Sexual Addiction

Dear Victorious,

Biblically speaking, what is sexual addiction?

N. T. - Illinois

Dear N.T.

Biblically speaking, sexual addiction is sin.

If you talk to the trained professionals, you'll find there is disagreement about whether addictions like sex or pornography really exists. To be sure, this is a controversial area.

People are said to be capable of becoming addicted to shopping, stealing, eating or even exercise. Are these real, medical afflictions? Or are they just physical manifestations of spiritual afflictions?

I honestly don't know. But I suspect that the spiritual affliction is closer to the real truth (like God sees) than anything. Ironically, that's usually the last one humans think of. Instead, we like to think that the person is either sick (addicted) or evil (perverse). These may be true. But I think the greater truth is the spiritual poverty. So I would focus on spiritual wholeness .

The Bible teaches us to "Seek Him first." In fact, there are several places in the Bible where we are told to do that. I believe if we actually did do that, we would never be having conversations like this.