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Thank you to all who replied so far! I’ve read each reply very carefully. Many great points have been made and I feel a little more at ease with the situation. I continue to pray about the situation and ask God’s will be done. May God bless you all!

I am a 21 year old man who was raised in the Church of God. My girlfriend was raised in the Methodist church. We have been in a great relationship for a little over two years and plan to spend the rest of our lives together. I plan to marry her and eventually raise a family. Recently, I’ve...

I appreciate the replies everyone. Logging off for the night. God bless.

I agree, however that isn't equated as sinful. Leviticus also mentions a woman having her menstrual cycle as unclean. They were just commanded to wash anything that it touched.

No, they don't. I've seen multiple scriptures stating fornication and adultery are sinful, but never have I seen one on masturbation. A lot of people like to try and read "between the lines" and find something that isn't there. I've even seen people at times try to use Onan from the Old Testament.

So is yours though, we seem to be at a stalemate. I don't think "gratifying the flesh" is a good argument because everything you do other than eat, sleep, use the bathroom, and pray can be put under that umbrella of thinking.

You can still get STDs even wearing a rubber. The condom can still break. So I say this in the most loving way I can, without mentioning "gratifying the flesh" what argument can you present briefly?

Fornication IS harmful. It can spread STDs, which harms your body and can cause death in some cases. Pregnancy is also harmful because the parents aren't obliged to stay together thus causing harm to both parties and the baby growing up without a father. Masturbation does not cause physical or...

Oh, ok I appreciate the clarification. I will say this, masturbation is not a requirement that I need to fulfill every day, however I do believe that it is ok to do so once in a while.

I appreciate the response, I always enjoy when Christians bring up The Law as I enjoy studying the law. I agreed with you on most of your statement until you said "masturbation in itself is not a sin" and then said "Don't do it". It would seem then you think it is.

I appreciate the long post. I read it all and I will say this, I'm 17 and I have been raised in church my whole life, officially being born again around 12 when I understood it fully. My thoughts have always been around "What does the Bible say?". I've read it from cover to cover multiple times...

I don't disagree? Again, I can't be married.

Ok, how does masturbation keep me from loving God? I actually see that as glorifying God by using my member the way he designed it to work. Of course sexual intercourse is meant for marriage, but I don't have that option at the moment. So what do you recommend I do? Burn with desire?

Pleasure=/=sin. Everything you do can be seen as "self-gratification"

But that wasn't the claim, it wasn't in excess, it was "for pleasure". Just as masturbating can be done in excess, for example 3-4 times a day.

I agree that doing nothing but watching movies is something you can't do unto the Lord, but I wouldn't make that out as sinful. It is a gray area in life for pleasure, which is why I don't think masturbation is sinful.

Forgive me if I'm wrong or misquoting, but I've never heard eating food for pleasure to be sinful.

Neither does watching a movie or playing video games. How do you do those unto the Lord?

I have stated that I don't need those thoughts to touch.

I skimmed through it a little, and from what I gathered it only mentions masturbation in one sentence. That sentence saying "The deliberate use of the sexual faculty, for whatever reason, outside of marriage is essentially contrary to its purpose". Now let me ask this, why is masturbation the...