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NASB | Colossians 3:2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 3:2 Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value]. |
Subject: wrong to see nudity if has no affect? |
Bible Note: Sorry... I can be kind of obscure some times. The verse I was quoting from the following passage: 2 Peter 2:6-10 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. I was zeroing in on that portion of the passage that talks about Lot living in Sodom (Genesis 14:12). It states that he was vexed (worn down, tormented, pained, oppressed) by the behavior of the other occupants of that city. The scripture tells us they were living lawless, lustful, and lascivious lives. I cannot quite imagine what Lot must have seen. I've worked in San Francisco and I've been there during their Gay Pride celebrations. God continues to show long-suffering to this city, but God's patience was exhausted with Sodom and Gomorrah. What I saw was awful in California, how much worse must have been those two cities? Lot saw it all getting worse and worse around him. The odious things he saw were oppressive to him. But I can imagine that he would retreat into his own home at times. There he could close himself off from what was going on around him. For a time, he could convince himself that perhaps things were not so bad. In our modern day, however, we have television. The TV is a window into a world of lawlessness, violence, and deception. However, in one evening we can see on the television screen many more sinful acts than what we might witness out in the world. We actually pipe it into our living rooms. Unlike Lot, our homes are no longer a refuge, instead this is the place of modern vexation. In the world you can see the results of drug abuse, alcoholism, violence, and immorality. The TV, however, can actually hide the consequences of sin. Now, if scripture says that this was a bad thing for Lot, how much worse for us are the things that are set before us? Job 31:1 I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look intently on a virgin? If your boyfriend does not want to be vexed, Natie, and he has made a covenant with his eyes, he should be supported and encouraged. |