Is going to a strip club a sin?

[slockmn]

I'm gettting married soon

But my mates are giving me a real hastle with my bucks party.

The bucks party is going to be in Las Vegas and my mates really want to take me to a strip club. I've never been but I think it might be wrong.

Is going to a strip club a sin?

I'm a nice, god loving guy who said to God and Jesus when I was only 13 that I'd never have sex before wedlock, or sin.

I'm not about to start sinning now either just because it's my Bucks party.

The simple question is; Is going to a strip club a sin?

 

[NathanBai]

going to places that were created for the work or the devil....is that a sin that what we need to ask ourselves

 

[Autumnleaf]

If you can go there and not get aroused while feeling comfortable then it is not a sin for you to go. Jesus could do that because that is the kind of guy he was. In my whole life I've met maybe a hand full of guys who could do that. If you can pull it off go for it.

The problem is, would your friends be sinning while they were there and do you want to be part of that?

 

[jehoiakim]

I see no viable reason to enter a strip club unless you are entering it to drag someone out of there... your mates might be giving you a good time but that doesn't mean you have to go to s trip club to enjoy yourself. If they really are your friends then they need to learn to respect that you do not want to put yourself in that situation. If they try, I'd walk out. If they want to go by themselves whatever, but they don't need to subject you to that.

 

[timf]

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

 

[visionary]

Your conscience is already warning you on this. Ask your friends to respect you and your convictions and to think of something else that will fit better as a last day of freedom celebration for you.

 

[JRSut1000]

In a simple answer, yes it's sin. I really would like the other members to give the Scriptural reasons as to why, but I want to ask you this way: How would your fiancee feel about it? I know I would not have wanted my fiance to look at other women. The whole point of a strip club is to turn men on, it's a devious (and devilish) thing to watch whether one is married, about to get married, or not even considering marriage yet. It ranks right up there with watching porn online. Just because one doesn't literally have sex doesn't mean they aren't engaging in sexual sins. Looking at a women other than the one you're heart is set on (and committed to for life) is sin, don't see any other way around it.

That's really big of you check first and to make sure that you're not falling into anything you shouldn't. Have the [guts] to say no to your guy friends (who I'm sure in their own way are trying to give you a great time) and do something more edifying. Maybe a bowling night or something? Something that truly is fun, but that doesn't invite sexual impurity in.

 

[JRSut1000]

Edit: my *fiance (hubby to be)

Oh and to "saint2300", unfortunately even after we know the Lord, we still many times need His forgiveness. A slip-up is easily forgiveable, but when we become entrenched in the pattern of sins, then it's a dangerous place to be. I know, I've walked that line before.

 

[LoricaLady]

I'm gettting married soon

But my mates are giving me a real hastle with my bucks party.

The bucks party is going to be in Las Vegas and my mates really want to take me to a strip club. I've never been but I think it might be wrong.

Is going to a strip club a sin?

I'm a nice, god loving guy who said to God and Jesus when I was only 13 that I'd never have sex before wedlock, or sin.

I'm not about to start sinning now either just because it's my Bucks party.

The simple question is; Is going to a strip club a sin?

Good for you that you have stayed sexuall pure. Your finance is blessed.

Of course going to a stripo club is a sin. They aren't exactly doing charitable works there. It's for lust. "Anyone who even looks on a woman to lust after her has already commited adultery with her in his heart."

"Be careful when you think you stand lest you fall."

Scriptures tell us over & over to be sexually pure.

Please do not give into peer pressure. Tell them you really believe the Bible & it says not to lust and that you want to practice being true to the woman you love at all times. Stand up for the truth and for what is right, in a gentle and respectful way of course, and perhaps you will be a factor in helping some guy or guys start to acknowledge that they need to live clean lives also. Some of them are no doubt (per statistics) victims of addiction to pornography (and strip clubs have, I'm sure, led to such addictions many times) and maybe they will start to get a little light that will cause them to turn to Yeshua and be led out of that.

Stand up for what is right, for your fiance, for yourself, for your friends and most of all Yeshua Who died to set us free from sin, and you will not be sorry.

Praying for you to do that graciously and for all good things for you and your fiance and the people who are pressuring you to do something very wrong.

 

[aiki]

The simple question is; Is going to a strip club a sin?

Yes, it is. If you are a follower of Christ, a Christian, you are commanded by God to "be holy as I am holy." (1Pe. 1:16). Consider what the apostle Peter wrote:

1 Peter 1:13-16
13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance;
15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,
16 because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy."

Paul the apostle wrote,

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality;
4 that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
5not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Others have already noted the words of Christ concerning looking upon a woman lustfully. The Word of God commands us further,

Romans 13:12-14
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.
14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

The only reason a strip club exists is to make money off exciting the sexual passions of men. As a representative of Christ, no Christian should set foot in an establishment devoted to such an evil purpose.

