Is masturbation a sin?

[archer75]

Of course it is conviction.

You don't have to be right to be convicted. In fact, correction doesn't need conviction - as there is no need to bring attention to a fault.

You have to have eyes to see, and ears to hear; most people can't even recognize one of the 12,000 clues the Most High God gives us to help us in spirit.

I am still not convinced. If this is so, then why is conviction sometimes expressed as conviction and sometimes as a question?

 

[JacksBratt]

When I was young, I was taught, by "hear say", that was mostly my catholic friends, that masturbation was a huge sin.

My family and Sunday school never dared to speak of such things. We all knew by word of mouth and older, non Christian, friends joking about it.

I was so scared of doing it that I didn't. I had so much pent up anxiety about having sex before marriage, combined with not being able to relieve the tension through masturbation, that I was not even able to have a wet dream. Even in my dream state..... I would not do the sexual part of any female encounter...

That... in my opinion.. comes into the area of:

Ephesians 6:4 King James Version (KJV)
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

I was one young frustrated and scared man.

This, on several occasions, lead me to a place of very little resistance to members of the female gender.

Let's face it... a young man is going to end up tempted in real time and with real females....


The way I see it... It was far better for me to touch... as I already have the desire, at that age... 24/7 or so it seemed... and every female was a trigger... especially when they got all dressed up to head out to any function or shop or swim or what ever....

I had the personal constraint and knowledge to know the difference between right and wrong with moral discipline as well as social and criminal lines that would never ever be crossed.

However, tell a 12 year old that masturbation is a sin... because of lust.. is like telling anyone that you should not eat because of hunger.

Better to lust in your head, as a sin, than involve another person, their integrity, their virginity, their respect.... and the chance of producing another life in a pregnancy.

Face it.. men will lust... tell me you don't.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

to be honest I'm 17 I started partaking in this sin when I was 12 and I discovered inappropriate content when I was 15 right now I'm trying to retrace my steps to where I started just to be on the safe side bc I know inappropriate content is bad but masturbating is a slippery slope like that bible verse that people commonly use "if you look at a woman lustfully with your heart you already committed adultery" but the thing is that adultery is something between one that's married and one that's not and it can be between both people that are married but not to each other
so basically if in the future you were married and you look lustfully at a woman that's not your spouse that's sin and if you are still single and yet you look at a married woman in lust that's sin such and such forth

Thanks for being honest, I was going to take a different direction in my answer but now that you admit to watching inappropriate content this is on a whole different level. Do you realize there are Christians out their in marriages engaging in inappropriate contentographic sexual misconduct causing marriages to break up? This is a HUGE problem! You are completely missing the danger here.
Let's put aside the sin factor as I see no direct scriptural reference to this and if it is a sin I can certainly understand why, God does not want us to suffer consequences from our undesirable, unbecoming and unrighteous actions.
If I may explain, since you started this practice at a very young age you have implanted a standard of woman in your conscience in other words, when reality sets in that "most women don't look that way" you may have problems sexually bonding with a REAL woman. But most importantly this is a gateway to sex addiction later in life. This is a known fact, read up on it.
I suggest first PUT AWAY THE inappropriate content!! Second start curving your appetite for this, the more you do it the more you want to do it. And third, tell your Pastor the truth. You need accountability and help in order to stop this very damaging practice. I will pray for you, cause I know how difficult it is to stop but with the help of the Holy Spirit and repentance you will find it much easier and your conscience will be clean.
Blessings

 

[StrivingFollower]

The Bible's pretty clear about it in Leviticus. In the chapter where it talks about genital discharges being very unclean to the spirit. The thing though is that it's a complicated sin. If you are addicted to it, you could torture yourself trying to stop in a way that's very unproductive. You have to think about why is it a sin. It pushes us away from God. It makes us objectify women. Even if we just spend a few seconds admiring a girl lustfully, that could be enough time to misshape our perception of that person and make us fail to help them if they need help.

Lust is intoxicating. It makes falling away from God very easy. So you have to get your whole soul to realize that it is an important sin to avoid. But you have to approach this without pessimism, without despising yourself. You're gonna make your best strives with confidence and faith in God to change you. If you kill yourself after every stumble, you'll never break ahead.

 

[Kaon]

I am still not convinced. If this is so, then why is conviction sometimes expressed as conviction and sometimes as a question?

Questions are the psyche's way of convicting itself to confront a situation. The mind is fickle, and builds fail-safes against us collapsing under the idea of the world as we know it changing.

