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1 | is masterbation wrong | Matt 5:28 | JCrichton | 118182 | ||
Hi, partyboy971! Some times we find it difficult to search the Bible because we desire to find a very specific language and a very exact statement on every single thought that we may have... Perhaps it is our humanity (the flesh) that compels us to look for escape clauses that we might be tempted to use as a built-in excuse... but God will not be swayed nor deceived by our arguments: Don't delude yourself: God is not to be fooled; whatever someone sows, that is what he will reap. If his sowing is in the field of self-indulgeance, then his harvest from it will be corruption; if his sowing is in the Spirit, then his harvest from the Spirit will be eternal life. (Galatians 6:7-8) So, though we may convince ourselves otherwise, only the Word of God will be the basis for our judgment: You have heard how it was said, You shall not commit adultery. But I say this to you, if a man looks at a woman lustfully, he has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye should be your downfall, tear it out and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of yourself than to have your whole body thrown into hell. And if your right hand should be your downfall, cut it off and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of yourself than to have your whole body go to hell. (Matthew 5:27-30) Still, many would object that the above Scripture does not mention the word masturbation... I have a composite word for them: tunnel-vision! Jesus was very specific: if we act in our thoughts we sin--the seed of sin does not have to come to physical fruition in order to damage us! He was also exact in that what causes us to sin should be cast away from us--no don't read into this that Jesus commanded that there should be a fellowship of self-mutilated servants... He is demanding that we put away or remove from our bodies that which causes us to sin! He is adamant about how we are to use our members (body parts): not in the service of sin but in the service of Christ! God Bless! Angel |
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2 | is masterbation wrong | Matt 5:28 | jr8 | 118184 | ||
Hello Personal satifactions is not always a sin. I believe it becomes a sin when lust enters into your mind and your life. If masturbation causes you to do other things, that are sins, such as adultrey, lust, etc... then it itself becomes a sin. If you masturabte but feel you shouldn't be, or feel guilty about it, then I would take a close look at why you are doing it. Most of the time guilt feelings or disturbed concience is a sign we have done somthing wrong. The most important thing is to confess that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins. Believe this in your heart and ask for forgiveness of all sins. Then you want need to masturabate for God will supply all of your needs. |
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3 | is masterbation wrong | Matt 5:28 | JCrichton | 118300 | ||
"If masturbation causes you to do other things, that are sins, such as adultrey, lust, etc... then it itself becomes a sin." This sounds great! The problem I see with this is that you have established that masturbation of itself is not wrong... basically it is the same premise as: "I am only thinking about killing so it is ok because I am not really killing anyone in the physical plane. But the struggle is not in the corporial but in the spiritual other wise Jesus would not had had to exact that "desire in thought" was sin! When a person has sex he/she is thinking about the act of coupling... when a person masturbate he/she is thinking of not coupling but of releasing a nervous tension? The act in itself is designed by desire (lust) for someone other then oneself in a sexual content... how can it not be pleasuring ourselves mentally? "if you desire (think/lust) in your mind you have sinned" (paraphrased). Bear in mind that I am not Christ, therefore I am just as much a sinner as the next person... my understanding of the Scriptures do not have to be accepted; Christ's Word is exacting--even when seeming ambiguous or indirect. God Bless! Angel |
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