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Salvation is not a reward to be earned by works - but a free gift to be received by faith. We are saved by trusting Jesus' death, burial and resurrection as the complete payment for our sins. We cannot be saved by turning from sin, or by doing good works, or by living the Christian life. It's only by putting our trust in Jesus alone and in what He did for us (His death, His burial and His resurrection). No amount of good works can undo the bad that we've done. No one is good enough to go to heaven on their own merits. If we could be saved by our own doing, we would have to be a 100% perfect all the time and only do good without ever committing a single sin for our entire lives- and be absolutely perfect like Jesus Christ. But truth be told, we've all sinned before, and as long as we are in this corrupt, sinful body, we will always sin (no one keeps God's commandments perfectly - the flesh cannot keep the law - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, a...

Pornography is very bad for many reasons. First and foremost because it sticks to your mind forever (what goes in, doesn’t come out). It's like a tattoo. Except it's put in your brain and you cannot erase it. It's also very bad because it creates an insatiable appetite. ‘’The eyes of man are never full‘’. It’s all dirty. It will follow you wherever you go, and will affect your relationships and view towards the opposite gender (it perverts your view of the opposite sex and creates cravings that are really hard to resist). It will destroy your marriage, your career, your morals, your brain’s chemistry and it can send you to jail, and will shave years off your life and wellbeing. It is over-addictive and over-stimulating – it is worst than actual drugs. Just as with video games, it creates OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and fills a good chunk of quality time that could be spent on something else. You will be desensitized to the beauty of your spouse. You will lose your d...