Lesson 55 Washing at the Cross Leads to Worshipping the Lamb
Testimony and Question 9
Juan writes, “I discovered self-gratification at a young age (around 8), and when I was 10 or 11 years old, I discovered pornography, and this started an ongoing struggle in my life. I was attracted to Jesus, but my flesh wanted this gratification.
Over time I came to understand that pornography and self-gratification was an idol. From the age of 14, I struggled to get rid of these sinful habits. For some time, I managed to get away from sin, but then I fell back into the trap. I fought and fought. I tried, but I could not overcome. In the last four years of my life, the fight and the falls were worse. I went 33 years in this way but could not leave these sins behind.
One day while I was searching for help, I found the purity courses at Setting Captives Free and enrolled. From the course, I discovered again the deep love of Christ crucified, and I began to love and value it in a way that I had not before. I learned about the redeeming power of Christ's love, the power of His blood shed on the cross, the purpose of His death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and the giving of His Holy Spirit, my Consoler. What a great blessing.
By the love of Christ, by the mercy of the Father, and the action of the Holy Spirit, I have managed to leave pornography and self-gratification behind. There is power in Jesus that makes me overcome myself and achieve victory at the time of temptation or powerful sexual desire.
There is hope for you in Christ, too. If God is for you, nothing is impossible. We have to wash at the cross and walk with the Holy Spirit, living under the loving grace of God the Father so that we can war against our flesh and win. Blessed be God!”
Question 9. Were you able to relate to Juan's testimony? What are your thoughts?
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