On pornography

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Out of all the chapters of the Gospel of John, I consider chapter 8 extremely important. It explains the Trinity, the two natures of Christ, the law, and the predestination. It contains the knowledge of the three Ecumenical Creeds and the Three Forms of Unity. Of course, one must understand the Bible as a whole to understand chapter 8. I cannot say that I have all the knowledge, but I do understand the knowledge given to me by God. So far, I’ve written things that I understood from reading the Bible, experiences in life, and my dreams. Before moving to chapter 9, I’d like to talk about pornography because it was a major issue in the Reformed church I went to, and I recently heard that it is still a major issue. Someone told me that it is a pandemic in all churches.

When I was in the Reformed church, I was given the three tasks I mentioned before (see my previous posts “2018” and “2019”). Three things that I questioned the elders – the treacherous Puritanism, the hymn (men-made songs) sung during public worship, and the sexual immorality being tolerated within the church community. The issue with the Puritan teachings is not about pursuing a morally good life. The issues lie in the errors of 17th-century Protestant theology, which deny Sola Gratia. They include worshiping of Adam, the Covenant Theology, and the Active Obedience of Christ.

Earlier I mentioned the lady in a yellow dress, whom I saw in a dream on the night I moved to the town. And I met the lady in the church. She often wore a yellow dress on Sundays. And later I realized that God sent me to meet her. We became close. I found out that she was in great distress due to pornography addiction within her household. She suspected that her husband watched pornography regularly. And her son was suffering from pornography addiction. There was another lady who suffered from the same issue. She left her husband who allegedly was a porn addict and also committed physical adultery. I was told by her family that she struggled a lot with the elders of the church. It sounded like the elders took a strange position in dealing with the lady’s case.

The reason why I want to talk about pornography is that God loathes it. It is a form of adultery. It is adultery. And it is one of the reasons why God rejects all churches. The churches are not dealing the issue correctly. I realized then that God gave them three chances to repent. But they did not repent of the sins they openly committed. Through what I saw and heard in the church, God answered my question – “Aren’t the Reformed churches doing well?”. When my tasks were done, God gave me incurable blood cancer. Then I realized that my dream was fulfilled. I won’t repeat the Bible verses where God told the Israelites that their wound was incurable. As I left the church, I took the dust off my feet and cursed the church. However, I do care about all the Protestant churches because it is my body shown in my dream. They all have incurable blood cancer. Christ is our blood, but they worship the devil. On Judgement Day, Christ who lives in me will testify against them. He will judge them. And that is another reason why the Son of God became the Son of Man.

Adultery is closely related to spiritual adultery. Church authorities tolerate sexual immoralities just like what happened in the church of Corinth. The law says there should be two people to testify about one’s sin. It is not easy to know if one commits adultery. The lady in a yellow dress was asked to show evidence before the elders that her husband was guilty. Even if she could show evidence, she still needed another person to testify. It was obvious that the elders were on the husband’s side because he was one of them. When it comes to adultery, we must understand that God is the one who testifies. God knows all things. The Father and the Son testify together even if a person’s sin is not witnessed by anyone. So if one watches pornography and denies it, he/she makes God a liar. There is one who says God is a liar. That is the devil. He always lies and is the father of lies. Many in churches are the children of the devil.

The issue with the elders in the church was that they used ‘justification by faith’ to tolerate the pornography problem that many households had. One Sunday evening, one of the elders preached at the pulpit instead of the minister. The minister permitted him. I knew what the elders (including the minister) were trying to do. I did not want to attend the service, but I knew I had to go there and be a witness. He read a minister’s sermon on justification by faith. Before that, I openly said that pornography is adultery. While he was reading the sermon, I locked eyes with him. I could see clearly that he was angry at me. I was angry too because it was clear that he was against God. They misused ‘justification by faith’ to justify their sins. To cut the story short, I made the elders confess that pornography is a violation of the seventh Commandment. They admitted that pornography is adultery and a violation of the seventh Commandment. However, they said that it could not be a reason for a divorce. Sexual immorality is the only reason for a divorce as we read Matthew 19:9.

And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery. (Matthew 19:9)

By saying that pornography cannot be a reason for a divorce, they deny that it is sexually immoral. Pornography has become permitted adultery within churches. That was one of the reasons why God was very angry with the elders in the church. I saw in my dream that a fireplace was about to break and the whole building was going to be consumed.

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it is better for him that a heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depths of the sea. (Matthew 18:6)

I would like to remind you how God thinks about adultery.

You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Now if your right eye is causing you to sin, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand is causing you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell. Now it was said, ‘Whoever sends his wife away is to give her a certificate of divorce’; but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. (Matthew 5:27-32)

Anyone who looks at a woman/man with lust is guilty of adultery. Then the rebellious and evil people quote what Christ said in John 8.

When they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. Now when they heard this, they began leaving, one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman where she was, in the center of the courtyard. (John 8:7-9)

They quote verse 7 and say that they cannot be condemned because everyone is a sinner. They also mention King David and his sins concerning Bathsheba. They try to get away with their sins and promote adultery within their churches. God knows their hearts and will make them suffer eternally.

The elders in the church kept saying that they did everything they could. But it was clear that they sinned against God. And God was very angry. The issue was not about what they did according to their stupid church order. The issue was in their heart. Then I knew that the dream I had before joining the church was about this church. The seven men were laughing at me. If I was truly sent by God to rebuke them, it showed that they laughed at God.

… and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who live on the earth?” And a white robe was given to each of them; and they were told that they were to rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters who were to be killed even as they had been, was completed also. (Revelation 6:10-11)

All those experiences were for me to know God and His will. God answered my question. And I understood what God was about to do. I do not trust anyone who thinks they are doing well, and they are prosperous because of their good deeds. All churches need to repent. The Bible is there for them, but they do not read. The wound is incurable, so the judgment has started with the white horse. As we read in Ezekiel 9, those who groan over all the abominations that are being committed in its midst receive the mark of God. Those who think their churches are doing well are not the saints. But how can a person recognize own sins and repent if God does not tell him/her?

I’ve been telling you that our righteousness is from Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice. Christ did not need to keep the law to gain righteousness either for Himself or the church. He is righteousness itself. Christ did not come to abolish the law. We, who are one with Christ, uphold the law because the law is also the words of God. Keeping God’s commands is from knowing Him. That is the difference between Adam and us. We may still be vulnerable, but we have the Spirit of God, who saves us from all temptations.

Adultery is tolerated within churches because the majority have not received the Spirit. They do not know what is right or wrong. They think that they know God and keep His commands. But they do not and disdain God’s words. Sometimes the saints undergo temptations. I know very well what pornography does in one’s life. At the appointed time, God makes us leave our sins just as we find in Augustine’s case. Augustine struggled with his sins. But he turned away from his sins when he heard “Tolle lege”. And the verse in the Book of Romans changed him. If you are sinning against God, I hope you turn away from your sins by the power of the Spirit. The words of God have the power. But you won’t be able to repent if you have not received the Spirit. It is the Spirit who makes us understand God’s words. Others can only misinterpret and misunderstand the Word.

I am coming quickly; hold firmly to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. (Revelation 3:11)