Ok everyone,
Hopefully I won't be banned for mentioning this topic, but I tend to ask the questions everyone wonders but are afraid to talk about.
A guy friend posed a challenge to me recently--he said, "Show me in the Bible where it says that masturbation is wrong." He is trying to live the "Christian single life", trying to abide by all the commandments we live by as singles who are trying to follow Christ, but feels he should be at least allowed this one vice, as he is trying not to have sex before marriage.
I was raised in a very conservative Lutheran church--of course, all my life, I've been told that this particular action is immoral, impure, etc.
I know of passages that say "Neither the adulterer nor the fornicator shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven," but I am unaware of any passages that state, "Nor shall the one who masturbates enter heaven." I am not trying to argue for a justification, but rather, am asking for reasons why we are taught against it.
What do you all think? And if you can supply any passages, that would be helpful.
Hopefully I won't be banned for mentioning this topic, but I tend to ask the questions everyone wonders but are afraid to talk about.
A guy friend posed a challenge to me recently--he said, "Show me in the Bible where it says that masturbation is wrong." He is trying to live the "Christian single life", trying to abide by all the commandments we live by as singles who are trying to follow Christ, but feels he should be at least allowed this one vice, as he is trying not to have sex before marriage.
I was raised in a very conservative Lutheran church--of course, all my life, I've been told that this particular action is immoral, impure, etc.
I know of passages that say "Neither the adulterer nor the fornicator shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven," but I am unaware of any passages that state, "Nor shall the one who masturbates enter heaven." I am not trying to argue for a justification, but rather, am asking for reasons why we are taught against it.
What do you all think? And if you can supply any passages, that would be helpful.