Hi! I just recently turned 16 years old, so naturally, hormones are a flowin'. And I want to be the best Christian I possibly can, but I'm having trouble overcoming overwhelming feelings of lust. It's an issue that lots of my friends are also dealing with. I understand that masturbation is a sin, but in my state, it is often times an undeniable urge. I pray to God for forgiveness, and for strength, but the urge just never goes away. Anyway, I'm sure a good portion of you have dealt with something similar, and I'd like to know what you did to remain pure. What does one do, in order to abstain from masturbation? At the moment, it looks like an impossible task.
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Overcoming temptation?
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When the urge comes, do whatever you can to preoccupy yourself with something else. Once you start doing something your mind will be off it and it's much easier than sitting around fighting the constant urge.
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Jupiter Drops
be like a flower and turn your face to the sun
I understand what you're going through.
It's really hard to turn away from temptations, especially when they're right in front of you and screaming for you to take the bait.
I didn't quite realize this until my late teens, but I learned to rely on the Holy Spirit and really thought about how this would make Jesus feel. I had to think, 'Do I really love Jesus?' Of course, the answer was yes. It was really hard, but I learned to turn away from these temptations through the love of Jesus Christ and my love for Him.
You have to choose one or the other- Jesus or Satan's baits.
Learn to run away from temptations. If there are stories, videos, pictures, or songs that make you feel like you need to act upon your urge, then I suggest you to quickly turn away from them and start relying on the Holy Spirit. Start praying in your mind honestly that these temptations will go away. They do. Sometimes, they cling on you pretty badly, but those are the days when you just need to rely on Jesus more. By turning away from these temptations, you get to spend more time with Jesus by reading a verse or making good use of your time by exercising, singing a hymn/worship song, volunteer with the love of Jesus Christ, etc.
Stay true to Jesus!
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I don't know, but it's what I do. It's hard to do but leave your house if you have to just force yourself out of the situation. The longer you're off of it the easier it gets.
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BFine
Seed Planter
Renew your mind upon the Word of God... when the
urge hits to lust or self pleasure...Get your bible
and read it out loud. Meditate on what you have read...
let the Word sink in.
Memorize some scripture...repeat it during times
of temptation.
Incorporate Christian music into your alone times...especially at night
when you are in bed.
Job (the guy in the Bible)made a covenant with his eyes...he vowed not to look
lustful upon a young maiden.
You are in charge of your body and it's up to you to discipline it to
conform. Discipline doesn't feel good but it is necessary for us to endure
it so we can gain the victory and not be slaves to our flesh all the time.
Have you been viewing porn or the like online?
urge hits to lust or self pleasure...Get your bible
and read it out loud. Meditate on what you have read...
let the Word sink in.
Memorize some scripture...repeat it during times
of temptation.
Incorporate Christian music into your alone times...especially at night
when you are in bed.
Job (the guy in the Bible)made a covenant with his eyes...he vowed not to look
lustful upon a young maiden.
You are in charge of your body and it's up to you to discipline it to
conform. Discipline doesn't feel good but it is necessary for us to endure
it so we can gain the victory and not be slaves to our flesh all the time.
Have you been viewing porn or the like online?
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I think in mainstream media, there's always some hidden porn.
Even films/series for teenagers like on Disney Channel have references, half-clad attractive women, occasional depictions of or references to the sexual act, and lots and lots and lots of stories telling the youth that "all that is normal".
Sorry, but I think media plays a huge role in making our young men and women horny, in tempting them to think "it is normal to want to do this and that" - and media is probably also destroying families.
I stopped watching TV a long, long time ago, except for some documentaries and some global affairs news.
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Dear fellow classical music fan (I assume),
Firstly, there is no consensus about understanding actual masturbation as sin:
Some Christians, especially in European traditions including myself, have been educated that the Biblical passages discussing masturbation have a metaphorical or historical rather than literal meaning.
The specific passage some people use to label masturbation as sin talks about a man, Onan, whose brother passed away and whose widow needs to be "taken care of" - in ancient Judaic tradition, it was common for a brother-in-law to reproduce with a widow. Onan, however, doesn't inseminate her for various reasons (pride?) and instead "spilled his sperm on the ground".
Genesis 38 NIV 1984
Some people interpret that as "masturbation is sin" in any occasion and circumstance.
According to my religious education, that has very little to do with masturbation itself, but rather, it is a metaphor of someone "refusing to do God's will".
