When you are a Christian your body is not yours; it is a temple.
1 COR 6:19-20
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Rom 6: 12-13
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Rom 12: 1-2
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
1 COR 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
This means He will never allow temptation beyond what we can overcome...He will always present an option for us to choose what is right. So, we will not be forced in the natural to succumb to masterbate because we have no control over our natural urges.
James 1:22
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Webster does not define God's word for me--God does. And sometimes, if necessary, His people who know God's nature and have studied His Word diligently like pastors, elders, and mature believers. Fornication is
any sexual act BEFORE marriage. Adultry is
any sexual act (including fantasy) outside marriage AFTER marriage. For God, the qualifier is totally how sex is related to
marriage.
God said in his word he made sex for marriage; He shouldn't have to cover every other detail. If He said He created it for marriage then anything else you do sexually is
obviously sinful. Hang an "out of order until married" sign on your genitals! And until married, adopt a HANDS-OFF POLICY. When you do this the URGES will subside and go away. Can anyone seriously imagine Paul masterbating? Why not? ...Cause he was holy, consecrated, and set apart by God as a disciple?
Well? If you are a Christian, so are
YOU!
Seems like the underlying theme on this thread FOR masterbation people are saying it is just a
natural urge and it isnt sinful if you seek a physical release like for example: going to the bathroom. Urinating is not a choice, but masterbating is. When anyone makes a consciously BAD choice against God's will---It is sin. Sin opens a door to more demonic influence and temptation like an open door party--the devil has a legal right/permission to harrass anyone and they have
invited it.
When someome masterbates it
STIRS UP LUST INSIDE THEM. Itincreases their lustful thoughts and actions. It doesn't
DECREASE sexual cravings it
INCREASES THEM! Even if you could manage to masterbate just once without any lustful thoughts before, during, or after (which I highly doubt). This is not the total issue; there are TWO sins. The thoughts
and the actual sex act.
After you have switched on the sexual part of yourself, I am not sure it is possible to separate thoughts of sex and the feelings that your body has during a sex act; does anyone really have that much control? honestly? And the thoughts are not the only issue here....it is that you are touching yourself in a way that is made for your spouse only by God.