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There will be a series of devotions written not by me, but by a former chief warlock Ben Alexander to tackle some very thorny issues.
Here is his website:
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Is Pornography Really Wrong?
色情作品真的错了吗？
When it comes to porn, the question facing many men and women is simple: is it really wrong? Is it really that big of a deal? I mean, it’s just an image on a screen. It’s not someone I know, or someone I’m having an actual affair with, so I’m still faithful to my future (or current) wife. It’s just sexual release, like masturbation, and we all know that masturbation is not condemned in the Bible. It’s not even mentioned.
提到色情作品，简单来说这是许多男人和女人们遇到的问题。它真的是错的吗？它真的是一个很大的问题吗？我的意思是，它只是屏幕前的一个影像而已，它不是我认识的某些人，也不是我和他有现实交往的某些人。所以我仍旧忠实于我未来（目前）的妻子，它只是性的释放，就像手淫，我们都知道手淫在圣经里是不被谴责的，它甚至都没有被提到。
And isn’t sex a good thing, so what’s wrong in watching it happen? I’m just admiring beauty. And besides, I’m single, so what do you expect me to do with all this pent-up sexual energy? It seems like a safe release until I am married.
那么性难道不是一个好事情，观看它犯了什么错吗？我一向欣赏美好的事物，另外，我是单身，那么你期望我如何对待被压抑的性能力呢？除非我结婚，否则这看起来是一种安全的释放方式。
I’ve heard all of this, and more.
我听到了所有这些话，甚至更多。
So, is it really that big of a deal?
那么它真的是一个很大的问题吗？
Yes, and here’s why:
是的，我来告诉你为什么:
It is sexual sin. Jesus made it clear that when we give in to lust, it is akin to the act itself. It makes no difference whether you know the person or not; lust is not tied to relationship.
它是性罪。耶稣清楚的告诉我们，不要向情欲屈服，情欲和其行为本身相似。不管你是否认识这个人都没有什么不同，情欲不受关系的约束。
It is addictive. The ubiquitous nature of porn is new to our culture, and to human sexuality, but it is becoming increasingly clear that it is highly addictive in nature. As a result, it can not only begin to dominate a life, but can demand ever-increasing levels of exposure and ever-increasing degrees of experience to continue to stimulate.
它容易成瘾。色情作品无所不在的特性，对我们的文化和人们的性生活来说是新奇的。但人们正在逐渐认识到其本性是高度成瘾的，结果就是，它不仅开始主宰人们的生活，而且需要越来越多的暴露以及更大程度的持续性刺激经历。
It is degrading to women. In pornography, women are treated as objects. They are not fulfilling God’s dream for their life as His precious daughter, nor are they fulfilling His design for sexual expression and fulfilment. You are watching a woman who is being sinned against, treated in a way that is contemptible to her heavenly Father (whether she sees it or not – and the fact that many may not only adds to its tragic nature). And if you are a woman watching it for the men, it is equally degrading to them.
它正在贬低女人们，在色情作品中，女人们被当做玩物来对待。她们没有被当做神宝贵的女儿，满足神对她们生活的梦想，她们也没有被当做神的性表达和成就的完美设计品。你只是在看一个被罪所侵害的女人，对她的（不管她看到与否，事实上许多人或许并没有增加她的悲剧性。）天父来说，她是以卑劣的方式来对待。假如你是一个女人，在观看男人们，同样也是在贬低男人。
It leads to other sins. Studies are beginning to show that the effects of porn on men are more than temporary sexual stimulation: as they see women treated as objects, they begin to treat women that way. They become more sexually aggressive, leading to date rapes and expected “hook-ups.”
它也会导致其他罪。研究显示色情作品对男人的影响，超过了许多临时的性刺激:当他们把女人当做玩物来看待时，他们就会以那种方式对待女人。他们变得更加有性攻击性，导致更多约会强奸以及之后一系列问题。
It harms your relationship with your current, or future, spouse. It is absolutely ridiculous to say that watching porn enhances a sexual life. Instead, it cheapens it. Those caught in its web testify to how porn quickly becomes a substitute for sexual intimacy with your spouse.