So, you ask a question, and call it logical analysis to pacify the ego and superego clash.

The brain uses this to goad the ego - subtlety - into an odyssey of (self) discovery as to not overwhelm itself. You are expected to keep asking little questions that get you the answer you know you are seeking.

 

[pgp_protector]

Do you think about a woman with lust when you touch?

28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh. on a woman to lust after her hath committed. adultery with her already in his heart. (Matthew 5:28)

I can commit adultery by looking at my wife?

 

[A Realist]

Do you think about a woman with lust when you touch?

You betcha. And not just any woman.
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She's my wife.

 

[NothingIsImpossible]

The hot topic of MB. Despite people twisting scriptures, MB is easy to answer.

When you MB are you looking or thinking of naughty things? If yes, then you're in sin. If you think of nothing then it's not a sin. One exception to this is if you make an addiction out of it. An idol so to speak. Like your MB as much as you can. Simple.

Now when it comes to the rare answer people give of "spilling seed", well technically speaking you sometimes "spill seed" during sex when your not "inside". Just as some people to prevent having a baby "spill seed" "outside". Or if they use a condom. None of this is a sin. Sometimes while sleeping men "spill seed" without knowing it (at least until you wake up). So obviously it's not a sin. I would say though if you are feeling like you need to MB all the time, I'd probably pray you find a wife so you can get over that desire.

Which for future reference is should be pointed out MB can a sin if you choose to MB over being intimate with your future wife. Unless she is ok with it. But thats for another topic.

 

[Josephus]

The Flood came because of the sin of spilling seed.

In Judaism, the understanding is that spilling seed is the murder of one's children. It is doing violence. The word for violence is hamas, and this was being committed in the time of Noah all over the world. Gen 6:13 "for the earth is filled with violence through them"

It was for this sin the Er and Onan were killed by G-d, even before the Torah was given at Mt. Sinai. We learn that death is the punishment for a murderer in the story of Cain and Abel.

From this logic is it clearly understood in the Jewish commentaries that spilling one's seed is violence, an act of murder of one's children, and a reason that the Flood came and wiped out all of mankind except 8 souls.

It is no wonder that in this generation, before the world is judged with fire, that such activity is now not only common place among the youth, but promoted, celebrated, and encouraged in our corrupt society.

As Jesus said in Mat 24:37 "But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

Part two is soon here. Let's not contribute to it and be swept away when it comes. When one plays with this, they are literally playing with fire.

Sexual purity is the greatest test of this generation. Never before has there been such open and celebrated promiscuity. You are here for a reason, like the rest of us. To be tested in the greatest test any generation has endured. But again, G-d never gives us a test we can't pass. Go and pass it. Pass it every single day. Never give up, never cede one inch of ground. G-d gave you eyelids for a reason. Hold out, pass through the test, and fight for it every day even to the last moment of your death. Don't tempt it. Don't feed it. Fight fight fight. Close your eyes, don't look at women, let alone immodestly dressed women, let alone naked. Think of G-d every time, every moment, think of Him, and shield your eyes from looking, for it is understood "the eye sees, the heart desires, and sin comes to fruit." Eve was tempted by her eyes. Protect your eye gate. Protect your ear gate. Avoid movies, TV, and focus on drawing close to G-d. You will succeed, but you must do it every moment and never give up. Even when you fall. Get right back up and keep going.

Previous generations shuddered at the thought of having to endure the testing of the last generation. They were weak. That is why they are not here. We are. G-d never gives us a test we can't overcome. Go and be faithful to G-d. Choose Him over yourself every time. Every day. Every minute. The Adversary won't let up until we die. Expect it. Survive it. I'll see you on the other side of it, G-d willing - and I believe He wills it.

 

[Natsumi Lam]

What lead you to need to touch in the first place?

Being human.

 

[TheOneWhoEats]

For me it is definitely a sin. However, I do think it's a sin every man at least (and probably most women) will commit, so we need to approach it with grace and understanding. It's a sin for me because I began to realize that I was being compulsive in my masturbation habit. I had times where I didn't want to do it, but I did anyway, and I had a hard time thinking or doing anything until I had done so. I also began to compulsively seek out real sexual partners in the form of massage parlors, hook ups, serial dating, etc. I didn't truly want to do this stuff but I was being compelled by an addiction. The addiction began with the introduction to masturbation when I was a teenager. I'm about a month into not doing anything at all, with periods of abstinence before that of various lengths. This is something I've been working on a lot.

