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1 | is masterbation a sin explain thxs | Bible general Archive 1 | inmyheart | 47758 | ||
ChristLifer2001, excuse me, I do not mean to interrup, and I know you mentioned that you do not want to enter into a debate, and with that in mind I would only like to express my view on this subject to you. Thank you for understanding. In your reference to Romans 12:1, you left the last part out (an important part), which states that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God. "Which" is your resonable service. The next verse is just as important, v.2, "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." Do you agree that the world will tolerate just about anything and everything? How about masterbation? Again, will you agree that we are to renew our minds, that is to change our thoughts from how the world thinks to having a mind of Christ? Paul writes in Phillipians 4:8, "Finally, brethern, whatsoever "things are", true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, "think" on these things." As for me, I just don't see or comprehend masturbation in there! I believe masturbation is a sexual sin, it is not a natural act. Been there and done that, while in this act of masturbation, my mind was filled with lust, to the point of justifing it as natural. I believe, in my own opinion, masturbation is idolatry. Let me end with this commentary on the first commandment; The idea behind "no other gods before Me" is not that it is permissible to have other gods, as long as they line up behind the true God; the idea is that there are to be "no" other gods before the sight of the true God in our life. "Before Me" is literally, "to My face" i. This means God demands to be more than "added" to our live. We don't just add Jesus to the life we already have, we must give Him all our lives. Failure to obey this commandement is called "idolatry, we are to flee idolatry (1Corinthians 10:14); those whose life is marked by habitual idolatry will not inherit the kingdom of God (1Corinthians 6:9-10, Ephesians 5:5, Revelation 21:8, 22:15), which marks our old life instead of the new (1Peter 4:3), and we are not to associate with those who call themselves Christians who are idolaters (1Corinthians 5:11). This why I believe that "in" the renewing process of our minds God is bringing us "out" of our walking in the world and into Kingdom walking. Once again thank you for your time. I can't wait to see Him! God bless as you get understanding. |
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2 | is masterbation a sin explain thxs | Bible general Archive 1 | ChristLifer2001 | 47764 | ||
Inmyheart, I'm neither condemning masturbation or nor am I defending it. As the Bible does not speak specifically to this ACT, I am not going to be dogmatic on it. If others want to be, that is their option. The woman who was brought to Jesus, caught in the act of adultery, should have been stoned. That is what the Law said. Did Jesus break the Law? As you have said, the Bible does speak to issues like lust. Is it possible to engage in masturbation without lusting? Yes it is. But satan and the world tempt us to sin in almost every area of our lives and they will use this area to cause us to sin through lusting. They will also use this area to condemn other brothers and sisters in Christ without mercy. Have you ever looked at another person with lust? Then, according to Jesus' standard, you have already masturbated in your mind, haven't you? The problem is that we love to rate sins. That way, my sin of worrying is not as bad as your sin of lusting. My sin of a critical spirit is not as bad as your sin of masturbation. My sin of running another brother or sister down with my tongue is not as bad as what you may do with the other parts of your body. Sin is sin in God's eyes. Did you ever tell a lie? Then you are just as guilty as a cold-blooded murder in the eyes of God (James 2:10). Popular Christianity is so consumed with what is a sin and what is not a sin that we never get around to finding life in Christ. We're too busy rating sins and trying to judge ourselves against others. Hebrews says that whatever is not of faith is sin. By the time the legalist piles the 10 Commandments, the Mosaic Law, the sins of omission, and the sin of living life apart from faith in every act on top of people, the "good news" of the gospel is nullified. We spend our whole lives trying to keep short accounts with God and trying to keep our sins (which God says He no longer remembers - Heb 10:17,18) confessed. The goal of the Christian life is not to stop sinning. The goal of the Christian life is to abide in Christ and let Him live it. As we do, we will sin less but, while on earth, we will never be sinless. Sure God wants to renew our minds. This is how He changes our thinking and therefore our actions. As we walk in the Spirit, we will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. But the flesh is not just "evil" deeds. It is self. The flesh can look very good: self-discipline, self-confidence, self-effort, self-achievement, self-righteousness. But it is all evil in God's eyes. It is only when we come to see that our righteousness comes from God alone that we will be set free to "think on these things." Christ in us will cause us to fulfill the law of love. You write: "we are not to associate with those who call themselves Christians who are idolaters (1Corinthians 5:11)" I wouldn't believe how judgmental Christians can be if I wasn't being set free from it myself. Anything you put before God makes you an idolator. You can stick the word "habitual" in there is you want to, but the scriptures don't. We do it so that we can say, "Well, I'm only occasionally idolatrous. I'm not like so-and-so who is habitually idolatrous." Even the church at Ephesus who was doing everything right had left their first love. We would do well to teach people about how much Jesus loves them and how He has shed His blood to forgive them. His perfect love casted out all fear of punishment. As I said, I'm not going to be dogmatic on an issue that the scriptures to not speak directly to. And even the ones where scripture is definately clear on call for us to restore others in a spirit of love, not condemnation. Let the one without sin cast the first stone. Any sin. Don't rate them. There was only One who was not and He didn't condemn. Neither will I. ChristLifer2001 |
