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Mind Pollution

Mind Pollution. Text: I Th. 5:21-22 Date: August 20, 2006 David Pike. Sources of Mind Pollution. The World Is An Evil Influence – “I testify of it that its works are evil.” (Jh. 7:7). Satan is the Source – “…for he is a liar and the father of it.” (Jh. 8:44).

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Mind Pollution

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  1. Mind Pollution Text: I Th. 5:21-22 Date: August 20, 2006 David Pike

  2. Sources of Mind Pollution The World Is An Evil Influence – “I testify of it that its works are evil.” (Jh. 7:7) Satan is the Source – “…for he is a liar and the father of it.” (Jh. 8:44) Worldly Pollutions – “all that is in the world - the lust of the flesh…eyes, and the pride of life…” (I Jh. 2:15-17) Thoughts Turn Into Actions – “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts…” (Mt. 15:18-20)

  3. Key Principles To Remember We can be de-sensitized to sin – “…lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.” (Hb. 3:13) Our eyes are windows to our heart – “…whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart…But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is your darkness.” (Mt. 5:28; 6:22-23) What goes into the heart comes out – “brothers and sisters…keep your mind on…” (Ph. 4:8) Evil can appear good – “Abstain from every form of evil.” (I Th. 5:21) “Everyone is tempted by his own desires…” (Jm. 1:14-15)

  4. Pornography • There are 800 million rentals each year of adult videos and DVDs.(Overdosing on Porn, Rebecca Hagelin. www.worldandi.com, March, 2004). • 11,000 adult movies are produced each year.(Overdosing on Porn, Rebecca Hagelin. www.worldandi.com, March, 2004). • Playboy’s largest cable channel, Playboy TV, is available in 24 million of the nation’s 81 million homes that receive either satellite, cable or digital television. (Court Overrules Law restricting Cable Sex Shows, Linda Greenhouse. The New York Times On http://www.nytimes.com/library/politics/scotus/ articles/052300scotus.html ) • Median age for the first use of pornography: boys: 11-13; girls: 12-14.(Your Children & Pornography: A guide for Parents, Tom Buford. Tommera Press, 2001).

  5. Pornography • According to 2004 IFR research, U.S. porn revenue exceeds the combined revenues of ABC, CBS, and NBC (6.2 billion). Porn revenue is larger than all combined revenues of all professional football, baseball and basketball franchises. The pornography industry, according to conservative estimates, brings in $57 billion per year, of which the United States is responsible for $12 billion.(Internet Pornography and Loneliness: An Association? Vincent Cyrus Yoder, Thomas B. Virden III, and Kiran Amin. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, Volume 12.1, 2005). • For every 10 men in church, 5 are struggling with pornography.(The Call to Biblical Manhood.  Man in the Mirror, 6 July, 2004).

  6. Pornography • In 2004, there were 372 million pornographic Web pages, 2.5 billion emails (8% of total emails), 100 thousand Web sites offering illegal child pornography, (Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004). • 72 million Internet users visit pornography web sites per year (Pornography Statistics 2003.  Internet Filter Review  www.internetfilterreview.com, 2003). • At least 20,000 American adults visit Internet sex sites at least 11 hours per week (Victims of Pornography Month Should Not Exist, Jan Larue.  Christian Counseling Today, 2003 Vol. 11 No. 3). • 34 percent of churchgoing women said they have intentionally visited porn websites online (Internet porn a guy thing?  Not really, online rating service says, Mark O’Keefe.  The Charlotte Observer). 22

  7. Pornography • Twenty percent of men and 13% of women admitted to accessing pornography at work.(Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004). • Three million of the visitors to adult websites in September 2000 were age 17 or younger.(NetValue Report on Minors Online.  Business Wire, 19 December, 2000). • 21 percent of teens say they have looked at something on the Internet that they wouldn’t want their parents to know.(A World of Their Own.  Newsweek, 8 May 2000). • The average age of first Internet exposure to pornography is 11 years old.(Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004). • The largest consumer of Internet pornography is the 12-17 age group.(Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004). • Sex sites on the Web generate at least $1 billion per year in revenue.(Wall Street Meets Pornography.  New York Times, 23 October, 2000).

  8. Effects of Pornography "Sex on the net is like heroin. It grabs them and takes over their lives. And it's very difficult to treat because the people affected don't want to give it up." - Dr. Mark Schwartz, Masters and Johnson Institute in St. Louis.

