Dead Flies Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Dead Flies--------------------------------------- Date: 8/3/2000 Keywords: "dead" "flies" "foolishness" "honor" "wisdom" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Ecclesiastes 10:1* Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor. Question How does this verse relate to viewing Internet pornography?   Practical help So what’s the big deal? Yeah, I look at pornography when no one else is around. And sure, I’ll admit it’s a little foolish. But there’s more to me than that. Look, I… • Get good grades • Am respected in my community • Have a good job • Work hard at school • Am a faithful husband • Am a caring wife • Go to church • Am a Christian • You fill in the blank This is called "rationalization." The idea is that if you have more good things in your life, a few bad things are not big deals. With this logic a murderer could rationalize that he was really a nice guy on most days. Is it fair to judge him on the one day he killed somebody? Next time you get the urge to surf for porn, think of the dead flies. Don't fall for the foolish idea that it's no big deal. It will stink up your good life. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2000 by eXXit *"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission."