Genesis 39:6-12 - 6 Now Joseph was well-built and handsome. 7 After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” 8 But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has put all that he owns under my authority. 9 No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?” 10 Although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her. 11 Now one day he went into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants were there. 12 She grabbed him by his garment and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his garment in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
ONCE YOU ENTER THE DOMAIN OF SEXUAL SIN, ITS ALLURE WILL RELENTLESSLY PURSUE YOU.
HOW SEXUAL SIN ATTEMPTS TO “GRAB” OUR HEARTS & MINDS:
Today porn sites consistently remain some of the top most used websites in the world. As of May 2024, The top porn site averaged about 5.49 billion monthly visits. Another with about 4.02 billion monthly visits. That’s an average of 92 billion visits for 2024. That’s 252 million visits a day. 175 thousand visits every minute.
WHERE ARE WE EXPOSED?
Porn websites 44% Social media (e.g., TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit, etc.) 38% Video sites/platforms (e.g., YouTube) 34%
AT WHAT AGE ARE WE EXPOSED?
The problem starts at 13. That’s the average age that boys are exposed to porn, according to multiple studies. And that’s not even the worst part. Some studies suggest that pornography exposure in boys can happen as early as 5.
WAS THE EXPOSURE INTENTIONAL OR ACCIDENTAL?
Of those who have seen online p*rnography, 44% of teens reported that they viewed it intentionally. In comparison, 58% said they viewed it accidentally. Whether they want to see it or not, these teens, just 13-17 years old, often have no choice.
WHEN ARE WE EXPOSED?
Overall, 30% of all teens reported that they had been exposed during the school day, most teens (60%) reported they saw it several times a month, and (40%) said they saw it at school weekly, some from school-issued devices.
EXPOSURE BY SCHOOL TYPE:
Private/Religious 41% Charter/Magnet 31% Traditional Public 20% Home 11%
Sources: https://fightthenewdrug.org/statistically-speaking-your-teen-has-already-seen-it/
https://fightthenewdrug.org/early-porn-exposure-impact/
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/teens-and-pornography
Genesis 39:13-20 - When she saw that he had left his garment with her and had run outside, 14 she called the household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “my husband brought a Hebrew man to make fools of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, and I screamed as loud as I could. 15 When he heard me screaming for help, he left his garment with me and ran outside.” 16 She put Joseph’s garment beside her until his master came home. 17 Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought to us came to make a fool of me, 18 but when I screamed for help, he left his garment with me and ran outside.” 19 When his master heard the story his wife told him—“These are the things your slave did to me”—he was furious 20 and had him thrown into prison, where the king’s prisoners were confined. So Joseph was there in prison.
**SEXUAL SIN DOESN’T JUST WANT SPACE IN YOUR HEART & MIND, IT WANTS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP. **
Genesis 39:12 - She grabbed him by his garment and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his garment in her hand, he escaped & ran outside.
1 Corinthians 6:18 - Run from sexual immorality!
(pheugō porneia)
IF WE DON’T RUN FROM SEXUAL SIN IT WILL IMPRISON US.
1 Corinthians 7:2-5 - because sexual immorality is so common, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband. 3 A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband. 4 A wife does not have the right over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband does not have the right over his own body, but his wife does. 5 Do not deprive one another sexually—except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
SEXUAL DESIRES ARE MET IN MARRIAGES THAT SHOWCASE:
• OPEN & HONEST COMMUNICATION ABOUT SEX & INTIMACY
• MUTUAL LOVE & RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER
• SELFLESSNESS OVER SELFISHNESS
• PUTTING GOD FIRST AND SPOUSE SECOND
Matthew 5:27-28 - “You have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery. 28 But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
PORNOGRPAPHY IS AN ACT ADULTERY.
1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 18-20 -The body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 God raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. 15 Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body? So should I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a prostitute? …the person who is sexually immoral sins against his own body. 19 Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.
Genesis 39:21-23 - 21 But the Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him. He granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. 22 The warden put all the prisoners who were in the prison under Joseph’s authority, and he was responsible for everything that was done there. 23 The warden did not bother with anything under Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him, and the Lord made everything that he did successful.
