I struggle with mastribation

FOR $64,000, give me one Bible verse on masturbation.

Lust is a sin, yes.
So does someone have proof that everyone who masturbates is also lusting, visualizing in the mind doing sex with someone?

Now if you somehow are postulating that something is a sin which is neither a violation of Love God nor Love neighbor as self, methinks you are into legalism.

Let us refrain from adding to scripture.
To be sure if you act against faith you sin.
But beware of making your own list of sins which are not in the Bible.

Perhaps you should check what Dr. Dobson said about this.

I thought that verse meant if we were convicted not to do something and we are convicted it is sin then it is to us?
So wouldn't mastribation fall into that category if someone was convicted not to do it?

In context...

[SUP]13 [/SUP]Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” [SUP]14 [/SUP]Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. [SUP]15 [/SUP]Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” [SUP]16 [/SUP]As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. [SUP]17 [/SUP]If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

In context the scripture seems to refer to the pride of man making their own choices outside of Gods will.

Nvm Idk what I'm talking about..however there is a verse that says something about being convicted to not do certain things then its a sin for you if you are convicted not to do it.

The fact that no porn is involved makes you even further ahead of the sin then you actually know, that's a good thing!

Now being upfront with you, I don't know how masturbating works within the mind of a woman so i'm not going to give you the same advice I would give a man. I can't speak for a woman but usually these urges occur when you're not doing anything but sitting around, chilling, or in bed thinking. Whether that's the same case for you or not, try this...

When you do feel the urge to masturbate, instead of masturbating make a little journal where you can write your feelings down, or better yet write a letter to God of what's going on. That will show God that you're really trying to fight this sin and it will also keep you occupied from not doing it. While you're writing or when you finish, God will come down and work his heavenly magic and lift that weight off your chest and everything will be ok. When the urges come again, go back and reflect with what you wrote down and reflect the torment it caused you so you don't do it again.

You have a strong heart for coming forward with this, many just try to make it on their own and struggle with it even longer than they have to. You are a truly blessed person and I believe in you, you'll definitely overcome! When you do overcome, be there for those who are going through the same struggle. They'll need your advice to win!

God Bless!
-Moose_Almighty-

FOR $64,000, give me one Bible verse on masturbation.

Lust is a sin, yes.
So does someone have proof that everyone who masturbates is also lusting, visualizing in the mind doing sex with someone?

Now if you somehow are postulating that something is a sin which is neither a violation of Love God nor Love neighbor as self, methinks you are into legalism.

Let us refrain from adding to scripture.
To be sure if you act against faith you sin.
But beware of making your own list of sins which are not in the Bible.

Perhaps you should check what Dr. Dobson said about this.

I know specifically there are parts in the Bible that mention fleeing from sexual sin, for us to be examples in our purity. And I remember it talking about people "burning in their lust."

Ususally mastribation goes in levels: temptation, lust, succumbing to lust, mastribation. That seems to go very much with the verse that speaks about us being tempted, temptation being us being lead away by our lusts, and then that leading to sin. Also, just common sense, if sex is just for marriage then we should have no need to reach down there unless we're putting a tampon or using the bathroom. XDD

It was said, For $64,000 give me a verse on masturbation.

I have to tell you that Ecclesiastes 9:10 will not get the $64,000!

And I testify to you that over my life I now look back in amazement at how I worried myself sick about some things that had nothing to do with loving neighbor as self,
while doing other things with a clear conscience, which things now I am aghast that I did.

May the Lord deliver us from feeling guilty over Biblically non-issues while being obtuse to what really matters in life. Deliver us from straining at gnats while swallowing camels.

Well I am very relieved there were no judgemental or condemning comments as far as I could see. Steph what you struggle with is one of the hardest things for the flesh to overcome. lust does not always come from porn or thinking of others and saddly some are burdened with more lustful desires than others. everyone struggles with one sin or another but steph you need to stop beating yourself up so much. its hard to move on and grow if you are angry and down on yourself, remember what I said i tell myself everytime I screw up? keep moving forward. no matter how many times i fall how often i screw up i tell myself keep moving forward knowing God forgives me so I leave what i did in the past and keep my heart set on God and if i should do it again i re do the process.

You what makes a person a strong warrior of god which we are all called to be is not how much they dont screw up but how many times they choose to get back up and keep going. have heart set on god more than anything and everything else falls into place

Wow I never thought about that. Hm...

I would argue that all sin has an insecurity as its precursor. What did satan play on with eve in the garden? He caused her to feel insecure.

I think that is interestingly the one thing I have never questioned. God still loves me. God still forgives. God knew I was going to do it before I did it so I haven't even shocked Him and He loves me no matter what. He knew exactly what I was when He called me, before I even knew. That last one just hit me in the chest. God loves me THAT much.

Maybe Romans 14 is what I was thinking..but I can't be for sure. Thats why I said I have no clue what I'm talking about. XD


Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Gal 5. What if the sin of mastribation is bondage for someone who is struggling with it? An addiction that they preferred not to have?