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Personally, I'm not going to tell someone it is.
I don't think it's a big deal. And I have the blessing of hindsight.
I don't think it's a big deal. And I have the blessing of hindsight.
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Aha. This is in the marriage forum.
In a marriage you don't belong to yourself anymore so you don't have that right over your body like you used to. Your spouse owns you too.
In a marriage you don't belong to yourself anymore so you don't have that right over your body like you used to. Your spouse owns you too.
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Well, brother or sister, consider 1 Corinthians 6 which says that the body is for the Lord and the Lord for the body, the body was not made for fornication, the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Galatians chapter 5 lists the 1º 4 works of the flesh: fornication, adultery, uncleanness, lasciviousness. Matthew 5 says that if you look on a woman to lust after her you have committed adultery in your heart. 2 Corinthians 10 commands to bring every thought, imagination and high thing that rises itself against the knowledge of God into captivity to the obedience of Christ. Masturbation involves THOUGHTS AND IMAGINATIONS. If you don't warm yourself up with them you can't touch. Your body was designed to obey instructions from the mind. If you feed your mind with pornographic images, stories; lust, unrefrained sexual urges, you are in direct disobedience with the Word of God because they act within you as thoughts, imaginations and become strongholds after a period of settlement. The mental stimulation to be able to touch will inevitably lead you to lust after someone you consider sexy, therefore you are committing adultery in your heart with that person. Sexual activity has been reserved for husband and wife only.
Put on the mind of Christ and think. Research the Word and comfirm what I am saying.
Fred.
Put on the mind of Christ and think. Research the Word and comfirm what I am saying.
Fred.
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Ashamed said:I just have a very quick and embaressing question. Is touching yourself a sin? I am very troubled. Please tell me what you think about this. God Bless you.
Are you Catholic? Catholics believe that masturbation is a sin.
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KleinerApfel
When I awake I am still with You
I believe it is NOT a sin.
However, as some say, it could become associated with sinful thoughts of a person other than your spouse, so beware of that.
Nothing in the Bible leads me to believe that it is a sin, and for many it's a release from sexual and emotional tension.
It can be a useful part of your loving with your spouse, instead of intercourse at times, or as foreplay. If it enhances both of your enjoyment of each other, how could that be wrong?
However, if you find you're doing it alone and often, and prefering it to being with your spouse, you may be starving your relationship, making him/her feel unloved or inadequate.
God bless, Susana
However, as some say, it could become associated with sinful thoughts of a person other than your spouse, so beware of that.
Nothing in the Bible leads me to believe that it is a sin, and for many it's a release from sexual and emotional tension.
It can be a useful part of your loving with your spouse, instead of intercourse at times, or as foreplay. If it enhances both of your enjoyment of each other, how could that be wrong?
However, if you find you're doing it alone and often, and prefering it to being with your spouse, you may be starving your relationship, making him/her feel unloved or inadequate.
God bless, Susana
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