Struggling With Lust? Watch This.
Summary
TLDRThe transcript discusses the battle against lust and the importance of personal responsibility. It condemns blaming others, especially women, for one's own lustful feelings, drawing a parallel to Adam's excuse in the Bible. The speaker emphasizes the need for self-reflection and recognizing the lack of love that turns individuals into objects of lust. The dangers of pornography are highlighted as a modern form of temptation, reducing women to mere objects of desire. St. Isaac the Syrian's advice is shared, urging individuals to voluntarily avoid temptation to prevent becoming slaves to sin.
Takeaways
- đ€ The battle against lust requires self-reflection and understanding of our feelings and actions.
- đ« Blaming external factors like the way women dress for one's lust is an excuse and a reflection of a lack of self-control.
- đ ââïž It's crucial to take responsibility for our own lustful thoughts and not to project blame onto others.
- đšâđ©âđ§âđŠ Comparing the way we view strangers to how we view our mothers, sisters, and daughters can reveal our true feelings and biases.
- đ Lust and passion can stem from a lack of love and respect for others, which is essential to recognize and change.
- đ§ââïž Repentance and a change in heart are necessary to overcome lustful thoughts and behaviors.
- đ« Pornography is described as an evil that fuels lust and reduces women to objects, which is against the love and respect they deserve.
- đĄ St. Isaac the Syrian advises that avoiding temptation voluntarily is essential to not becoming a slave to sin.
- đ The connection between lust and sin is emphasized, with the warning that failing to resist can lead to enslavement to evil.
- âïž Temptation must be cut off at the root, and we must choose to deny ourselves the things that stir up passion.
Q & A
What is the main issue discussed in the script?
-The script discusses the issue of lust and the importance of taking personal responsibility for one's actions and feelings, rather than blaming external factors.
Why does the script mention Adam's excuse for his sin?
-The script references Adam's excuse to illustrate how people often blame others for their own lustful feelings, rather than taking responsibility for their actions.
What is the significance of the script's emphasis on not blaming others for one's lust?
-The emphasis on not blaming others highlights the need for self-reflection and personal accountability in managing one's desires and temptations.
How does the script suggest we should view our family members in relation to lustful feelings?
-The script suggests that we should not experience lustful feelings towards family members because we love them genuinely, and this love should be the standard for how we feel towards all people.
What does the script imply about the nature of love when it comes to lustful feelings?
-The script implies that true love is absent when lustful feelings are present, as love would not reduce a person to an object of desire.
Why does the script mention pornography as 'the iconography of the devil'?
-The script refers to pornography as 'the iconography of the devil' to emphasize its harmful effects, stating that it fuels evil, lust, and reduces human beings to objects of desire.
What advice does St. Isaac the Syrian offer regarding temptation?
-St. Isaac the Syrian advises that one must voluntarily withdraw from sources of temptation to avoid becoming a slave to sin.
What does the script suggest is the consequence of not denying oneself temptation?
-The script suggests that if one does not voluntarily deny oneself temptation, they will involuntarily become a slave to sin and be captured by evil.
How does the script define the role of love in resisting lustful feelings?
-The script defines love as a force that should prevent lustful feelings, as it involves genuine care and respect for others, rather than objectification.
What is the script's overall message regarding the battle against lust?
-The overall message is that individuals must take responsibility for their feelings, resist temptation by denying themselves, and cultivate love in their hearts to overcome lust.
Outlines
đ„ Tackling Lust and Personal Responsibility
The paragraph discusses the internal battle against lust and the importance of personal responsibility. It criticizes the tendency to blame external factors, such as women's clothing, for one's lustful thoughts, drawing a parallel to Adam's blame of Eve in the Bible. The speaker emphasizes the need for self-reflection and the acknowledgment of one's own sins. It challenges the listener to consider their feelings towards family members versus strangers and suggests that lust is a result of a lack of love. The paragraph concludes with a call to repentance and a change of heart, advocating for a loving attitude towards all people.
