Subject: 2 followups, masturbation and 1Cor7:2-5 |
Bible Note: Contrary to the opinion of Makarios I must submit my response. Masterbation is not a sin. The Bible never calls it a sin. If anyone calls it a sin he adds to God's word. And we ought to be careful not to do that. In the sight of Makarios, not God, masturbation is sinful. If it were sinful then God would have specifically told us so. Would he omit that if it was something we could be damned for. Of course not. Does God leave it up to us to decide what is sin or not? Of course not. But There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it 1 Corinthians 10:13. Now it is a sin to fornicate. But God provided us an escape from fornication and that is masturbation. Would God have given us so great a sex drive if we could not bear the temptation. And indeed that temptation could be unbearable if it were not for our ability to release the pressure on our bodies by masturbation. Masturbation is not a sin. There are enough sins for us to avoid without us making up more sins to deal with. But this we know, "If any man thinks it a sin and then does it ... for him it is a sin" Paul says this somewhere. Now masturbation in connection with pornography adds the element of lust -- which is a sin. But masturbation soley for the relief of sexual frustration is not a sin. |