Who is this Buck Party for? You, or your friends? You're the one getting married, right? So why don't you call the shots as to what goes on at your Buck Party? Tell your friends you won't attend a party that involves provoking your sexual desire for a woman you are not married to or intend to marry. Tell them this is so because you wish to honor God who is holy and has called you to be holy also. Your friends will show you just how good they are as friends by their response. If they ridicule and scorn your demand to honor God, you should be looking for new friends.

Stick to your guns. God honors those who honor Him. You also honor the woman who is soon to be your wife by keeping your eyes and sexual passion restrained from other women. Its seems to me a profoundly rotten thing to do to your fiancee to spend time paying other women to arouse you sexually and to fill your mind with images of their nude forms. Consider the following verse:

Hebrews 13:4
4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

You defile the marriage bed by implanting sexual images of other women in your mind before you enter it, which is what you'll do if you attend this strip club. As this verse indicates, God will judge such defilement.

Selah.

 

[iambren]

Even if you don't get aroused and you somehow avoid any lusting you STILL are in an atmosphere of men sinning in lusting. Not an edifying place.

I visited my former college roommate in Springfield,Mass. He thought it would be a macho thing to go to a strip club for a beer. I went and had to keep my jaw from being opened because I had never been to one. I don't remember being aroused, but do remember the heaviness in the bar from all those guys being in a type of trance.

Couple years later he I visited and we went to a club. This grease-ball guy went forward, slipped the cash in her g-string and she kissed him. I felt nauseous and said --. Let's get out of here!". Never been back to one. It's not a good idea.

 

[bsd31]

I can't believe someone has to ask if it is a sin to go to a strip club. Of course it is! This is one of those topics that there can be no debate about.

A strip club is a place of prostitution. The ladies are selling their bodies one dollar at a time. Would Jesus pay a dollar for a lady's body?

If you're honestly struggling and debating if you should go or not ask yourself if you want to start off your marriage, as the head of the household over your wife and future children, by honoring your God or honoring your flesh? And then do what you know you should do.

 

[BFine]

Why would your friends think you would like to go to a
strip-club being you are Christian who is living a life that
reflects your love for God and how you uphold his biblical standards?

 

[JRSut1000]

Another question might be, why do you call such people 'friends'? It's okay to have aquaintances and casual friends who are not like you, but if these are your best friends, maybe time to find some new friends. Friends who will edify you and encourage you in you walk with the Lord, friends who will build up your marriage and not pull it down, who will stand with you on the Word, pray for You, and with whom you all can share a level of accountability. Not condemning you in any way, I know you want to be on the right track and I really do think you'll make the right choice concerning the invitation to the strip club. But one way to reach your full potential in Him and in marriage is to surround yourself by like-minded people who will build you up, not tear you down.

 

[bsd31]

Why would your friends think you would like to go to a
strip-club being you are Christian who is living a life that
reflects your love for God and how you uphold his biblical standards?

My guess is because most people don't believe that Christians honestly take their faith all that seriously. Probably because so many don't. It's something that is swept into a dark corner and not discussed 99% of the time. So his friends probably wouldn't think it at all odd he'd be willing to go to strip club.

 

[briareos]

A strip club is place where people go to see completely naked women show all their stuff and to have a woman with nothing but panties on rub their naked breasts on them while they sit in your lap and act like they are having sex with you. The drinks are primarily alcoholic and if you go and do not purchase lap dances and alcohol it is considered extremely rude.
When they hear that this is your bachelor party you could be pulled on stage and where several naked women touch and caress you and act like they are having sex with you. That what happens at strip clubs.

Your a christian, your wife is the sole source of sexual fulfillment or excitement in your life, don't go.

 

[Sketcher]

Yeah, it is.

I've been to fun bachelor parties that don't have any of that. Vegas sounds extravagant, not to mention a moral trap.

 

[razeontherock]

Vegas sounds extravagant, not to mention a moral trap.

They don't call it "sin city" for nothing. A point in this thread that hasn't been voiced but strikes me as being basic and fundamental to everything:

your "bucks party," is it a celebration of your last day of freedom, or you preparing yourself for married life? Consider the cost of the trip to Vegas, and imagine the awesome "guy stuff" you could do with your friends right at home. Mountain climbing, hangliding, scuba diving, etc etc., stuff your new bride might not be so keen on sharing with you, but could have no reasonable objection to.

The real issue here is, you have a once in a lifetime chance to witness to your friends who obviously don't see the Gospel as anything real or powerful. Salt of the earth, light of the world ...

 

[spr]

Scripture advises to avoid thing that even have the appearance of evil. How is this something borderline that might go one way or another? You would clearly be going there for reasons other than preaching the Gospel.

Really this is about loosing your friends. If you do what they want you to do you have your friends. If you choose God you probably will loose some of them who will call you a weird zealot. But really, how much more will God give you and show you if you take a stand for Him?

 

[Buzzy]

All I know is I wouldn't do it because it would likely lead me to sin.