Well, when it comes to temptations to sexual sin, Jesus said,

if your right hand causes you to send cut it off, he also says that there are

unix who have made themselves unix.

In reading these texts together, a listener writes in to ask if Jesus is

commending surgical or chemical castration as a winning strategy for men in the

war against lust. No question is off limits for the aspect of John podcast, but

you'll know that by now. Here's the email from an anonymous man. Hello,

Pastor John. I'm a man who struggles greatly with pornography use.

Even though I've come to no God and try to fight these temptations with

scripture, I cannot seem to win over my sexual immorality.

Jesus said for there are unix who have been so from birth and there are

unix who have been made unix by men. And there are unix who have made

themselves unix for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is

able to receive this receive it. Matthew 1912, I want to glorify God and I'm

willing to sacrifice everything I have to be with him. Jesus also said, if

your hand causes you to send cut it off, it is better for you to enter life

crippled than with two hands and to go to hell to the unquenchable fire.

Mark 943. So my question, Pastor John, for you is this, is surgical or chemical

castration a viable option for me?

In Matthew 199, Jesus limits remarriage after divorce so narrowly that in

verse 10, the disciples as it were throw up their hands and say, well, if

such is the case of a man with his wife, then it's better not to marry. In

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