Why is it so hard to resist? Especially on the internet. Even the Man after God's own heart failed when temptation came (bathing Basheba). Joseph was presented with the greatest temptation but he ran. What would Joseph do?
Jesus said this, "You have heard it was said to not lie with another man's wife for it is adultery, but I say unto you whoever looks at a woman with LUST in his heart has committed adultery already."
Job-"I have made a covenant with my eyes how could I even lust after a woman?"
Samson was consumed by LUST and it destroyed his life, but God still used him. He ran over Samson in spite of his disobedience to the calling on his life. Through Samson's death he was able to complete the calling on his life. Such a shame Samson didn't take this calling before it was too late.
The internet is freely available, roughly no embarrassment or guilt at first-no upset other person. God is upset; however, HE will provide consequences to change us and will always provide a way out. This is why I need accountability partners to hold me accountable and to truly find out how I have been doing. Get to the heart of the matter and find out where the problem is. We all need iron sharpening from others and a daily renewal of the spirit through repenting.
Lust is like a parasite, it attaches itself to someone and slowly kills them spiritually, but we can only see its effects.
L.U.S.T. (LEWD, UNSACRIFICIAL, SUPERFICIAL, TAKE OVER) It is Lewd because it is the wrong place and time, since it is not with your future wife. It is Unsacrificial, because you are just pleasuring yourself without giving any pleasure to anyone else as well as you are doing something that is displeasing God, it is superficial, because it will end and leave you broken, it is finally a take over, because it takes over your mind so that it is almost impossible to get out. This is why scripture says "FLEE from evil and do not go near it" I guess this is the answer I was looking for. I should stay away from any site that has questionable material, and to be very careful while I am searching for a project, ect. Scripture also says to think on uplifting things and gives a list, as well as it qualifies what is not healthy and gives a list.
Results of Lust in my life:
Separated relationships, consumed my life, brought death, guilt, and shame. When Lust is present, it feels like there is no way to have J.O.Y. or be filled with the Holy Spirit. Lust effects everyone not just me. Lust>Guilt and Shame>DEATH (spiritually dead)>DEAD (emotionally and possibly physical). When I LUST, I am a hypocrite and a fool! It is only temporary and has horrible precusions. Obessions destroy lives and relationships.
When confronted with temptation (LUST) PRAY! Humble yourself and repent don't continue. Put myself in the place of the person I am looking at or the creator/photographer who is in desperate need of a Savior. He too has a trouble with LUST, possibly more so then I do, since he lacks self-control that comes from the Holy Spirit. I should have empathy for those people and others like me who are trapped!
How can I be free from Lust? I can't, but I can know the TRUTH and be freed by it not by my own will, but by God and his way out submission and sacrificial love. The reason I don't desire to Lust after a person as much is because it is easier to see them as a creation of God rather than a photograph or whatever. I also can see that they are someone who needs Jesus as everyone does.
The internet creates unrealistic situations and people which in turn creates "ojectism" vs. personality. Men tend to view women as objects now as well as trophies rather than People. This is a great wrong that has come about through the internet. We need to learn to have self-control and sacrificial love that says I will wait till I am married.
Sex is a gift by God for both participants who draw their love from God. God created sex and attraction for a man and a woman for marriage (oneness) purity. World: sexual freedom, "anything goes", objectism, girls are "bitches" not people!
Internet glorifies many unnatural sexuality so it isn't a SHOCK anymore. Lust can be many things I played around with acronyms. Here are some: L is what I couldn't decide on Lure, Lousy, Liar, Liable, Lamprey, Leisure, Lewd, . Next T is Torpedo, Take Over, Torment, Torchure, Terror, Tempest, Tomb, Turmoil, Treason.
I will post more on this later and refine it. I need to go study for my biology test on tuesday. So I will leave you all with my working article.
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It is so hard to overcome. I don't truly understand why it is so hard to overcome. I know that it partly due to the fact that the internet is less personable then a actual person. There are roughly no earthly consequences, but I know there are heavenly consequences. I also know that if it were ever to be known to my friends they would think of me as a hypocrite, which is why I am telling you all that I have a problem, so that it won't surface later and Jesus be dishonored by it. This shouln't be a shock, because every man deals with this. Also it is known that a large percentage of men out there struggle with the internet (porn) I guess I have to lay it out, so that you will know what I am talking about. I know that this time is harder than ever to overcome, because it is everywhere.
One of the teaching pastors at my church said, "I just don't know how you guys deal with porn on the internet" To which I really don't know how to overcome it myself. It truly is a great evil that overtakes many men's lives.
I know I must crush it now before I get married and have a family or before I have a ministry, in which this would destroy it. I know this addiction has ruined many people's lives and destroyed relationships. So please help me in anyway you can, also keep me in prayer, thanks. I feel so good today, even though yesterday was just a disaster.
I am very grateful to God that he has kept me from losing my virginity, but I am deeply ashamed at how corrupted and evil I have let my mind become and be filled with. I truly want to turn away from this and get as much help as possible. I know that just putting it away and saying I am done with it isn't enough. It works for a while, but once the temptation comes again, I will fail. It almost looks as if there is no way out. I know there is but sometimes, I feel physically unable. "God is faithful and true and always will provide a way out" I remeber this verse so many times when I am attacked. I know it is as simple as turning off my computer or hitting the X button as I have said many times on gather, but truly it isn't that easy when you are attacked.
