Unobvious Sin Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Unobvious Sin Keywords: "sin" "trail" "unobvious" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: 1 Timothy 5:24* The sins of some men are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them. Questions 1. What does this verse mean?   2. How might it apply to Web porn?   Practical help President Nixon lied about the Watergate break in, and it caught up with him. President Clinton lied about sex with an intern, and it caught up with him. These sins fit the apostle Paul's category of those that "trail behind." They became obvious only later. Web porn falls into this same category. At first, we can convince ourselves that our habit is purely personal. An unobvious sin. But porn has a way of slipping through our barriers. If people ask us about it, we may lie to them, compounding the first error with a second. If we digest too much porn, we may find ourselves numb to godly expressions of sexuality. Ultimately, the lust for the experiences we've seen depicted on our monitors may push us to act them out with a non-spouse or a prostitute. Scripture offers this caution to the sexually curious: The sins of Web porn may trail behind, but they will eventually elicit judgment. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2002, 2004 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved. ----