09/09/2025
OVERCOMING SINS OF SEXUAL ADDICTION || BRO ZAC POONEN
Episode 2
Let me give you another non-sexual example.
Suppose you're really worked up in anger with someone—maybe your spouse or another person. Sometimes, even between a husband and wife, the pressure builds up so much inside that you just yell at the other person. And you feel a certain relief—"Ah, I let that person have a piece of my mind!"
You think that's a godly relief? Not at all.
You got relief because you did your own will and satisfied your lust to get angry at that person. And so, when someone says, "I get relief through masturbation"—yes, but by satisfying your lust. There is a certain relief, sure.
The Bible says there is pleasure in sin. It doesn’t deny that. In Hebrews 11:25, it says very clearly: "There is pleasure in sin." But it also says—it is a passing pleasure.
Whenever you sin in any area, how long does that pleasure last? It’s only for a while. After that comes guilt, self-condemnation, and discouragement. That’s exactly where the devil wanted to bring you—so he could knock you down even further.
How foolish it is to pursue that kind of relief! The devil wins the victory. He waits to condemn you, and soon you feel out of touch with God. You begin to condemn yourself and feel discouraged.
Your effectiveness for God is gone.
If we are to be effective for God—and if our mouth... you know, the Lord says in Isaiah 49, concerning Jesus (and it can be true of us too)—I've often taken it for myself. It’s a prophecy concerning Jesus.
Isaiah 49:2 says, “He has made my mouth like a sharp sword.”
Not the sword of a murderer—but the knife of a surgeon. The knife of a murderer brings death. The knife of a surgeon brings life.
Our mouth must be like a sharp knife that doesn't hesitate—just like a surgeon doesn't hesitate to cut a person open.
In the olden days, before anesthesia was discovered, they would tie down a man’s hands and legs and operate on him—no matter how much he screamed. They would cut him open.
You had to be a pretty ruthless surgeon to do that. But he knew it was for life.
God has made your mouth like a sharp sword. But the aim of the devil is to blunt that sword—through po*******hy, sexual sin, and many other sins—so that your words don't cut anymore.
They don’t accomplish what God intends.
God wants all of us to be witnesses. Even if you’re not a preacher, your effectiveness as a witness will be seriously compromised if you are blunted—if you don’t take sin seriously.
What is sin? The Bible says it is “coming short of the glory of God.”
So when you think a certain type of thought is okay… or when you watch certain movies, ask yourself: Can I do this in fellowship with Jesus Christ?
We want to do everything in fellowship with Him.
The Bible says, “If we walk in darkness and say we have fellowship with Him, we lie.”
The whole Christian life is one of fellowship with Christ. And in that fellowship, we do only what He would do.
If at any moment what I'm doing cannot be done in fellowship with Christ—then I should not do it.
There’s no verse in the Bible that says you can’t smoke ci******es. But we know it harms the body. It destroys the lungs. You can get lung cancer.
People say, “Well, it's not a sin.” But you're destroying the temple of the Holy Spirit.
People wouldn’t think of taking a hammer and breaking down a church building. But this physical structure isn't the real temple. Your body is.
So if you wouldn’t destroy a building with a hammer, then don’t destroy your lungs with ci******es. Don't destroy your liver with alcohol. Even though there’s no direct Bible verse, you’re still harming your body.
Ask yourself—even when watching a movie or doing something recreational: Can I do this with Jesus sitting beside me?
Jesus is not against entertainment. If you're watching a clean game—like cricket or baseball—He won’t tell you to turn it off. That’s clean and healthy.
But if something is sinful—even if there’s no graphic sex—if it's about someone having an affair, or encouraging divorce or immorality, should you be watching it?
𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝...
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