  9. Effects of Pornography 1. Addiction 2. Escalation 3. Desensitization 4. Acting out sexually 5. Anti-social behavior

  10. Television • 75 percent of prime time television in the 1999-2000 season included sexual content (Sex on TV: Content and Context.  The Kaiser Family Foundation, 5 February, 2001). • Movies have an 87% likelihood of presenting sexual material (Sex on TV: Content and Context.  The Kaiser Family Foundation, 5 February, 2001). • The average American adolescent will view nearly 14,000 sexual references per year (Sexuality, Contraception, and the Media.  American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Public Education, January, 2001). • More than 3 out of 4 Americans say the way television programs show sex encourages irresponsible sexual behavior (Teens, Sex, & the Media.  www.mediascope.org, 15 March, 2000).

  11. Television • 64 percent of all shows include sexual content, and only 15% mention waiting, protection, and consequences (TV Sex Getting "Safer."  Kaiser Family Foundation. www.kff.org, 2003). • “The Center for Media and Public Affairs’ new study found that sexual content is featured once every four minutes on network TV, with 98% of all sexual content having no subsequent physical consequences, 85% of sexual behavior having no lasting emotional impact, and that nearly 75% of the participants in sexual activity were unmarried.” (New look at TV sex and violence. National Catholic Register, 16-22 April 2000). • Sexual content on prime-time TV more than tripled in the past ten years (More TV Sex, USA Today.  30 March, 2000).

  12. Television • 40 percent of teenagers have gotten ideas for how to talk to their boyfriends and girlfriends about sexual issues from entertainment media (Teens, Sex, & the Media.  Media Scope.  2001). • Teens ages 13-15 rank entertainment media as the top source of information about sexuality and sexual health (Teens, Sex, & the Media.  Media Scope.  2001). • Youth exposed to sexual content on television are more likely to overestimate the frequency of sexual activity among peers and have more permissive attitudes toward premarital sex. (State of the Nation: Challenges Facing STD Prevention in Youth.  American Social Health Association, 2005).

  13. Effects of Television Television can be educational, informational, wholesome entertainment, and used for Spiritual things, BUT… 75% is filth!!! Can a man take fire to his bosom, And his clothes not be burned? -Pr. 6:27 (NKJV) Skin

  14. Music Industry Seventy-eight percent of girls and 88% of guys said they listen to music "often," as opposed to "seldom" or "sometimes." They named nearly 150 different favorite artists. The most popular musical genre was hard/modern rock (e.g. Dave Matthews, Limp Bizkit, Creed) to which 52% claimed to listen. Rap (e.g. Triple 6 Mafia, Eminem, Snoop Dog) was the second in popularity with 38% saying they listened. . . . It is notable, especially to concerned parents, that some hard rock and rap music often contain the most objectionable lyrics and themes.

  15. Effects of The Music Industry Rap videos often promote drug use, violence and sex. . . (A prospective study of exposure to rap music video and African American female adolescents’ health, Wingood GM et al.  American Journal of Public Health, 2003).

  16. Effects of The Music Industry • Evidence suggest that certain beats and sounds can influence attitude and perception. • Many of the lyrics are immoral and sexually explicit. • Many of the lyrics condone, promote, and even glorify sin. • The exaltation of ungodly people. • Influencing our dress and activities.

  17. Think About It! • Pornography, Television, Music, Movies, the Internet, Magazines, Books, and such like are used by Satan to pollute the minds of many! Remember the key principles: • Don’t be de-sensitized to sin. • Our eyes are windows to the heart. • Put good things into our heart. • Evil can appear good. • We are tempted by our own lusts.

  18. Think About It! • Don’t be ignorant, take action – “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.” (Ro. 13:14) • TV Guardian, Investigate, Change Channels, Watch Ratings, Misleading Program Advertising, etc. • Flee evil – “Test all things; hold fast to what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.” (I Th. 5:21-23) • Exposure harms our thoughts, words and actions – “Blessed are the pure in heart…whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (Mt. 5:5, 28) • Remember – “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.” (Pr. 4:23)

  19. Think About It! A Good Influence in the World – “Let your light shine before men...” (Mt. 5:16) God is the Source – “…for He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good...” (Mt. 5:45) Drawn by God’s teaching – “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him…” (Jh. 6:44-45) Thoughts Turn Into Actions – “…you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine… we were buried with Him through baptism…” (Ro. 6:17, 4)

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