“Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. For this, ‘You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,’ and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” (Romans 13:8-10 NASB1995)

Pornography addiction is at high numbers among professing Christians. According to AI, which also agrees with other statistics I have read over the years, about 75% of professing Christian men and about 40% of professing Christian women, and up to 50% of pastors report viewing pornography. And many children are vulnerable to be included in these statistics, as well. And smartphones in the hands of adults and children alike make for easy access to pornography in secrecy, even in the corner of a crowded room. But many “Christians” are not viewing this as adultery, but that is truly what it is. For..

Jesus said, “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.” (Matthew 5:27-30 NASB1995)

And the very sad reality in all of this is that the church at large, in the USA, anyway, is largely pacifying these professing Christians in their sins of idolatry and adultery rather than to call them to biblical repentance and to purity of devotion, both to the Lord and to their spouses (for those married). For they don’t want to offend the sinners, because they want them to come to their gatherings, so they either justify or rationalize or pacify or ignore the reality of this epidemic sin and adultery issue rather than to demand a change of heart and mind resulting in a change of behavior via repentance.

So, pornography use and addiction is the “elephant in the room,” i.e. “a major problem or controversial issue that is obviously present but avoided as a subject for discussion because it is more comfortable to do so” (source AI).

But this is not an issue to be ignored and swept under the rug as though it is a minor offense not worth mentioning. This is not only sin against God, but it is sin against one’s spouse (if you are married), and it is adultery, and it is destroying many people’s marriages and families. And it is the catalyst that is sending many people to hell because they want to hold on to their sin and to their pornography, which they want more than they want their spouses, and more than they want to be delivered (saved) from their slavery to sin so that they can now serve the Lord Jesus with their lives in obedience to him.

Professing Christian, please know that the Scriptures teach that if sin is our practice, and not obedience to our Lord and to his commands, that we will not inherit eternal life with God, no matter what we have professed with our lips. For we are not saved from our sins and on our way to heaven based on lip service only. We must be those who deny self, die to sin daily, by the Spirt, and who walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in the power of God. And this is not saying we will never sin, but sin should not be our practice, our habit, our addiction. But now we should be servants of the Lord Jesus Christ.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Send a Revival

An Original Work / June 25, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Send a revival to this nation, Lord, I pray.
Bring us to our knees, Lord, humbly today.
Teach us to daily walk in your footsteps.
Guide us in your truth, and may we find rest.
Send a revival to this nation, Lord, I pray.
Bring us to our knees, Lord, humbly today.

Be our desire and our hearts’ pure devotion, Lord.
Make us a people who walk close to you.
Change our hearts to conform to your likeness.
May we love others who are in distress.
Be our desire and our hearts’ pure devotion, Lord.
Make us a people who walk close to you.

Teach us to be an example of your love, Lord.
May we serve others as though serving you.
Keep us in fellowship with you, I pray.
May we obey you in all things today.
Teach us to be an example of your love, Lord.
May we serve others as though serving you.

The Elephant in The Room
An Original Work / February 21, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love