I would argue that I'm likely not very different from most men. So, for me, it's a sin for sure. If you are able to do it every once in a long while and it's not compulsive and you don't have to think about women or anything, then it's probably fine, but I think most people don't fall under that.

I'd recommend reading every man's battle or every young man's battle. For life stage reference, I am a 30 year old man.

 

[Natsumi Lam]

I don't think it is credible to claim one can touch without lust. If you could, then I would agree that it is not a sin, but I think you are probably fooling yourself.



Still a sin. Even more so when you are married because you are separating yourself from your spouse.

Please provide biblical support.

 

[RaymondG]

The Flood came because of the sin of spilling seed.

In Judaism, the understanding is that spilling seed is the murder of one's children. It is doing violence. The word for violence is hamas, and this was being committed in the time of Noah all over the world. Gen 6:13 "for the earth is filled with violence through them"

It was for this sin the Er and Onan were killed by G-d, even before the Torah was given at Mt. Sinai. We learn that death is the punishment for a murderer in the story of Cain and Abel.

From this logic is it clearly understood in the Jewish commentaries that spilling one's seed is violence, an act of murder of one's children, and a reason that the Flood came and wiped out all of mankind except 8 souls.

It is no wonder that in this generation, before the world is judged with fire, that such activity is now not only common place among the youth, but promoted, celebrated, and encouraged in our corrupt society.

As Jesus said in Mat 24:37 "But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

Part two is soon here. Let's not contribute to it and be swept away when it comes. When one plays with this, they are literally playing with fire.

Sexual purity is the greatest test of this generation. Never before has there been such open and celebrated promiscuity. You are here for a reason, like the rest of us. To be tested in the greatest test any generation has endured. But again, G-d never gives us a test we can't pass. Go and pass it. Pass it every single day. Never give up, never cede one inch of ground. G-d gave you eyelids for a reason. Hold out, pass through the test, and fight for it every day even to the last moment of your death.

Previous generations shuddered at the thought of having to endure the testing of the last generation. They were weak. That is why they are not here. We are. G-d never gives us a test we can't overcome. Go and be faithful to G-d. Choose Him over yourself every time. Every day. Every minute. The Adversary won't let up until we die. Expect it. Survive it. I'll see you on the other side of it, G-d willing.

So God wiped out the whole world, in your belief, because people were relieving themselves too much?

Do you also consider this violent when it happened in ones sleep?

 

[Josephus]

So God wiped out the whole world, in your belief, because people were relieving themselves too much?

Do you also consider this violent when it happened in ones sleep?

Nocturnal emissions are obviously beyond your control, and Judaism understands this too. Even then it is understood that it is the unintentional spilling of seed. You aren't guilty of violence, anymore than if you killed someone accidentally in your sleep. But there are still consequences. It's not quite akin to committing manslaughter, but the spiritual aspect remains in that you are considered impure (spiritually contaminated) (and thus have to bathe). Even though nocturnal emissions are unintentional, the understanding is that they could have been avoided if one was careful with their thoughts and inputs while they were awake prior.

Thus one who guards their inputs and thoughts while awake, are focused on G-d and his Word, are nearly guaranteed to be free of spilling seed when they sleep.

However, the intentional spilling of seed is considered more serious and is actually a crime punishable by the court of Heaven. This is sadly a serious matter that is nearly completely lost on our generation, yet it's why we were born to be tested now, not in earlier generations who did not have so much easy access to smut. Those who find out about this and hear about the solution (aka their eyelids), have already merited from Heaven a great mercy to draw closer in passing this test every moment of the rest of their lives in this corrupted world.

 

[TuxAme]

It's always a sin. It's a serious offense to God, who gave us the sexual faculty in order to bring new life into the world, to abuse it in this manner. If done with full knowledge (I know it's wrong) and full consent (I'm going to do it anyway), it's a sin that causes spiritual death- a mortal sin.

 

[TheOneWhoEats]

Nocturnal emissions are obviously beyond your control, and Judaism understands this too. Even then it is understood that it is the unintentional spilling of seed. You aren't guilty of violence, anymore than if you killed someone accidentally in your sleep. But there are still consequences. It's not quite akin to committing manslaughter, but the spiritual aspect remains in that you are considered impure (spiritually contaminated) (and thus have to bathe). Even though nocturnal emissions are unintentional, the understanding is that they could have been avoided if one was careful with their thoughts and inputs while they were awake prior.