Some think it is specifically associated with "non-procreational" or "interrupted" sex. Wikipedia gives a very brief overview of different interpretations: Onan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It may be a metaphor for "getting wasted" in general, wasting resources, money, time on useless things (booze, drugs, lust etc.).
Now, this is what we learned in class as Roman Catholics. I know that other denominations have extremely different views about masturbation (and I think most people on this forum are of other denominations).
Secondly, having discussed the above, I must say the following about my personal experience:
I have "onanated" a lot as a teenager and shared the common belief that it was natural and even necessary. However, even as a teenager I noticed that if, for random reasons, I forgot to do it for a couple of days, or if I did it without lust (e.g. it happened by itself, without me doing anything or thinking about sexy women), I had a strong feeling of power growing in me.
Thinking back, I think that feeling could have been part of how it feels to be "pure" and "holy" and "in communication with God".
Another thing I noticed is that whenever I had a serious crush on a girl, the urge completely vanished. Like, I completely felt no need.
Today, I am 10 years older than you and I have had several "spiritual transformations". One of them was knowing love, or rather the woman I love.
And ever since my feelings for her developed (ca 4 years ago), I rarely feel the urge - unless I am in extreme cases of stress, anxiety and paranoia.
My conclusion from this is that while I share the idea that masturbation itself is not sin, I keep experiencing and seeing in others that NOT masturbating is associated with a greater sense of spiritual purity, clarity of mind and nurturing love - and I mean love for a woman.
Putting 2 and 2 together, one can find sense in it.
I think the actual bad guy is lust, promiscuous desire.
If you touch thinking of your neighbors wife, or someone whom you don't love but only desire sexually -- that is sin.
I hope my text gave you a wider insight about the topic.
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Ark100
The Lord is my Refuge
Masturbation is a SIN...some people may think otherwise but it really is. This has nothing to do with what Onan did. What Onan did was totally different to masturbation and both are sins unto God.
You have to restrain yourself. This is where you strength and love of Christ comes to test. As christians we face temptations. Its how you handle these temptations that really matter.
I wonder how some people really think masturbation can be done without sexual thoughts? Its impossible.
@ OP think for one second that you have The Holy Spirit dwelling inside of you. If you engage in masturbation, you would for one be grieving The Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit dwells in Holy temple, uncorrupt temple, a temple that fights fleshy temptations and does not engage in sinful pleasures. Your body is the temple of God.
Masturbation is a sinful pleasure.
You can resist masturbation and fight it completely. Engage in godly things, fill up your spare time with scriptures, gospel music, interesting and educative materials, not junks and soft porns on tv.
Like someone else said, think for once what Jesus would think if you engaged in Masturbation. He sure won';t be happy about that...
Pray against it, against temptations of the flesh. I believe you can be rid of it if you pray about it and try as much as possible to occupy your mind, thoughts and time with more godly things.
You have to restrain yourself. This is where you strength and love of Christ comes to test. As christians we face temptations. Its how you handle these temptations that really matter.
I wonder how some people really think masturbation can be done without sexual thoughts? Its impossible.
@ OP think for one second that you have The Holy Spirit dwelling inside of you. If you engage in masturbation, you would for one be grieving The Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit dwells in Holy temple, uncorrupt temple, a temple that fights fleshy temptations and does not engage in sinful pleasures. Your body is the temple of God.
Masturbation is a sinful pleasure.
You can resist masturbation and fight it completely. Engage in godly things, fill up your spare time with scriptures, gospel music, interesting and educative materials, not junks and soft porns on tv.
Like someone else said, think for once what Jesus would think if you engaged in Masturbation. He sure won';t be happy about that...
Pray against it, against temptations of the flesh. I believe you can be rid of it if you pray about it and try as much as possible to occupy your mind, thoughts and time with more godly things.
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Hmmm... then where does God/Christianity say that masturbation is a sin?
OK, what I meant is not self-stimulation through conscious will, but mere [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] as part of the spermatogenesis cycle (which is why sometimes guys wake up with wet bedsheets...).
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People have commented about masturbation, but not the other main issue: lust.
