Ryan Watched Pornography!

Hmm....Am I having your attention now?

Pornography are acts of mischief that may excite or may bring offense to people. The dictionary defined pornography as obscene, filthy, dirty, lewd, and unholy!.

Is our Christian life like pornography to unbelievers?

SCENE 1:

A certain Christian leader addresses a group of young Christians about the harmfulness of smoking. They were shown photo slides of victims suffering from cancer; the effects from smoking. It generated a lot of excitement among the children. The children were also taught to look after their body because its the temple of the Holy God. When the dialog ended each child applauded to acknowledge that they fully understood and appreciated the message about the effects of smoking on their health.

Ryan, aged 8 was with his parents in a restaurant having dinner. There was a commotion in the restaurant. It was between a diner and the waitress. The diner, lost his cool and uttered a stream of profanities at the waitress, who apparently accidentally spilled hot coffee on him. Ryan recognized the diner as the person who spoke to them about the ill effects of smoking. Ryan was an attendee at the smoking dialog. Ryan remembered the part about honoring the body which is also the temple of the Holy God.

Ryan turned to his parents and exclaimed disappointingly, "Mum! Dad! This man taught us about honoring our body and to keep our body from harm because God lives in it. Look at him shouting at the waitress and the words he is using on her. Isn't that a shame? I am wondering how God is feeling inside him now? I am sure the anger wasn't from God? And I thought when God lives in us, we have the gift of self control? Isn't anger worse than smoking?"

SCENE 2:

Immediately after Sunday service, the small group of Christians were frenzy over something. They were getting ready to visit someone. Its the new believer's home. At the new believers request, they are going over to his home to remove the idols he was worshipping in the past. Half an hour later, there were celebration. The idols had been removed.

Young Ryan was with his family in the car. They were on the way home after shopping at the nearby supermarket. Ryan's mum suddenly recall that she forgot to buy something when they were in the supermarket. Ryan's dad stopped the car at the convenience store for mum to get her stuff. Young Ryan glimpsed a furtive person at the betting shop. Young Ryan thought he looked familiar. Aha! He was the new believer who had his idols removed a week ago. Ryan's parents were at the new believers home to help removed the idols.

Mum returned to the car after she got her stuff.

Ryan turned to his parents and exclaimed disappointingly again, "Mum! Dad! Could you recognized that man in the blue shirt in the betting shop? Isn't he the guy we went over to his house with our other Christian family to remove the idols he used to worship? I thought he had repented of everything and only worship God in Jesus alone. Isn't it more important that we removed the idols in our hearts first? He had those idols removed in the home he lived but not those in his heart where God dwells. Since he still had idols in his heart, where will Jesus be because Jesus would not share His home with someone else. Is there a union between holiness and unholiness?"

Isn't it apparent that the Devil has made lies look like truths? Lies dwelled in us deceiving us to remove the wrong priorities that stumble us!

Our heavenly Father gifted everyone who confessed his son, Jesus Christ is the Messiah, the Saviour with the Holy Spirit. The purpose of the Holy Spirit is to help us live our earthly life for God. The Holy Spirit is a gift to guard the Father's children. The believer has given up his old life and by confessing Jesus Christ as the Saviour, the person lived the new life obedient to the power of the Holy Spirit (Galatian 2:20).

The true children of God are those who are led by the Spirit of God (Romans 8:14).

Our new life in Jesus should not be like pornography to the non believer (Titus 1:16). Each and every moment of our life as a Christian is a testimony of His holiness in us. Each and every moment of our Christian life is a testimony of Christ victory in us.

All of us can live that victorious life for Jesus if we allow the power of the Holy Spirit to guide us. And that is if we are prepared to kneel and ask Jesus to come into our lives to help us. Jesus is prepared to do just that because he remembered that we are dust. He remembered because when He came to save us, we were on our way, doomed for eternal destruction.

If we are obedient to the power of the Holy Spirit, we can experience God's amazing grace in metamorphosis of a sinful Adam into the perfect Christ.