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• Where the battle takes place: In the New Testament, the word “warfare” appears five times in the exact
context. It always refers to the battle of the mind. See: 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, James 4:1 and James 1:14.
• Sinning against your body: in I Cor. 6:18, Paul explains that sexual sins are not like other types of sins.
When you sexually sin, you sin against your own body. With brain science, we now know that when you
have a sexual release, your brain gets flooded with neurochemicals that are as strong as drugs. So when
you are sexually acting out, you are restructuring your brain and setting yourself up for sexual bondage.
James 1:14
This starts out as a moral issue, next it is a pre-programmed problem of the soul.
A Baited Hook
• When having sex (with another, self, whatever) the brain produces its own opiates that are about 4 times
as strong as morphine. This is the highest chemical reward the brain gets for anything. That it why a lot of
guys get in trouble.
Summary points
- One reason sexual sin is against your own body is because it changes the physical composition of the brain.
- The war is waged in the brain.
- Sexual bondage starts as a moral issue, which quickly develops into a brain problem.
- Understanding how God designed the brain is a key to breaking free form sexual bondage and staying pure.
• BRAIN FACT
o Your brain contains over 100 billion neurons (as many stars in the Milky Way Galaxy).
Brain composes 2% of your body mass but consumes 20% of your energy.
o Each neuron has upwards of 10,000 connections.
There are more neuron connections in your brain than there are stars in the universe.
• Synapses
o There are more than 50 different neurotransmitters at the synapses (as compared to a computer
that uses a 0-1 binary language).
o A thought is: Neurons that fire together wire together.
o When synapses are used a lot, they strengthen and grow. It actually makes that part of the brain
thicker.
This causes the brain to continually remold itself. The brain will mold itself around
pornography use.
Summary points
• Brain structure
o Prefrontal cortex is where moral decisions are made. Not fully developed until age 25.
o Limbic or "reward” system is involved in experiencing pleasure and memory formation so as to
repeat them.
Can overpower the prefrontal cortex.
This is where sexual bondage takes place.
Reprogramming the limbic system is where freedom is found.
Cartoon –
Prefrontal cortex – Where we reason, organize, self-govern and make moral decisions.
Limbic system – It is reactive (This is where reprograming takes place).
The root of bondage.
The mid-set of shame (His identity).
The addictive cycle.
The cloak of denial.
Synthetic attraction
The synthetic smell versus the real / authentic smell (the gypsy moth).
Neurochemistry 101