Men of Sorrows Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Men of Sorrows ------------------- Date: 10/20/2001 Keywords: "gods" "sorrows" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Psalm 16:4* The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods. Questions 1. Does pornography qualify as one of "other gods" in your life?   2. How has porn increased your sorrows?   Practical help The prophet Isaiah foretold that Jesus would be a "man of sorrows" (Isaiah 53:3). Indeed, Jesus experienced unparalleled suffering before he died, but it wasn't the kind of sorrows the psalmist had in mind in Psalm 16:4 above. Jesus felt sorrow because his unswerving devotion to the Father earned the wrath of the religious and political leaders of his day. We experience sorrow for the opposite reason: We worship false gods — including pornography. It should come as no surprise when our misplaced devotion causes trouble. We're counting on degrading images to give us life, the very thing only the true God can do. Sorrow is the natural result. Men of sorrows, let's imitate the "man of sorrows." eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2001 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.