will be drug addicts, alcoholics, gamblers, sex addicts, or anything else forever.

I do not find bible to support that idea at all, do you?

Do you think for a moment that a drug addict can forget the way drugs made him feel? Do you think it somehow stopped being an appealing sin to him just because he found God?

[Titus2woman]

Originally Posted by jfrog

Do you think for a moment that a drug addict can forget the way drugs made him feel? Do you think it somehow stopped being an appealing sin to him just because he found God?

Yep, I sure do... I did a fair amount of dope before I knew the Lord. I don't think about it at all ever anymore. Even in conversations like this one there is no appeal. Don't want a cigarette anymore either, or casual sex with someone I am not married to, or even an ice cold beer.

I am not trying to give the devil any credit here by discussing my sins that are now under the blood but when I was born again and filled with the HG the desire for that horrible life went away. It is like dark glasses were removed and I am able to see that way is death. Many of my friends are now dead, more than are alive at this point. Every year we bury another one of the people we knew from the old neighborhood and sometimes their children as drugs, alcohol, sex addictions, Hepatitis C and AIDS take them. Nope, I don't desire what reached into my life and tried to destroy me, not at all. The reason? God delivered me, every bit of glory to Him for it.

And I believe that the homosexual, the doper, the drunk, the fornicator, those that struggle with perversion, dabble in the occult, or even worship Satan can be plucked from the mirey clay and put on the rock, don't you?

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

While i believe that there is addiction; to drugs, alcohol, and other things that alter brain chemistry by releasing certain hormones and opioid type chems whether from hyper-stimulation or fear or whatever...

I also know that... here it comes... GOD DELIVERS.

I am not a fan of 12 step programs that try to convince that our frailties are bigger than God and that we will be drug addicts, alcoholics, gamblers, sex addicts, or anything else forever.

I do not find bible to support that idea at all, do you?

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

Yep, I sure do... I did a fair amount of dope before I knew the Lord. I don't think about it at all ever anymore. Even in conversations like this one there is no appeal. Don't want a cigarette anymore either, or casual sex with someone I am not married to, or even an ice cold beer.

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And I believe that the homosexual, the doper, the drunk, the fornicator, those that struggle with perversion, dabble in the occult, or even worship Satan can be plucked from the mirey clay and put on the rock, don't you?

I also believe (by experience) that God delivers, but let's not paint this to be an easy road. It has definitely not been for me, and for others I know. There are some things that He has completely taken away, over night. There have been others that have taken years to realize even a small degree of victory over.

[Truthseeker]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

Yep, I sure do... I did a fair amount of dope before I knew the Lord. I don't think about it at all ever anymore. Even in conversations like this one there is no appeal. Don't want a cigarette anymore either, or casual sex with someone I am not married to, or even an ice cold beer.

I am not trying to give the devil any credit here by discussing my sins that are now under the blood but when I was born again and filled with the HG the desire for that horrible life went away. It is like dark glasses were removed and I am able to see that way is death. Many of my friends are now dead, more than are alive at this point. Every year we bury another one of the people we knew from the old neighborhood and sometimes their children as drugs, alcohol, sex addictions, Hepatitis C and AIDS take them. Nope, I don't desire what reached into my life and tried to destroy me, not at all. The reason? God delivered me, every bit of glory to Him for it.

And I believe that the homosexual, the doper, the drunk, the fornicator, those that struggle with perversion, dabble in the occult, or even worship Satan can be plucked from the mirey clay and put on the rock, don't you?

Amen! God still has power.

[TJJJ]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

Yep, I sure do... I did a fair amount of dope before I knew the Lord. I don't think about it at all ever anymore. Even in conversations like this one there is no appeal. Don't want a cigarette anymore either, or casual sex with someone I am not married to, or even an ice cold beer.