Mat 5:28 is the main place where Jesus speaks of lust. The word he uses is translated as "covet" in other passages. It implies a desire to possess. Sexual desire is perfectly OK. It's what you do with it that can be an issue. Liking and thinking about girls isn't a problem. Imagining sex is starting to get dangerous, though even that isn't always sin. But I think what Jesus was looking at here, as most places in his teaching, was intent. The point isn't to stop thinking about women, but how you think about them. Are you thinking of them as sex objects, which you use for your desires? Or when you imagine what it would be like to be with a girl, do you imagine treating her as someone you love and respect, with whom you'd only have sex at an appropriate time?
As others have pointed out, there's nothing in the Bible about masturbation. If it's occasional, and just to deal with sexual tension it's at most a minor problem. There's a pretty good chance you're going to either touch or have wet dreams. You may prefer to choose when it happens. But if you're imagining doing inappropriate things with girls, then it becomes an issue. I agree with the explanation by BridgeAcrossCultures.
Mat 5:28 is the main place where Jesus speaks of lust. The word he uses is translated as "covet" in other passages. It implies a desire to possess. Sexual desire is perfectly OK. It's what you do with it that can be an issue. Liking and thinking about girls isn't a problem. Imagining sex is starting to get dangerous, though even that isn't always sin. But I think what Jesus was looking at here, as most places in his teaching, was intent. The point isn't to stop thinking about women, but how you think about them. Are you thinking of them as sex objects, which you use for your desires? Or when you imagine what it would be like to be with a girl, do you imagine treating her as someone you love and respect, with whom you'd only have sex at an appropriate time?
As others have pointed out, there's nothing in the Bible about masturbation. If it's occasional, and just to deal with sexual tension it's at most a minor problem. There's a pretty good chance you're going to either touch or have wet dreams. You may prefer to choose when it happens. But if you're imagining doing inappropriate things with girls, then it becomes an issue. I agree with the explanation by BridgeAcrossCultures.
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When you get a chance, compare the uses of the word "unclean." It often refers to communicable disease and microorganisms.
unclean - StudyLight.org
Where your mind takes you is a sin, but the Torah Law says a person will be socially unclean for a set amount of time. It is the same "unclean" that requires people who touched dead carcasses to wash their hands and clothes.
Leviticus 11:39 - `Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.
We tend to assume that the words "unclean" and "holy" only refer to the spiritual, but they are also used for tangible concepts.
In dealing with biblical uncleanness, there is the physical act of washing and sterilizing (lol no pun intended), and the spiritual act of restitution with God (and community).
Leviticus 11:34
Any of the food which may be eaten, on which water comes, shall become unclean, and any liquid which may be drunk in every vessel shall become unclean.
(The pots and pans did not sin)
The 15th chapter of Leviticus goes into great detail, on how to prevent communicable disease after emission, and also feel free of any guilt afterward. It is a recognition of man's tendencies and a recipe for forgiveness, not condemnation.
Leviticus 15
Leviticus 5:15
"If a person acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against the Lord's holy things, then he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord
These days, Christians preach on being under a new covenant, but in doing that they often forget that there is a process of repentance and forgiveness, repentance and forgiveness that gives us relief from our human foibles.
BUT where the mind has gone, and who has been used, and how humans have been objectified is a completely different matter of accountability. If people are able to keep it to a physical process, and not get drawn into voyeurism, I think the sin is left out of the picture. A person can easily sin against another person and against God when using porn to generate lust.
unclean - StudyLight.org
Where your mind takes you is a sin, but the Torah Law says a person will be socially unclean for a set amount of time. It is the same "unclean" that requires people who touched dead carcasses to wash their hands and clothes.
Leviticus 11:39 - `Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.
We tend to assume that the words "unclean" and "holy" only refer to the spiritual, but they are also used for tangible concepts.
In dealing with biblical uncleanness, there is the physical act of washing and sterilizing (lol no pun intended), and the spiritual act of restitution with God (and community).
Leviticus 11:34
Any of the food which may be eaten, on which water comes, shall become unclean, and any liquid which may be drunk in every vessel shall become unclean.
(The pots and pans did not sin)
The 15th chapter of Leviticus goes into great detail, on how to prevent communicable disease after emission, and also feel free of any guilt afterward. It is a recognition of man's tendencies and a recipe for forgiveness, not condemnation.
Leviticus 15
Leviticus 5:15
"If a person acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against the Lord's holy things, then he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord
These days, Christians preach on being under a new covenant, but in doing that they often forget that there is a process of repentance and forgiveness, repentance and forgiveness that gives us relief from our human foibles.
