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What is Sexual Addiction? 1.
Sex addiction is freely chosen sin. The person who gets caught in
the snare of sex addiction has intentionally chosen to indulge in lust or
sexual immorality. No one forces the struggler with sex addiction to
repeatedly drink from the well of lust. Any sex outside of a marriage with
one man and one woman is sin, as is lust in the heart. 2.
Sex addiction is slavery to the obsessions and compulsions of lust.
Porn and sexual immorality hollow out the soul; the more one engages with
porn and self sex the emptier they become. In time Lust becomes an
obsession that turns the struggler with sex addiction into a desperate
fool for the ultimate fantasy or sexual experience. While it promises
life, Lust always leaves its victim empty, miserable and full of shame. 3.
Sex addiction is a false coping mechanism. The struggler with lust
uses sexual fantasy to cope with the demands of real life; when situations
don't go his way he turns to sex for comfort and escape. Lust provides
neither comfort or escape, and it makes life worse by piling on more
shame, misery and emptiness. 4.
Sex addiction is false love. Deep in his heart the struggler with
sex addiction believes he can't be loved as he is, so he turns to lust for
love, comfort and approval. 5. Sex
addiction is a sick substitute for God's love.
From birth we are all born with the hunger for God; we crave His love,
grace, acceptance, joy and peace. The struggler with sex addiction doesn't
believe the Living God accepts him so he wears a mask to hide who he is.
He may know the theology of grace, but the struggler with sex addiction
has never fully understood the gift of God's grace for himself. His
actions are proof of this, for what we do reveals what we believe. 6. Sex
addiction is spiritual, emotional and psychological poison.
It hollows out a man's soul and turns him into a ragged, desperate fool.
It destroys men, women and children; marriages and families. Lust rots
churches from the inside out, and as we know from history it can destroy a
nation. 7. Sex
addiction is idol worship.
The man or woman who bows to the false god of lust is making it their
object of worship, their source of life. That which we worship becomes our
master. All material in this website may be reprinted for personal, church or ministry use. Definitions Addiction: Having a pathological relationship with a mood altering chemical or behavior. Sexual Addiction: Simply stated, the lack of control of some sexual behavior or relationship. Practical definition: Sexual behavior that has a negative effect on one's life. Like alcohol or drugs, 1) Compulsivity - the loss of control over a behavior. An addict continues in the behavior or relationship despite repeated attempts to stop. 2) Continuation despite negative consequences 3) Preoccupation or obsession 4) Tolerance - more of the same behavior or an escalation of progressive behaviors is required to get the same "high". |