它伤害了和你目前或将来伴侣的关系。观看色情作品会强化性生活的说法是完全荒谬的，相反，它会使其变的廉价。那些掉入陷阱的人验证了，色情作品是如何快速成为，你与伴侣之间亲密性生活的替代品。
It desensitizes your soul. Sin of any kind desensitizes your spiritual life. Continued exposure to a sin such as pornography is like shooting novocaine into your soul. It deadens you and grieves the Holy Spirit in your life, forcing Him to withdraw His utmost filling in a way that diminishes His power and presence in your life.
它使你对灵魂变得不敏感，任何形式的罪都会使你的灵魂生活变得不敏感。持续暴露于诸如色情作品的罪中，就像对你的灵魂注入可卡因，它使你变得麻木，使圣灵在你的生活中感到悲伤，迫使圣灵以减弱他在你生活中的力量和存在的方式，来收回他对你最大的投入。
It distorts sex. Nothing reduces sex to lust more than pornography. Yielding to such images is overwhelmingly addictive, like a narcotic that delivers a quick hit to the emotions or senses, but ravages you from within. It destroys real relationships, real intimacy, real sexuality.
它扭曲了性。没有什么比色情作品更能把性降低为情欲。屈服于那些影像会不可抵抗地成瘾，就像麻醉剂对情感和感觉快速一击，却从内部对你造成伤害，它破坏了真正的关系，真正的亲密，真正的性。
I’m a missionary.
我是个传教士。
I talk with men who are dealing with the spiritual torment and guilt of engaging in pornography while trying to rationalize it away;
我和男人们交谈，人们对待灵魂上折磨以及涉及色情的羞耻，就是试图把它合法化。
I talk with men who are having to fight it as an addiction;
我和男人们交谈，人们把它作为成瘾之事与之斗争。
I talk with men who are finding it is leading them to a warped view of women;
我和男人们交谈，人们发现这会引导他们形成对女人扭曲的观念。
I talk with men who are experiencing its direct path to other sins;
我和男人们交谈，人们正在经历由它直接导致的其他罪。
I talk with men who are seeing its assault on their marriage;
我和男人们交谈，人们正看到它对他们婚姻的侵犯。
I talk with men who are trying to awaken their souls from its deadening grip;
我和男人们交谈，人们试图从麻木的掌控中唤醒他们的灵魂。
I talk with men who have distorted views of what sex is about.
我和男人们交谈，人们对性有着扭曲的观点。
I also talk to the wives of these men – I’ve seen the hurt, the betrayal, the wounding to intimacy, trust and self-esteem. And increasingly, I am having the same conversations with women who have become caught in its snare.
我也和这些男人的妻子们交谈，我看到了伤害，背叛，亲密关系、信任和自尊的伤口，并且我和已经落入陷阱的女人们有了更多类似的谈话。
There is little doubt to those of us who work with people, and those who are themselves caught in its web, how pornography is destroying the sanctity of sex and the glory of marriage.
对于我们这些和人打交道的人，以及自己掉入陷阱的人，几乎毫不怀疑，色情作品正在毁掉性的圣洁和婚姻的荣耀。
And we haven’t even broached what it is doing to the coming generation of men and women who have been exposed to it at the earliest of ages over multiple years.
我们甚至尚未提出该对下一代的男人和女人们做些什么，他们已经在很早的年龄并且历经多年暴露在这些问题中。
So, is pornography really wrong?
那么色情作品真的错了吗？
IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY!
以各种可能的方式！
Blessings,
祝福你们！
Ben
本
SOAK IN SCRIPTURE
Please be blessed, the John Knox ones are amazing. copy and paste into browser or click on the link
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PART 5
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Here is his website:
Untitled Document
BE BLESSED AS YOU READ THESE DEVOTIONS, PLEASE SHARE THEM.
Please listen to the sermons at the bottom.
If you wish to be on the prayer team to pray for the persecuted church, China's un-reached people and the nations, please respond by email to the address below
keitherichobkirk@hotmail.com
If you aren't already subscribing and you wish to, please email me at the above address.
Is Pornography Really Wrong?
