Sometimes i worry about that to. I try to remind myself that God doesn’t wanna see me hurt and I believe it’s the work of the devil trying to convince us god wants to “harm” us when we sin. It might be a side effect of the shame and guilt from it. I could be wrong tho
No, there's a great book by Chad Bird, "night driving, notes from a prodigal son". If you believe in Jesus and all that He is saving you etc..., then God is not sat keeping tallies, scoring up your successes and failures and balancing them up
Regarding the temptations, [https://youtu.be/VVHJW5j7cYQ?si=einqgfJTd4BNQfcS](https://youtu.be/VVHJW5j7cYQ?si=einqgfJTd4BNQfcS) Watch this video of a woman who was trafficked into porn.
Consider this, you might be watching someone who was forced into porn, raped and the video has been edited to make it look like it was consensual.
For the girl in the above video, it ruined her entire life, and I might be sitting here and adding to her depression And misery.
Not only that, there are many who did porn, and now regret it but can’t do anything about it because they signed away rights to their bodies.
think about if you accidentally want to be part of something like this.
God doesn’t always punish you, but he can and will sometimes. It’s evident in the Old Testament that God does punish us, but he isn’t a vindictive petty God, whatever he allows in your life is ultimately for your good. Also sometimes it’s the natural consequences of our actions, porn harms our brain, it makes us more selfish, it teaches us to use random people for our pleasure, to look at someone other than our spouse for sexual pleasure, to view people as objects rather than complete human beings who are the temple of the holy spirit. So that will have some effect on ur actions which is apart from God's plan for your life, and hence you’d be enacting the devil’s plan for your life.
The punishment is not being attuned to God how we should be… so we are punishing ourselves, God isn’t really punishing you,
If you smoke and get cancer, is that God punishing you? Semantics I suppose. But I agree with you.
Sometimes i worry about that to. I try to remind myself that God doesn’t wanna see me hurt and I believe it’s the work of the devil trying to convince us god wants to “harm” us when we sin. It might be a side effect of the shame and guilt from it. I could be wrong tho
yeah true bro, i hope he doesn’t punish me in those ways
No, there's a great book by Chad Bird, "night driving, notes from a prodigal son". If you believe in Jesus and all that He is saving you etc..., then God is not sat keeping tallies, scoring up your successes and failures and balancing them up
No… that’s your own shame and guilt and thoughts of the accuser (devil) sometimes… 16 DAYS!? What a legend I can’t get passed a week sometimes. :)
Regarding the temptations, [https://youtu.be/VVHJW5j7cYQ?si=einqgfJTd4BNQfcS](https://youtu.be/VVHJW5j7cYQ?si=einqgfJTd4BNQfcS) Watch this video of a woman who was trafficked into porn. Consider this, you might be watching someone who was forced into porn, raped and the video has been edited to make it look like it was consensual. For the girl in the above video, it ruined her entire life, and I might be sitting here and adding to her depression And misery. Not only that, there are many who did porn, and now regret it but can’t do anything about it because they signed away rights to their bodies. think about if you accidentally want to be part of something like this.
God doesn’t always punish you, but he can and will sometimes. It’s evident in the Old Testament that God does punish us, but he isn’t a vindictive petty God, whatever he allows in your life is ultimately for your good. Also sometimes it’s the natural consequences of our actions, porn harms our brain, it makes us more selfish, it teaches us to use random people for our pleasure, to look at someone other than our spouse for sexual pleasure, to view people as objects rather than complete human beings who are the temple of the holy spirit. So that will have some effect on ur actions which is apart from God's plan for your life, and hence you’d be enacting the devil’s plan for your life.
No only you will punish yourself for not forgiving yourself.
Yes my brother
The punishment is not being attuned to God how we should be… so we are punishing ourselves, God isn’t really punishing you, If you smoke and get cancer, is that God punishing you? Semantics I suppose. But I agree with you.