I say attacked, because that is what it feels like and truly is. A Spiritual attack in which there is a battle that is fought between me and the Flesh along with LUST. "You will know the TRUTH and the TRUTH will set you free" I know this also, but sometimes it is hard to see the truth when LUST has its claws in your mind, as "This Present Darkness" put it so well by Frank Peretti.
I know that if I just cry out to Jesus he will provide a way of escape, but as you probably know the flesh craves LUST and doesn't want to remove it. The only reason it goes away is you know why. I don't even have to mention how the battle ends sadly. The flesh is satisfied and I am left guilty and full of grief over what I did. I then think about how much I hate myself, and wish that I could have overcome it. I think wipe my computer clean of any trace of it, then I pray and ask repentance. I read my bible trying to find some measure of condolence. I truly am lost as to what to do. I want a biblical answer not psychological. It is a sin problem not a mind problem. I don't want any of that. Please provide me a way out. I need to know the TRUTH about how to overcome LUST.
I know how to do it when it is a real person, because I can feel empathy for them, but when it comes to the internet it is hard to make that connection. Which is why it is so destructive.
I think I will write an article confronting Lust later when I do find the solution. I know there is a way to overcome it. The solution is Love ultimately.
If I do write an article it will be called just like it is on my paper:
"Every Man's Greatest Battle-LUST"
NWJ (Nothing Without Jesus) (+=-)
Just like I said the T can be a TOMB for many and will be if it isn't controlled. In case it wasn't clear in the article, Lust is a biproduct of the Flesh, it can be Lust of the eyes, Lust of the Flesh, or the Boastful pride of Life all of which come from the Flesh. Lust of the eyes wants things that we can see this can be many things, Lust of the Flesh is what makes us fell good: food, sex, and other pleasures, Pride of life is when we want esteem from others and take it all saying LOOK WHAT I DID. I know we all struggle with these, but the center of the whole problem is the flesh which produces LUST.
I know this doesn't change the fact of my pornagraphy addiction, but it does show that I have limited it, but just not enough. I need to remove it from my life completely. I really hope to stop it completely. Through submission, selfcontrol, and trusting God. I need accountability.
I would also like to say that as a person who has asperger, it is much more difficult for me to control Lust, because people who have asperger or Autism tend to obsess or look prolongly at something that interest us. I have seen kids who star at shining things can can't take their eyes away from it. I sometimes think this is what it is like when I am tempted on the internet. I know there is a way to overcome this, but I think it is somewhat different for people with asperger or autism.
So I would love it if someone could provide me some materials about what some men have done who have asperger or Autism and have overcome this great battle of LUST. Thanks for the help and accountability. I just felt guilty with everyone praising me so much not knowing truly my darkest secrets. I have shown them all to you and will gladly tell more if need be. These just show me how much I truly need Jesus, and how truly evil my flesh is and would be without Jesus. If not for Jesus I would probably be a pornagrapher or some other sextual field since I am so drawn to it. By God's grace and the self-control that comes from the Holy Spirit I am able to limit this. I hope that I can one day have confidence to tell my wife that I have remained pure and waited for her. Right now I really don't feel that way even though I have never had sex, nor have I even had a relationship with someone.
To give you some view into what a person with asperger is like:
I used to star for hours on end at slugs and wonder in amazement at how they moved and functioned. I have always had a fascination with them. I love their cute eye stalks and the shape of their bodies. The slime is understandable if you understand truly what it is and what it is used for. Anyway, no normal boy could take the time to do this. I enjoyed looking and therefore I limited my mind to looking only at slugs for that time, however long that may be. In which all I did was watch, nothing else. This is the problem with obession it absorbs your whole mind and soul. The obsession isn't the problem it is what you do with it. I hope you understand now somewhat. Check out http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/ to understsand more about people with asperger or autism.
If you like to hear more about slugs and snails let me know. I really could talk a long time about them. I consider myself an expert in them. I have yet to find someone on the internet who truly loves slugs and doesn't want them to die. Every so called expert out there just wants to eridicate them, even if they study them it is just to understand how to kill them. Apperently some have the mindset I do since they made a movie about slugs and the sewers called "Flushed" I haven't seen it yet but I would like to. I think that nothing is truly gross once you understand how it functions. Well maybe the sewer could be, but not slugs, snails.
I just am so amazed at how my brothers and sisters around the world seem to not have a problem with it. I know they have a battle with the mind, but maybe they don't have such a problem since they aren't engaged in a world full of it. Rather they focus their mind on things of God and deticate entire passages of the bible to memory so they will have it readily available even if the goverment takes their bible away. I think this could be one of the starting points.
To memorize every verse in the bible that confronts lust. So that when I am attacked by it, I would have an answer. Just like Jesus did in the desert with Satan. The difference is Jesus is God so he can't sin, but through Jesus I can overcome, so I can stop being led by the flesh. I can't remove it but I can control it. Like Job said "I have made a covenant with my eyes"
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-f017.html
I really like how he quotes Paul.
http://www.purelifeministries.org/