BUT where the mind has gone, and who has been used, and how humans have been objectified is a completely different matter of accountability. If people are able to keep it to a physical process, and not get drawn into voyeurism, I think the sin is left out of the picture. A person can easily sin against another person and against God when using porn to generate lust.
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Exactly.
Moreover, let us remember the circumstantial aspects, too.
Wouldn't it be better for a man who didn't see his woman for years to touch thinking of his woman, rather than being increasingly tempted by other women due to the sexual tension?
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Matthew 5:28-30
28 But I say to you that everyone who so much as looks at a woman with evil desire for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
29 If your right eye serves as a trap to ensnare you or is an occasion for you to stumble and sin, pluck it out and throw it away. It is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be cast into hell (Gehenna).
30 And if your right hand serves as a trap to ensnare you or is an occasion for you to stumble and sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better that you lose one of your members than that your entire body should be cast into hell (Gehenna).
This shows how serious it is to not Lust. Well all Sin is to be taken seriously ofcourse, by staying away from it. But this shows Lust and masturbation specifically. Those two go hand in hand.
I do believe verse 30 has to do with masturbation, given what he says in verse 28 and 29.
Girls dress so immodestly today, and [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]. So keep your eyes off girls that will arouse you, or pictures of girls if you know you'll be tempted or may be tempted. It's easy to get tempted to look at girls for a longer time, especially at their private parts.
But don't listen to the lies. "It's okay, just a quick look", "Just a little while", "One sin doesn't hurt". It's a lie from hell, it's never okay to Sin.
It really leaves an impure feeling to oneself afterwards. We are to be pure. I don't believe many do it out of faith either, but are uncertain about it, while doing it. Therefore it also becomes sin, because whatever is not of faith is sin (Rom 14:23).
It's really a trap. It turns on arousal, and thus it opens up for temptations, and it opens up for sexually immoral thoughts and lust. We shouldn't be getting into willful temptations like that. "And lead (bring) us not into temptation...." (Matt 6:13).
Mark 14:37-39
37 And He came back and found them sleeping, and He said to Peter, Simon, are you asleep? Have you not the strength to keep awake and watch [with Me for] one hour?
38 Keep awake and watch and pray [constantly], that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
39 He went away again and prayed, saying the same words.
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I implore you as aliens and strangers and exiles [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges (the evil desires, the passions of the flesh, your lower nature) that wage war against the soul.
It certainly wages war against the soul!
2 Timothy 3:2
For people will be lovers of self and [utterly] self-centered, lovers of money and aroused by an inordinate [greedy] desire for wealth, proud and arrogant and contemptuous boasters. They will be abusive (blasphemous, scoffing), disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane.
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Satan wants to take the joy away from you. He tempts you with things like that, and makes it look/feel more appealing. It may also be a pleasure to commit the Sin, for a while. But then, the consequences of Sin comes in, the guilt, the conviction and such. Always know that you wont end up happier, when you do stuff like that, but that's what Satan wants you to believe.
I remember when I was tempted a lot with Lust and so, a good verse I spoke out in my mind then is "Since I belong to Christ Jesus, I have crucified the flesh with all its affections and lust!"(Gal 5:24). It's very powerful to speak out the word, it brings faith too. I also speak it out sometimes when I see girls in school, to not get tempted.
Another powerful thing I do, in school, when I walk through the school, is worshipping & praising Jesus in my heart. It sets my eyes on Jesus so well. It makes me focus on him, so I don't get tempted to look at girls and so.
(James 4:7)
So be subject to God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from you.
Satan hates when we worship Jesus too.
Remember this, each time you get tempted to touch or watch Porn:
-It will only end up REALLY bad, although it may seem appealing, or be a pleasure for a while.
-It will take you deeper into Sin and darkness, if you keep doing it. (It will enslave you - it'll be a bondage). It may be harder to overcome it, the more you do it.
-You will be so much happier when you overcome the temptations! Pray for Grace and help from Jesus, and plead the blood of Jesus upon you when you get tempted. Rebuke Satan, and Demons of Lust and Unclean Spirits when you get tempted.
Remember, if we are sowing to the flesh, we will harvest corruption, it's important to remember that verse (Gal 6:8).
Romans 8
12 So then, brethren, we are debtors, but not to the flesh [we are not obligated to our carnal nature], to live [a life ruled by the standards set up by the dictates] of the flesh.