Mindmap
Keywords
đĄLust
đĄPassion
đĄResponsibility
đĄConfession
đĄLove
đĄObjectification
đĄRepentance
đĄTemptation
đĄSelf-denial
đĄPornography
đĄSt. Isaac the Syrian
Highlights
The importance of self-reflection in the battle against lust.
The need to take personal responsibility for one's lustful feelings.
The common excuse of blaming others for one's lustful desires.
The biblical reference to Adam blaming Eve for sin.
The significance of confessing one's own sins rather than those of others.
The distinction between feelings towards family members and strangers in lustful thoughts.
The role of love in preventing lustful feelings towards loved ones.
The lack of love as a cause for objectifying others through lust.
The necessity of repentance and recognizing unloving hearts.
The call to change how one feels towards everyone to cultivate love.
The influence of pornography as a modern temptation and its negative effects.
The characterization of pornography as the 'iconography of the devil'.
The impact of pornography on reducing women to objects of desire.
The teachings of St. Isaac the Syrian on voluntary withdrawal from temptation.
The consequences of not denying oneself temptation, leading to enslavement by sin.
The advice to cut off temptations at the root to prevent their growth.
Transcripts
in the battles with the passion of lust
there are a number of strategies a
number of ways we need to think if our
battle is to be
successful we need to reflect on
ourselves and what it is we're really
feeling what we're allowing to grow
within us and what it is we're
doing many times people will excuse
their lust their
Passion by blaming blaming the women
that they see in the street oh they wear
clothes that are so different to the
past they dress inappropriately it's the
summer time look how they're
dressing do we not hear in this excuse
the voice of Adam when he said the woman
that you gave me she led me to
sin we must take
responsibility for our lust for our
passion for the things that we do we
cannot go blaming others when we confess
we're told never to confess the sins of
others it is always our own sins that we
confess confess so what kind of
confession is this when we say but it's
their fault look how they
dress and we must ask
ourselves if my mother my sister my
daughter were to dress in this way would
it evoke these kinds of passions within
me hopefully most people would respond
of course not why then because already
we feel differently towards these women
than the women that we are allowing lust
and the passion to overcome us towards
why because we love these people we love
these people truly our sisters our
mothers our daughters we already carry
in our hearts love for them and when we
allow
lust to overcome us towards some
stranger or even somebody we know then
it is a lack of love in our hearts we
must
recognize it is a complete lack of love
to turn somebody into the object of our
lust and we must repent of this
recognize that our hearts are
unloving we need to change how we feel
how we feel towards everyone how it is
that our hearts are experiencing other
people is it love that we are allowing
to grow within us is it the love of
Christ or is it something more something
different and are we feeding are we
feeding this lust on this
passion nowadays of course many young
men feel they are
trapped by pornography it's so
available and pornography of course as a
number of recent fathers have said is
the the iconography of the devil it is
the iconography of the devil it is
evil and it fuels evil within us it
fuels the passions it fuels
lust it reduces all women in our mind
and our heart
to to something that gratifies our
feelings it reduces women in this way
human beings made in the image of God
are then
reduced to something that will satisfy
our
desires again this is
evil St Isaac the syan says to us
whoever does not voluntary
whoever does not voluntary withdraw
himself from the sources of
Temptation will involuntary become the
slave of sin will be captured and take
away by sin he
says so let us look at what St Syrian St
Isaac the Syrian is saying here that if
we do not voluntarily if we do not
choose to deny ourselves to turn away
from those things we know stir up the
passion within us then involuntarily
against our
choice we will be dragged Away by sin we
will become slaves of
sin we will be captured we will become
Servants of
evil we will find ourselves incapable of
resisting sin because we will become the
slave of
sin so we must first as with all
Temptations which must be cut off at the
root before they begin to
grow must voluntarily we must choose to
deny ourselves to reject those things
that fuel temptation
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