Your sexuality, your desires, the way your body feels, are all 100% YOURS.
If YOU think you like being turned on, why would you give preference to what OTHERS may think of it?
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Masturbation comes from lust, dear ThatGuy127. Lust is sin, according to the bible-- "For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished. It is a devastating fire that destroys to hell. It would wipe out everything I own." Job 31:11-12 (NLT).
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HI There
i am also a Christian hardcore even, im 22 years old and a girl. i am turned on as i am talking but hey, i love God and i dont know what is wrong with me when i am stressed i find myself watching porn, fingering myself and when i am doing it i dont feel guilty i feel guilty after, i tell myself its last time every time i am doing it. I pray, i try to fast about but i get tempted and start it again. i dont know what to do because i want to save myself for my husband and also to keep my body holy as it Gods temple. Help me please
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The fact that something feels good and natural does not make it right. If there were no pleasure in sin, few would sin. However, on the question on whether masturbation is a sin read the article on this site:
https://www.steadyhealth.com/articles/Christianity_And_Masturbation__Is_It_A_Sin__a2281.html
If what you are doing is a sin, then while realising God is gracious and merciful should drive us to seek his help in avoiding the sin. While the Bible says "where sin abounded, grace did much more abound" (Rom 5:20) it also follows it by saying "Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid ... Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof ... but yield yourselves unto God ... For sin shall not have dominion over you" (Rom 6:1-2, 12,13,14).
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It is good that you recognise the need as a Christian to "keep my body holy as it Gods temple", and it is great that you say "i want to save myself for my husband". You have also admitted a problem that many have but will not admit, and that is commendable. You are in a spiritual battle, and you need to rely on the Victor's help and the Spirit's power. That can sound very trite, but it is true. However, harnessing the Divine resource is a matter of will. "For sin shall not have dominion over you" (Rom 6:14) is not just a theological concept, but a reality to be grasped by faith. But we also need Christian counsel. It would be good if there were an older Christian you could confide in locally who would (lovingly and honestly) stand beside you in this.
The situation you describe is not uncommon or unique to you. There is nothing especially wrong with you that is not wrong with many others for "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man" (1 Cor 10:13).
I had started a long detailed reply regarding what you have said, but have decided to keep it fairly short to start with, although I realise this is much deeper than a short reply can accommodate. But to be of more would mean talking in more detail.
In simple terms, the biblical counsel is "Flee fornication" (1 Cor 6:18) We should "Resist the Devil" (Jas 4:7) and "Fight the good fight of faith" (1 Tim 6:12). But we don't resist or fight immorality. We have to flee from it! Sex is a powerful thing and rightly so, for it has it's vital place in marriage. So the porn is the issue to deal with. If you find yourself watching porn, then you have 'slept through' the process that got you there. Porn is addictive, and will mean that when you masturbate without porn, you are probably having the pornographic images going through your mind. This can cause you to have a lower resistance to other sexual temptation (as I think you realise) as well as compromise your marriage.
Praying generally is not enough. You have to be specific with God. Identify the precise details of the problem when you pray.
If you want to have further help (I realise this is quite limited), I would be pleased to do so. Maybe you could sign up as a member.
God bless
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I think that you should talk to your pastor about it because it mite be a bad spirit that is in you like the people say bad spirits target the people that believe in god and Jesus Christ so talk to him and don't lie about anything be open to him and to god
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Hi Guest
If you are a God-serving Male, you must ensure any girlfriend is a God-serving female so you are both facing the same issues facing the same direction with the same values.
You say you are "in search of the same question", but are not specific about exactly which question you mean. The original post asked for help regarding a sexual addiction regarding masturbation and pornography.
You feel you may have gone too far with your girlfriend, but does she feel the same?
Also, if you feel you may have gone too far with your girlfriend, you need to step way back and put in a regime to help prevent it happening again. The biblical injunction "Flee also youthful lusts" (2 Tim 2:22) implies more than avoiding them.
If you think talking about your situation would help, please do so, privately if you prefer (but you would have to register first).
Take care. God bless
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