色情作品真的错了吗？
When it comes to porn, the question facing many men and women is simple: is it really wrong? Is it really that big of a deal? I mean, it’s just an image on a screen. It’s not someone I know, or someone I’m having an actual affair with, so I’m still faithful to my future (or current) wife. It’s just sexual release, like masturbation, and we all know that masturbation is not condemned in the Bible. It’s not even mentioned.
提到色情作品，简单来说这是许多男人和女人们遇到的问题。它真的是错的吗？它真的是一个很大的问题吗？我的意思是，它只是屏幕前的一个影像而已，它不是我认识的某些人，也不是我和他有现实交往的某些人。所以我仍旧忠实于我未来（目前）的妻子，它只是性的释放，就像手淫，我们都知道手淫在圣经里是不被谴责的，它甚至都没有被提到。
And isn’t sex a good thing, so what’s wrong in watching it happen? I’m just admiring beauty. And besides, I’m single, so what do you expect me to do with all this pent-up sexual energy? It seems like a safe release until I am married.
那么性难道不是一个好事情，观看它犯了什么错吗？我一向欣赏美好的事物，另外，我是单身，那么你期望我如何对待被压抑的性能力呢？除非我结婚，否则这看起来是一种安全的释放方式。
I’ve heard all of this, and more.
我听到了所有这些话，甚至更多。
So, is it really that big of a deal?
那么它真的是一个很大的问题吗？
Yes, and here’s why:
是的，我来告诉你为什么:
It is sexual sin. Jesus made it clear that when we give in to lust, it is akin to the act itself. It makes no difference whether you know the person or not; lust is not tied to relationship.
它是性罪。耶稣清楚的告诉我们，不要向情欲屈服，情欲和其行为本身相似。不管你是否认识这个人都没有什么不同，情欲不受关系的约束。
It is addictive. The ubiquitous nature of porn is new to our culture, and to human sexuality, but it is becoming increasingly clear that it is highly addictive in nature. As a result, it can not only begin to dominate a life, but can demand ever-increasing levels of exposure and ever-increasing degrees of experience to continue to stimulate.
它容易成瘾。色情作品无所不在的特性，对我们的文化和人们的性生活来说是新奇的。但人们正在逐渐认识到其本性是高度成瘾的，结果就是，它不仅开始主宰人们的生活，而且需要越来越多的暴露以及更大程度的持续性刺激经历。
It is degrading to women. In pornography, women are treated as objects. They are not fulfilling God’s dream for their life as His precious daughter, nor are they fulfilling His design for sexual expression and fulfilment. You are watching a woman who is being sinned against, treated in a way that is contemptible to her heavenly Father (whether she sees it or not – and the fact that many may not only adds to its tragic nature). And if you are a woman watching it for the men, it is equally degrading to them.
它正在贬低女人们，在色情作品中，女人们被当做玩物来对待。她们没有被当做神宝贵的女儿，满足神对她们生活的梦想，她们也没有被当做神的性表达和成就的完美设计品。你只是在看一个被罪所侵害的女人，对她的（不管她看到与否，事实上许多人或许并没有增加她的悲剧性。）天父来说，她是以卑劣的方式来对待。假如你是一个女人，在观看男人们，同样也是在贬低男人。
It leads to other sins. Studies are beginning to show that the effects of porn on men are more than temporary sexual stimulation: as they see women treated as objects, they begin to treat women that way. They become more sexually aggressive, leading to date rapes and expected “hook-ups.”
它也会导致其他罪。研究显示色情作品对男人的影响，超过了许多临时的性刺激:当他们把女人当做玩物来看待时，他们就会以那种方式对待女人。他们变得更加有性攻击性，导致更多约会强奸以及之后一系列问题。
It harms your relationship with your current, or future, spouse. It is absolutely ridiculous to say that watching porn enhances a sexual life. Instead, it cheapens it. Those caught in its web testify to how porn quickly becomes a substitute for sexual intimacy with your spouse.
