Victimization

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Title: Victimization
Keywords: "Proverbs 1" "victim" "victimization" "victimizer"
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Read the following Bible passage, then answer the short questions. Consider the practical suggestions at the end of the study.

Passage: Proverbs 1:10-11*

10. My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.

11. If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul;

Questions

1. Who is the "harmless soul" mentioned in verse 11?

 

2. What does it mean to "waylay some harmless soul"?

 

3. What does the proposed scenario in verse 11 reveal about the perpetrators?

 

4. Who are the victimizers and victims in web porn?

 

Practical help

Web porn is not victimless. One or more people are being exploited. Viewing porn as a victimization process may help you resist it. Consider:
1. How the actors in the scenes are being victimized as a result of appearing in the pornography.

2. How you, the viewer, are exploiting the actors.

2. How you, the viewer, are being exploited by the porn producers.

Many people have resisted web porn by calling it what it is — a victimization process. They are cheering you on to resist it as well. Ask God to help you resist exploiting — and being exploited.


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