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3 | is masterbation a sin explain thxs | Bible general Archive 1 | inmyheart | 47796 | ||
Hello again, I will not enter into a debate with you, as I mentioned in my last post. However you are leaning towards defending your stand, and that's alright. Yes I have looked at another person with lust in my heart, but I wasn't "masturbating in my mind," I was committing adultery! You have misunderstood what I was trying to relate to you. Yes sin is sin, and no I'm not attempting to rate sin. I'm saying masturbation IS sin. When I accepted Jesus into my heart, God remembered my sins no more. However, the born-again experience not only raised me to a higher standard of living, but God also is renewing my mind to that standard (Romans 12:1-2). IN this process I'm making adjustments in my life as I look into the mirror (The Word of God) of God. As I line myself up with His Word, God is putting closure to those areas of my life that doesn't belong there. Make sense so far? Yes "in" Christ we sin less because there is no condemnation to those who are "in" Him, we wil never be perfect because of our sin nature, but we sin less because God reveals to us what sin is, I might add that a sinner knows when he is sinning, so I now don't practice sin because of it's concequences, following me so far? Some people are able to get a hold of God's life changing plan for their life because they are able to committ 100 percent of their lives to Him. Not me, I had a tough time in doing that, why? Well, I was raised in a dysfunctional family. I wasn't able to reveal my problems without being put down and feeling foolish. So I held everything in. When I came to God, I had many issues and I was too embarrassed, because I felt in my puny mind that He too would reject me because after all I was still practicing my sex sin and feeling guilty about it. Maybe you had a functional family (guessing here) and you may be more open than myself, and you don't see it as a promblem, but read (please) Ephesians 4:17-25. Now through the five fold ministry, Eph. 4:11, God is perfecting His saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Why? Eph.4:13 says "Till we ALL come in the UNITY of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:" I preach Christ to sinners and when led bulid up my brother who may be expierencing the same hard ship I may have gone through. Thamk you again for taking the time to read this post. We both have a purpose and a destiny and may God have all the Glory. God bless you ChristLifer2001 |
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4 | is masterbation a sin explain thxs | Bible general Archive 1 | ChristLifer2001 | 47807 | ||
Thank you, Inmyheart, for your honesty and understanding. I, too, don't want to debate this particular issue. The problem with debating issues of what is sin and what is not sin is that we can get so nit-picky about it that we still live under condemnation. There is no more condemnation from God or from ourselves if we are in Christ - Rom 8:1. Is it because we have stopped sinning? Hardly. We still do sin. It is because Christ has taken the full punishment for ALL our sins and the law of the spirit of Life in Christ sets us free from that old law of sin and death - Rom 8:2. There are SO many things in this life that qualify as sin. And, you're right, they have consequences. But all these things that are sin should drive us to Christ to be set free, not to try to struggle on our own apart from Him. Most Christians think that if they don't fulfill the lusts of the flesh, then they are walking in the Spirit. They have there understanding backwards. If we endeavor to walk out of our spiritual union with Christ THEN we won't fulfill the lust of the flesh. Why? Because we have no inherent power on our own to defeat the enemy or to be set free from sinful patterns. Christ alone is our strength. He has defeated the enemy and He sets us free as He renews our minds to the truth of God's Word. The Holy Spirit never points out sin in our lives so that we will try harder not to sin. He points out sin so that we will know that we must be completely dependant upon Christ and His Spirit to fight the battle. Sin show us where we are not finding Him sufficient for all we need. If I am eating from His banquet table, I have no need and no desire for the garbage on the street. He has provided everything we need for life and godliness. If I am consumed with Him as my life, I will not need to spend all of my time categorizing what is garbage and what is not. I have found, as I trust you have, the Living Bread and the Living Water. Let us learn to walk in the Spirit. That is the secret to overcoming the flesh. Thanks for your interaction, Inmyheart. I pray that you will continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our blessed Savior. ChristLifer2001 |
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5 | is masterbation a sin explain thxs | Bible general Archive 1 | inmyheart | 47825 | ||
ChristLifer2001 Thank you, and May God bless you richly |
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