它伤害了和你目前或将来伴侣的关系。观看色情作品会强化性生活的说法是完全荒谬的，相反，它会使其变的廉价。那些掉入陷阱的人验证了，色情作品是如何快速成为，你与伴侣之间亲密性生活的替代品。
It desensitizes your soul. Sin of any kind desensitizes your spiritual life. Continued exposure to a sin such as pornography is like shooting novocaine into your soul. It deadens you and grieves the Holy Spirit in your life, forcing Him to withdraw His utmost filling in a way that diminishes His power and presence in your life.
它使你对灵魂变得不敏感，任何形式的罪都会使你的灵魂生活变得不敏感。持续暴露于诸如色情作品的罪中，就像对你的灵魂注入可卡因，它使你变得麻木，使圣灵在你的生活中感到悲伤，迫使圣灵以减弱他在你生活中的力量和存在的方式，来收回他对你最大的投入。
It distorts sex. Nothing reduces sex to lust more than pornography. Yielding to such images is overwhelmingly addictive, like a narcotic that delivers a quick hit to the emotions or senses, but ravages you from within. It destroys real relationships, real intimacy, real sexuality.
它扭曲了性。没有什么比色情作品更能把性降低为情欲。屈服于那些影像会不可抵抗地成瘾，就像麻醉剂对情感和感觉快速一击，却从内部对你造成伤害，它破坏了真正的关系，真正的亲密，真正的性。
I’m a missionary.
我是个传教士。
I talk with men who are dealing with the spiritual torment and guilt of engaging in pornography while trying to rationalize it away;
我和男人们交谈，人们对待灵魂上折磨以及涉及色情的羞耻，就是试图把它合法化。
I talk with men who are having to fight it as an addiction;
我和男人们交谈，人们把它作为成瘾之事与之斗争。
I talk with men who are finding it is leading them to a warped view of women;
我和男人们交谈，人们发现这会引导他们形成对女人扭曲的观念。
I talk with men who are experiencing its direct path to other sins;
我和男人们交谈，人们正在经历由它直接导致的其他罪。
I talk with men who are seeing its assault on their marriage;
我和男人们交谈，人们正看到它对他们婚姻的侵犯。
I talk with men who are trying to awaken their souls from its deadening grip;
我和男人们交谈，人们试图从麻木的掌控中唤醒他们的灵魂。
I talk with men who have distorted views of what sex is about.
我和男人们交谈，人们对性有着扭曲的观点。
I also talk to the wives of these men – I’ve seen the hurt, the betrayal, the wounding to intimacy, trust and self-esteem. And increasingly, I am having the same conversations with women who have become caught in its snare.
我也和这些男人的妻子们交谈，我看到了伤害，背叛，亲密关系、信任和自尊的伤口，并且我和已经落入陷阱的女人们有了更多类似的谈话。
There is little doubt to those of us who work with people, and those who are themselves caught in its web, how pornography is destroying the sanctity of sex and the glory of marriage.
对于我们这些和人打交道的人，以及自己掉入陷阱的人，几乎毫不怀疑，色情作品正在毁掉性的圣洁和婚姻的荣耀。
And we haven’t even broached what it is doing to the coming generation of men and women who have been exposed to it at the earliest of ages over multiple years.
我们甚至尚未提出该对下一代的男人和女人们做些什么，他们已经在很早的年龄并且历经多年暴露在这些问题中。
So, is pornography really wrong?
那么色情作品真的错了吗？
IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY!
以各种可能的方式！
Blessings,
祝福你们！
Ben
本
SOAK IN SCRIPTURE
Please be blessed, the John Knox ones are amazing. copy and paste into browser or click on the link
CHINESE
腓立比书 1：1-6 保罗的喜乐和感谢
Rev. QINGJIANG ZHANG | Philippians 腓立比书
sermonaudio.com/sermon/727231724438162
腓立比书 1：7-11 保罗为腓立比教会祷告
Rev. QINGJIANG ZHANG | Philippians 腓立比书
sermonaudio.com/sermon/727231726276538
腓立比书 1：12-18 保罗的喜乐（1）
Rev. QINGJIANG ZHANG | Philippians 腓立比书
sermonaudio.com/sermon/72723172873116
ENGLISH
John Knox institute
Part 3
John Knox Institute of Higher Education
Part 4
John Knox Institute of Higher Education
PART 5
John Knox Institute of Higher Education