羅勝和許多色情成癮的人一樣，在年輕時就接觸到這方面的內容，對此有強烈的慾望，而且使他的心深受毒害。他寫道：「那時我的生命完全被色情滲透，甚至像癌細胞一樣，深深地扎根在我的骨髓裡。」但因著上帝的恩典，當他接受耶穌的救恩、由內而外被改變時，他終於擺脫色情的綑綁，以及別的成癮問題。羅勝說：「我將這一切歸功於耶穌基督，是祂拯救了我！」

先知耶利米向以色列民傳達上帝的信息：有一天，上帝會「將[祂的]律法放在他們裡面，寫在他們心上」（耶利米書31章33節）。在基督所成就的這個新約裡（希伯來書8章6-13節），所有人都可以藉著信心、因著上帝的恩典而被改變。如今，聖靈就住在我們心裡（羅馬書8章11節），上帝的律法已寫在我們心上。對羅勝和所有基督徒來說，聖靈的能力賜給我們所需的一切，讓我們能脫離那些傷害自己又得罪上帝的行為。

改變不會總是一蹴而就，過程或許艱難，但應謹記，當我們陷在難以擺脫、甚至成癮的罪中時，上帝仍能改變我們的心（耶利米書31章33節）。上帝告訴以色列民，你們「都必認識我」（34節），同樣地，我們也能認識祂，經歷祂那改變人心的大能。

Like many people who struggle with pornography, Russell was exposed to it at a young age. The desire to use it was overpowering, and it poisoned his heart. “My life [became] completely saturated by it,” he writes, “so much so that it was like a cancer that was deeply rooted into my very fiber.” By God’s grace, he was finally set free of porn’s power—along with other addictions—when he received salvation in Jesus and was transformed from the inside out. “I credit it all to Jesus Christ, . . . [He’s] the one who delivered me,” Russell says.

Jeremiah delivered a message from God to Israel that one day He would “put [His] law in their minds and write it on their hearts” (31:33). Under this new covenant, fulfilled in Christ (Hebrews 8:6-13), all people could be transformed by God’s grace through faith. And now, “his Spirit . . . lives in [us]” (Romans 8:11), and God’s moral law has been written on our hearts. For Russell, and for all who believe, the Holy Spirit’s power provides what’s needed to turn from harmful behavior that displeases God and seeks to destroy us.

Transformation isn’t always instantaneous or easy. But let’s remember that when we’re dealing with difficult—even addictive—sin, God can transform our hearts (Jeremiah 31:33). He says, you “will know me” (v. 34 nlt), and we can also know His heart-changing power.