"Driving
Rain"
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Title:
"Driving Rain" -------------
Date: 03/03/1999
Keywords:
"exploit”
“self-respect" “victims"
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strong in the face of sexual temptation.
Passage:
Proverbs 28:3*
A ruler who oppresses the
poor is like a driving rain that leaves no
crops.
Reader
response
In a sentence or two,
paraphrase Proverbs 28:3.
Practical
help
Countless Scriptures,
including Proverbs 28:3, attest to God's contempt for
oppressors and compassion for their victims. Which
puts porn viewers on the horns of an ironic dilemma.
And as we will see in a minute, makes them eligible
for Good News.
First, the dilemma. On the one hand, porn viewers are
oppressors: They exploit the flesh of porn actors, no
matter the damage to the actors' physical and
spiritual wellbeing as they pose for the porn. On the
other hand, porn viewers are also victims: The porn
industry exploits their weaknesses and cravings,
regardless of physical and spiritual consequences to
them.
Thus, in the world of porn, victims help exploit each
other. In the words of Proverbs 28:3, porn viewers and
actors alike are "like a driving rain" that erodes
each other's peace, confidence and any other crop of
self-respect. No wonder many porn viewers feel
deserving of scorn and sympathy at the same time. The
reciprocating victimizer-victim roles leaves them
feeling alternately guilty, raped and stuck.
Now for the Good News. It is for people caught in
these tough spots, these hopeless jams, that Christ
died on the cross. Nothing else can atone for the
complicated mix of sins found in porn.
Your part?
- Believe that Christ's death
has cleansed you of all sin and shame.
(Click
here for information on how to become a
Christian).
- Believe that the power that
cleansed you will also eventually break your porn
habits.
- Hang in there. If you fall
off the wagon and revisit porn sites, admit it.
Continue to trust in Christ's power to cleanse you
and, in due time, break the porn habit.
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