Ray Ortlund | Porn, Justice and You | TGC Talks

it was god who created you with sexual energy running through your body and he's not having second thoughts now we all have some regrets about how we have used his gift but still your sexuality is magnificent god thinks so the porn industry doesn't think so the porn industry has no respect for you at all here's what it is it's a meat processing factory and the cattle being herded in for slaughter are human beings it's high time to shut it down let's face what a porn site really is when you log on to a porn site you're standing in a doorway to a big room semi-darkened lots of beds sofas floor space there are many sexual predators in there mistreating women children those precious people are being humiliated they're being tormented the victims who look like they're having fun are faking it because they'll be punished even more if they don't perform on command and you're standing there in the doorway looking for the decent option that isn't that bad because you're a good christian guy and so forth now when you log on to a porn site that's where you are and that is what's going on and instead of standing there you should be turning on the lights rescuing the victims and calling the police the fact that you're looking at this gospel coalition video right now i'm guessing that means you don't want that anymore you hate sadism torture rape porn child porn revenge porn humiliation you understand that no girl ever makes it her life goal to end up on a porn site the reason she ends up there is she is mistreated into it she is violated into it which means porn is a justice issue and you're not okay with injustice and what i'm saying is you can stop playing defense and you can start playing offense you can starve the beast you can band together with other men who feel the way you do to diminish and marginalize and stigmatize this industry in my own lifetime i've seen the tobacco industry and smoking cigarettes relocated culturally from suave and sophisticated to marginal and pathetic now it's porn's turn and here are three things you can do about that one three ways you can make a difference one honesty today call a friend you trust arrange to mate with him this week to put out before him what's really going on in your life and invite him to do the same with you and locked away in the vault of your sacred trust and your friendship put out on the table the things that are hard to talk about get honest with each other and then meet again next week and then as you go along the way pull more guys in more and more men would be so relieved to know there's a place where they can go to talk about the real anguish in their hearts honesty sets men free so that's the first thing secondly prayer honesty alone is not enough here's why porn is demonic porn presents itself as a sort of momentary sidebar thrill a bit of escapism but in fact porn represents a total world view it comes out of a total world view it brings with it a total world view denying everything you care about and denying everything you believe in it is the total denial of god it isn't about sex it's about erasing god from existence which means god is really eager to help and to enter in so when you meet with your friends and you come to the end of your time together always end with prayer god will enter in god will be there if you don't include prayer it's like going up against a tank with a squirt gun but if you include prayer you'll make a difference honesty prayer thirdly activism there are so many forms of powerful activism you'll know what you've got to do but for starters here's one sample one idea what about the creative arts back in the 1800s people fought against slavery inspired by great songs that were written for their fight like the battle hymn of the republic which says as he died to make men holy let us live to make men free they drew strength from those words and then in the civil rights struggle of the 1960s they had songs like we shall overcome those heroes were strengthened as they sang oh deep in my heart i do believe we shall overcome someday but where are our songs of liberation today why is it hard for us even to imagine coming into church lifting our voices in song to god praising him for liberation praying for the spread of liberation and singing our way into a better world pushing back against all forms of oppression including the porn industry with the power of song and the power of all the arts you singer songwriters in nashville for example where i live help us out we want to sing our way into a whole new world in 1955 rosa parks came to a moment in her life when she said no to getting pushed around she didn't hold political office she wasn't rich and famous but rosa parks started a movement that changed the world because she stopped playing defense and she started playing offense she said no to humiliation she said yes to dignity for herself and for everyone and now it's your turn and you have by god's grace in your possession right now everything you need to get traction so this rich corrupt brutal industry it's all a bluff what they don't want you to know is that you have the power you have the power your noble refusal they have no power before your determination god has given you that power use it make the world right where you are safe for honesty for prayer for activism and you will win and you will enjoy winning god bless you

Channel: The Gospel Coalition

Views: 817

Rating: 5 out of 5

Keywords: the gospel coalition, the gospel, gospel, coalition, pastors, pastor, minister, ministry, Christ, Christian, Christianity, church, churches, faith, reformed, reformation, bible, biblical, evangelical, Jesus, God, spiritual, spirit, Holy Spirit, preacher, preaching, teaching, Pornography, Justice, Fighting Porn, Porn Addiction, Sex Addiction, Purity, Holiness, Accountability, Prayer, Activism

Id: Ed4Ync11HEY

Length: 9min 29sec (569 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 15 2021