Christian desensitization

[missmuffet]

The enemy desensitizes us until we are numb to the things of God... until conviction fades. Christians embrace the things of this world. The Holy Spirit no longer fills the heart with passion.

Are you desensitized?

[enoob57]

7 minutes ago, missmuffet said:

The enemy desensitizes us until we are numb to the things of God... until conviction fades. Christians embrace the things of this world. The Holy Spirit no longer fills the heart with passion.

Are you desensitized?

Do you think this verse is regarding the same thing?

Matthew 24:12 (KJV)

[12] And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

 

[missmuffet]

26 minutes ago, enoob57 said:

Do you think this verse is regarding the same thing?

Matthew 24:12 (KJV)

[12] And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

 

 

Yes

[Sower]

2 hours ago, missmuffet said:

Are you desensitized?

 

2 hours ago, missmuffet said:

Christians embrace the things of this world.

I consider my self a Christian. Every Christian has been/continues to be desensitized to some degree. It is inevitable.
When I watch very little if any TV of any kind I'm desensitized, or the internet, even on forums like this.
I read what others find acceptable, and not wanting to be a legalist, I stay mum. And that can/may change my resolve.

In Viet Nam I saw the mama sans with kids  walking down the rice paddy dykes looking and pointing at dead the bodies lined up.
Sometimes shaking their head, sometimes a small laugh, yet continued on their way talking up like hey no biggie.
They've seen dead bodies all their lives just like those lined up on the road ready to be picked up in a cart to be buried. They are desensitized, I believe, by their/our intricate mind so as to not get traumatized, or go insane.

Everything we see taste touch hear etc is data to our brain, input, that is sorted evaluated.....and stored.
This is how we program ourselves, mostly unaware, to influence our future response/reaction to similar situations.
Take a stand and fight against something not right, or flee to a secure safe input free zone.

We should be....In the world, but not of the world..      But when you have to walk through some mud you're just gonna get dirty.
Whether you see it or hear it, no matter the data, it is stored in the memory banks, and have an affect on us.

I would like to think I'm not being affected by all the crazy going's on in the world, killings, storms, politics, profanity, etc etc.
But I can see how I have been lowering my standard in areas just to stay sane, realizing I am not in control. God is.

He can handle any/every thing. And he is perfect, as is his standards, they do not change.
If I stay in Christ, abiding in Christ, walking in the spirit, led by the spirit, I will be fine.  God is on the throne!

 

             “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,
      whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely,
      whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,
                                                    think on these things”

                          "And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding
                            will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus".

                 “Guard your mind and your thoughts, because they will determine how you live your life
                   "Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life"

                      Thanks, MM

[D. Adrien]

I always try to be careful concerning what my eyes rest upon. There are times when I regret seeing what I've seen. I suppose hearing to a lesser extent.

[Sower]

5 minutes ago, D. Adrien said:

I always try to be careful concerning what my eyes rest upon. There are times when I regret seeing what I've seen. I suppose hearing to a lesser extent.

Dr. James Dobson of 'Focus on the Family' Christian radio show served on Attorney General Edwin Meese's Pornography Commission, exposing the porn industry's effects on American society. Excerpt; "This multi-billion dollar industry is literally stealing our children, destroying their lives, breaking up families, and has cast adrift generations of men in our country as well. Did you know that most young people are unintentionally exposed to explicit images by the time they reach the teenage years? And unfortunately, we live in a culture where television and movies glamorize sex and violence. They're hurting people in the most carnal ways, not to mention the proliferation of the internet and social media too. It's like a firestorm. Once these pornographic images have been viewed, they are literally seared into a person's mind. And when the brain recalls the image later, sadly it repeats the shock and trauma initially experienced"

I remember Dr. Dobson on his show "Focus on the Family" testify to the audience on his radio show I was listening to that he would always regret having accepted the position and viewed/seem the horrible filth that is being promoted by the multi billion dollar industry. He said he could not erase the images from his mind and they would always affect him. And this back in the 1980's....

Thanks, D. Adrien..

[Marilyn C]

Yet, praise be to the Lord  -

`Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to God our Saviour, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.` Jude 24 & 25)

[missmuffet]

Desensitization can happen by what the world offers.

[AnOrangeCat]

9 hours ago, Sower said:

We should be....In the world, but not of the world..      But when you have to walk through some mud you're just gonna get dirty.
Whether you see it or hear it, no matter the data, it is stored in the memory banks, and have an affect on us.

I would like to think I'm not being affected by all the crazy going's on in the world, killings, storms, politics, profanity, etc etc.
But I can see how I have been lowering my standard in areas just to stay sane, realizing I am not in control. God is.

I relate to this a lot, especially the inevitability of some of it. Cultural norms sure have changed a lot during my lifetime, and a lot of that within the past 20 years or so. When I was a kid some of what we see going around would have been unthinkable. But here we are, living in the madness of it all. Coming from an abusive background I'm certainly desensitized to a lot of things, death being one of them. But there's something I take some comfort in.

Desensitized as I may be I still have a working knowledge of right and wrong. Just as a certain level of waxing and waning in our enthusiasm for the things of God is natural, that knowledge and my faith extend beyond what I feel or don't feel. We all still make the choice of whether or not to put God first and whether or not to sin.

[Alive]

I was thinking similarly the other day while talking with my wife and what came to mind was how it was for the early church living in pagan cities where there was overt worship of sexuality and perversion via temples, etc.

The Lord protects His own and has provided for us weaponry and defenses.

“Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, having belted your waist with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having strapped on your feet the preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”

(Ephesians 6:13-17 NAS20)

https://accordance.bible/link/read/NAS20S#Eph._6:13