‘Make a parapet around your roof to make it safe.’ Deuteronomy 22:8
Hundreds of pornography sites are being introduced to the Internet. The
idea is to have you accidentally exposed to them through clever marketing. This
helps explain how children as young as eight become addicted to pornography and
to the websites that feed it in the middle of the night when parents are
sleeping. But these websites are also visited by teenagers and adults. So
protection isn’t just called for on the part of parents, but by all those on
the front line in the battle for moral purity.
In his book Getting Through the Tough Stuff, Chuck Swindoll writes: ‘One
in every two churchgoers is actively involved with Internet porn. (Are you
shocked?) Nine out of ten children have been exposed to it - most of them
accidentally while doing homework online. Thirty-seven percent of pastors say
Internet porn is a current struggle in their lives. Most are exposed to it
through … computer screen pop-ups, unsolicited email, and links to websites
with innocent-sounding names.
When an enticing image flashes, temptation is hard to overcome,
especially for males. The Internet has become an integral part of our lives.
There’s much that’s good, but there’s just as much that’s deadly.
It is therefore our responsibility as Christians to protect ourselves
from the dangers that are part of Internet usage!’ God commanded the
Israelites: ‘Make a parapet around your roof to make it safe so … someone
doesn’t fall off.’ Even the apostle Paul recognised that he was capable of
being ‘disqualified’ as a leader in God’s work (see 1 Corinthians 9:27).
So the word for you today is: Be careful what you watch.
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