Last night, I was watching the History Channel miniseries, \u201cThe Bible\u201d<\/em><\/strong>, which retold the epic story of King David. He was a great and mighty king who got tripped up by an ancient version of pornography which led to lust which led to adultery which led to murder and ultimately led to chaos in his life. I believe that there is much we can learn from his story about the importance of protecting our purity and our marriages.<\/p>\n The story from the Bible is found in\u00a01 Samuel<\/em>\u00a0where King David goes looking someplace he never should have been looking\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cOne evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,\u00a0and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, \u201cShe is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.\u201d\u00a0Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her.\u201d<\/em>\u00a01 Samuel 11:2-4<\/strong><\/p>\n Adultery never starts in the bedroom; it always starts in the mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n Porn is a daily struggle for millions (if not billions) of men around the world. God wired us up to be visual creatures and with the pervasiveness and availability of pornography on the internet, many men have fallen into a destructive cycle, but\u00a0God wants to set you free.\u00a0Sin always leads to more sin and more destruction until it is stopped. If you\u2019re one of the many who are caught up in Porn, please know a few important Biblical principles.<\/p>\n 1. Porn is sin.<\/strong><\/p>\n Jesus said in Matthew Chapter 5 that\u00a0\u201c\u2026to even look lustfully at a woman you\u2019ve already committed adultery with her in your heart.<\/em>\u201d Call it what it is. It\u2019s sin. It\u2019s wrong. It\u2019s destructive.<\/p>\n