I am not trying to give the devil any credit here by discussing my sins that are now under the blood but when I was born again and filled with the HG the desire for that horrible life went away. It is like dark glasses were removed and I am able to see that way is death. Many of my friends are now dead, more than are alive at this point. Every year we bury another one of the people we knew from the old neighborhood and sometimes their children as drugs, alcohol, sex addictions, Hepatitis C and AIDS take them. Nope, I don't desire what reached into my life and tried to destroy me, not at all. The reason? God delivered me, every bit of glory to Him for it.

And I believe that the homosexual, the doper, the drunk, the fornicator, those that struggle with perversion, dabble in the occult, or even worship Satan can be plucked from the mirey clay and put on the rock, don't you?

[Sherri]

I'm certainly not justifying anyone's sin and PORN IS A SIN. But it's also an addiction, just like alcoholism or drug addiction. Some people are instantly set free from addictions when they come to Christ and/or are filled with the Holy Ghost. But some people are not, and have to struggle for years, daily laying down their desires. It doesn't seem fair, but God never said He was fair.
Thank God that He is merciful and full of grace, and that He knows our struggles.

[Titus2woman]

I do not deny that there are besetting sins. I myself struggled with profanity for years after being saved. While I learned to quit saying the 'big three' I still used all kinds of slang and replacements for cuss words. I still thought in curses... In example when someone cut me off in traffic or I dropped a hammer on my foot I did not think 'meanie!' or 'ouch!'... I might have even let expletives out into the atmosphere if I was 'alone'. It was the realization that I am never alone that helped me most. God sees me 24/7 and if I would not do it in front of my boss I won't do it in front of God either. I desire to clean every last vestige of profanity from my life, because it is sin.

I understand that the work is mine but the grace and strength to do it is Gods. I am not a 'cusser' because I have cussed and someone else is not an alcoholic or a pervert who will never be whole without a lifetime of 12 step meetings.We are people who once sinned by cussing, drinking and viewing pornography. And such were some of you. Our sins are not our identity. That is the triumph of God.

The idea of sin as addictions and diseases are cultural. This is the kind of stinkin' thinkin' that leads us to believe that homosexuals are 'born that way' and can not be changed by God. We as the representatives of the One True God have to avoid falling too far into the culture trap and find our beliefs in scripture. So again I ask... where is the part in God's word that says certain types of sinners will not be changed without something besides the power of God?

[*AQuietPlace*]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

The idea of sin as addictions and diseases are cultural. This is the kind of stinkin' thinkin' that leads us to believe that homosexuals are 'born that way' and can not be changed by God. We as the representatives of the One True God have to avoid falling too far into the culture trap and find our beliefs in scripture. So again I ask... where is the part in God's word that says certain types of sinners will not be changed without something besides the power of God?

The Bible calls it bondage, which is pretty much the same thing as addiction.

I don't think anyone is saying that something besides the power of God is what is going to free them. They are just saying that sometimes, for whatever reason, people can find it very difficult to walk in that freedom, and still find themselves bound. It is STILL the power of God which is going to free them, but just lightly saying - 'oh, that's a sin, you need to stop that!' isn't going to help free them.

[hometown guy]

Originally Posted by Sherri

I'm certainly not justifying anyone's sin and PORN IS A SIN. But it's also an addiction, just like alcoholism or drug addiction. Some people are instantly set free from addictions when they come to Christ and/or are filled with the Holy Ghost. But some people are not, and have to struggle for years, daily laying down their desires. It doesn't seem fair, but God never said He was fair.
Thank God that He is merciful and full of grace, and that He knows our struggles.

I'm sorry but you can not put someone who watches pornography in the same category as a drug addict or alcoholic... I have seen what someone looks like in detox and you can't compare that to someone who has the lust of the eye or adultry in their heart..... I'm not saying its easy to stop, I understand that it's a strong hold and our world keeps putting in our face... I don't believe someone can be spirit filled while doing this.... Like Jesus told the women who was caught in the act of adultry " go and sin no more " it was her choice