Not suitable for exhortation #2 Voyeurism the great Sin of The 21st Century. with Gary Steel

A @Christadelphians Video: Suggested edited description: We live in a very visual age with all kinds of screens. This entertainment often contain bad language, extreme violence and pornography. The Bible warns us not to indulge in these sins. We need to “set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved, therefore my heart is glad.” Replace bad habits with good habits and change our behaviour to honour God.

Session two under the title ‘Is voyeurism the great sin of the 21 st century’ looks at an example of an exhortation in 1 Corinthians 10 by the Apostle Paul which is hard up against his instruction on correct conduct at a memorial meeting in chapter 11. We will examine the way in which Paul connects his exhortation to the behaviour of ancient Israel and see how it can be projected into our present day. The exhortation is particularly hard hitting and one not likely to meet with approval as being ‘acceptable for exhortation’ in some quarters. However, we will submit that it addresses the most challenging sin afflicting all Christians today, that being the toleration of viewing forms of entertainment that contain sexual content designed to stimulate a sexual response in the audience and includes the viewing of pornography. We believe such viewing is a sinful practice and a form of sexual sin which we shall call ‘voyeurism’. It is a pervasive sin affecting men and women, young and old and should be part of challenging exhortations from time to time from ecclesial platforms. However, it is very likely to be considered ‘not appropriate for exhortation’.