That is a powerful observation, Rose… outlawing vices society does to uphold standards for civility (yet has no understanding of the difference between what is unlawful [in God’s eyes] and was is illegal [in man’s eyes] – hence abortion is made legal though it is murder and is not “lawful” under God’s eyes), but we still have, say, murders, though it is wrong and illegal to kill someone out of the womb. We know in Christ the vain images of pornographic idolatry are unlawful and we can make them illegal, but that censorship will actually work against all censorship and snowball into a monster where even the Bible will be made illegal for its literary imagery of violence, etc.
The real strength and victory is when we can resist these tempting vices by Christ’s tangible and fundamental spiritual and overcoming change in us giving us the will and authority to resist and not be tempted at all; this is more powerful than banning the culprit which will only facilitate curiosity due to the taboo factor causing people to be lured into the snare.
Having come from the Gay lifestyle and living in a Gay friendly city with a Gay bar just mere steps away right across the street from my complex which I used to frequent 6 days a week and I was virtually a permanent fixture there; I’m glad to report that it doesn’t even phase me now and I haven’t been there in many years. The desires simple do not exist, and yet the place is legal to be there and not banned. So who has the REAL victory here?
Blessings...
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