13 For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever.
...Ask Jesus to crucify your flesh. Once you start resisting the temptations, putting to death the evil deeds through the Holy Spirit, then you'll be coming more and more into the Spirit, and out of the Flesh.
If we walk in the Holy Spirit and live in the Spirit, we have Life. We start producing the fruits of the Spirit.
Galatians 5
22 But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness,
23 Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [that can bring a charge].
24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh (the godless human nature) with its passions and appetites and desires.
25 If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]
If you've been watching pornography and masturbated a lot, and lusted a lot. Then obviously those have became strongholds. You have to be willing to give those Sins up. Repent with a humble and contrite heart, loathing your Sin(s). Ask for The Holy Spirit to convict you and guide you, and to help you resist temptations and sin. You have to pray that Jesus will deliver you from those strongholds, and break all those strongholds and chains & bondages.
1. Plead the Blood of Jesus over your mind, emotions, conscious, sub-conscious, brain, thoughts, will and body.
2. Ask God for a guardian angel. Ask him to send Warring angels to fight for you in the Spiritual realm.
3. Ask for a wall of fire and smoke around me.
4. Ask Jesus to sanctify your Eyes, that you will not look at any impure thing (girls dressed in tempting ways -immodest- etc.)
^Those help me a lot.
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5. Pray for Holy Spirit's purging fire, to purge you from all impurities.
6. Pray for the Holy Spirit to sanctify you.
I remember when I was tempted a lot with Lust and so, a good verse I spoke out in my mind then is "Since I belong to Christ Jesus, I have crucified the flesh with all its affections and lust!"(Gal 5:24). It's very powerful to speak out the word, it brings faith too. I also speak it out sometimes when I see girls in school, to not get tempted.
Another powerful thing I do, in school, when I walk through the school, is worshipping & praising Jesus in my heart. It sets my eyes on Jesus so well. It makes me focus on him, so I don't get tempted to look at girls and so.
(James 4:7)
So be subject to God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from you.
Satan hates when we worship Jesus too.
Remember this, each time you get tempted to touch or watch Porn:
-It will only end up REALLY bad, although it may seem appealing, or be a pleasure for a while.
-It will take you deeper into Sin and darkness, if you keep doing it. (It will enslave you - it'll be a bondage). It may be harder to overcome it, the more you do it.
-You will be so much happier when you overcome the temptations! Pray for Grace and help from Jesus, and plead the blood of Jesus upon you when you get tempted. Rebuke Satan, and Demons of Lust and Unclean Spirits when you get tempted.
Remember, if we are sowing to the flesh, we will harvest corruption, it's important to remember that verse (Gal 6:8).
Romans 8
12 So then, brethren, we are debtors, but not to the flesh [we are not obligated to our carnal nature], to live [a life ruled by the standards set up by the dictates] of the flesh.
13 For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever.
...Ask Jesus to crucify your flesh. Once you start resisting the temptations, putting to death the evil deeds through the Holy Spirit, then you'll be coming more and more into the Spirit, and out of the Flesh.
If we walk in the Holy Spirit and live in the Spirit, we have Life. We start producing the fruits of the Spirit.
Galatians 5
22 But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness,
23 Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [that can bring a charge].
24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh (the godless human nature) with its passions and appetites and desires.
25 If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]
If you've been watching pornography and masturbated a lot, and lusted a lot. Then obviously those have became strongholds. You have to be willing to give those Sins up. Repent with a humble and contrite heart, loathing your Sin(s). Ask for The Holy Spirit to convict you and guide you, and to help you resist temptations and sin. You have to pray that Jesus will deliver you from those strongholds, and break all those strongholds and chains & bondages.
1. Plead the Blood of Jesus over your mind, emotions, conscious, sub-conscious, brain, thoughts, will and body.
2. Ask God for a guardian angel. Ask him to send Warring angels to fight for you in the Spiritual realm.
3. Ask for a wall of fire and smoke around me.
4. Ask Jesus to sanctify your Eyes, that you will not look at any impure thing (girls dressed in tempting ways -immodest- etc.)
^Those help me a lot.
Also...
5. Pray for Holy Spirit's purging fire, to purge you from all impurities.
6. Pray for the Holy Spirit to sanctify you.
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Also, put on the whole Armor of God everyday, in the morning (Helmet of Salvation, Breastplate of Righteousness, Sword of the spirit, Shield of Faith, Belt of truth, Feet shod)>>
Ephesians 6:12-17
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12For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.