Thus one who guards their inputs and thoughts while awake, are focused on G-d and his Word, are nearly guaranteed to be free of spilling seed when they sleep.

However, the intentional spilling of seed is considered more serious and is actually a crime punishable by the court of Heaven. This is sadly a serious matter that is nearly completely lost on our generation, yet it's why we were born to be tested now, not in earlier generations who did not have so much easy access to smut. Those who find this and hear about this, have already merited from Heaven a great mercy to draw closer to passing this test.

I'm pretty sure that nocturnal emissions and also retrograde ejaculations (you also urinate out sperm if it builds up too much) occur after a period of time because the body needs to get rid of old sperm as men's bodies are constantly producing sperm. Old sperm are much less effective in impregnation and may also cause birth defects. If you have a wife and have sex with her regularly you probably won't experience these, but a single man who abstains from any sexual behavior will experience them.

Note: I'm NOT defending masturbation, see my prior post in this thread. Just saying, I think that nocturnal emissions or retrograde ejaculations are bodily functions and are probably no more sinful than using the restroom. I agree about smut also being bad though. Cheers!

 

[Calvin_1985]

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Hello. I’m not quite sure if I’m posting in the correct area because I’m new to the site and forums in general, but here we go. I’m a 17 year old boy and lately I have been curious about this issue in the church. I would tend to lean more towards it NOT being sinful. However, I’m open to having my mind changed. I’ve researched this quite a bit and gathered various answers from both sides of the debate. Most answers I’ve gathered against masturbation involve scripture twisting or just aren’t logically sound (at least that is how I see them). I’ve asked my parents and pastors with no real answer. Obviously living in the United States, I cannot get married legally unless I have parental consent (I do not). So Paul’s advice in 1 Corinthians 7:9 doesn’t help since our cultures are different. So, that said, what are your thoughts?

My Friend , it boils down to one thing. Masturbation comes from the root sin of lust. It is lust that leads to masturbation. Take it from a man that had an issue with it since I was 11(34 now), for a long time I never saw it as sinful for one I wasn't saved and two, I wasn't actually having premarital sex. Even after being saved 3 years ago, inappropriate contentographyand masturbation is something I've dealt with off and on and Father has progressively uprooted Lust out of my heart and replaced it with his Love. In doing this, Fathers Love has moved sexual sin out of my life and masturbation is and has been taken out of my life. Not because I stopped masturbating, but that Lust has been removed from heart and replaced with Love.

My advice Little Brother, stop asking people and go directly to the Father. The outcome will depend on you. Do you truly want to rid yourself of it or are you wanting to find a justification for your own masturbation? Father knows your heart and why you are trying to find out if masturbation is a sin. But I will tell you this, it is an extension of the deeper issue of lust. This is what you have to see first.

 

[rockytopva]

I would imagine many expressing concerns along this line, in which Paul’s reply was,

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. - Galatians 5:16-17

Which is similar to an Old Testament given below....

And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. - Ezekiel 36:27

The Holy Spirit himself is of great assistance in dealing with these matters. And a walk in the Spirit would include avoiding all forms of inappropriate contentography so readily available these days.


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[Josephus]

In addition to my two posts above, I should mention that the spilling of one's seed leads to the following consequences per Judaism:

- depression
- anger
- sadness
- despair
- loss of income
- loss of health
- risk to one's own children
- a wife who doesn't know why but for some reason is responding negatively to oppose you (she is being used by G-d to oppose you and give you grief)
- and much much more.
- loss of one's ability to understand scripture
- and more

I recommend anyone who wants to find out more, to look up Tikkun HaKlali and the teachings behind it.

 

[patrick jane]

Hello. I’m not quite sure if I’m posting in the correct area because I’m new to the site and forums in general, but here we go. I’m a 17 year old boy and lately I have been curious about this issue in the church. I would tend to lean more towards it NOT being sinful. However, I’m open to having my mind changed. I’ve researched this quite a bit and gathered various answers from both sides of the debate. Most answers I’ve gathered against masturbation involve scripture twisting or just aren’t logically sound (at least that is how I see them). I’ve asked my parents and pastors with no real answer. Obviously living in the United States, I cannot get married legally unless I have parental consent (I do not). So Paul’s advice in 1 Corinthians 7:9 doesn’t help since our cultures are different. So, that said, what are your thoughts?

Is Masturbation a SIN? | Can Christians touch?

I got asked this question on instagram, so I'm answering it here. Can Christians engage in masturbation? Or is it a sin?

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