13 Therefore put on God's complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place].
14 Stand therefore [hold your ground], having tightened the belt of truth around your loins and having put on the breastplate of integrity and of moral rectitude and right standing with God,
15 And having shod your feet in preparation [to face the enemy with the [firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness [produced by the good news] of the Gospel of peace.
16 Lift up over all the [covering] shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked [one].
17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword that the Spirit wields, which is the Word of God.
Ephesians 6:12-17
Amplified Bible (AMP)
12For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.
13 Therefore put on God's complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place].
14 Stand therefore [hold your ground], having tightened the belt of truth around your loins and having put on the breastplate of integrity and of moral rectitude and right standing with God,
15 And having shod your feet in preparation [to face the enemy with the [firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness [produced by the good news] of the Gospel of peace.
16 Lift up over all the [covering] shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked [one].
17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword that the Spirit wields, which is the Word of God.
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Itagaki
You're Gonna go Far, Kid
That's okay.
The entire world stands condemned because "there is not one good" anyway. So the whole world (you included) is going to hell anyway.
Since none are good, then whether one sins by being human and a sexual being or by lying, or by stealing, murdering or slandering, it makes no difference.
James, our brother, tells us, "If you have broken the law in one point, you have broken it in all."
The Christian Bible, does not address playing with yourself, dude.
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Who are you to condemn me?
Look at the verses in my previous post. I pray you will get convicted because it's Sin to touch. I pray your eyes and heart will be opened and that you will be led into the truth.
The entire world doesn't stand condemned. You seem to have missed the message of the Gospel (the good news).
I love Romans 8
1 THEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death.3 For God has done what the Law could not do, [its power] being weakened by the flesh [the entire nature of man without the Holy Spirit]. Sending His own Son in the guise of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, [God] condemned sin in the flesh [subdued, overcame, deprived it of its power over all who accept that sacrifice], 4 So that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully met in us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit [our lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit].5 For those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit.6 Now the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy] Spirit is life and [soul] peace [both now and forever].7 [That is] because the mind of the flesh [with its carnal thoughts and purposes] is hostile to God, for it does not submit itself to God’s Law; indeed it cannot.8 So then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him.9 But you are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of the Spirit, if the [Holy] Spirit of God [really] dwells within you [directs and controls you]. But if anyone does not possess the [Holy] Spirit of Christ, he is none of His [he does not belong to Christ, is not truly a child of God]. 10 But if Christ lives in you, [then although] your [natural] body is dead by reason of sin and guilt, the spirit is alive because of [the] righteousness [that He imputes to you].11 And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.12 So then, brethren, we are debtors, but not to the flesh [we are not obligated to our carnal nature], to live [a life ruled by the standards set up by the dictates] of the flesh.13 For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever.14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.15 For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!16 The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.17 And if we are [His] children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory.18 [But what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us!19 For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God’s sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship].20 For the creation (nature) was subjected to frailty (to futility, condemned to frustration), not because of some intentional fault on its part, but by the will of Him Who so subjected it--[yet] with the hope 21 That nature (creation) itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption [and gain an entrance] into the glorious freedom of God’s children.22 We know that the whole creation [of irrational creatures] has been moaning together in the pains of labor until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves too, who have and enjoy the firstfruits of the [Holy] Spirit [a foretaste of the blissful things to come] groan inwardly as we wait for the redemption of our bodies [from sensuality and the grave, which will reveal] our adoption (our manifestation as God’s sons).24 For in [this] hope we were saved. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For how can one hope for what he already sees?25 But if we hope for what is still unseen by us, we wait for it with patience and composure.26 So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.27 And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads [before God] in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God’s will. 28 We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose.29 For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren.30 And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being].31 What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?] 32 He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?33 Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect [when it is] God Who justifies [that is, Who puts us in right relation to Himself? Who shall come forward and accuse or impeach those whom God has chosen? Will God, Who acquits us?]34 Who is there to condemn [us]? Will Christ Jesus (the Messiah), Who died, or rather Who was raised from the dead, Who is at the right hand of God actually pleading as He intercedes for us?35 Who shall ever separate us from Christ’s love? Shall suffering and affliction and tribulation? Or calamity and distress? Or persecution or hunger or destitution or peril or sword?36 Even as it is written, For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we are regarded and counted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.38 For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers,39 Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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