Sin is defined in the Bible as
transgression of the law. (1 John 3:4)“Whosoever committeth sin
transgresseth also the law:
for sin is the transgression
of the law.” Everything unrighteous is a sin. (1 John 5:17)“All unrighteousness is sin: and
there is a sin not unto
death.” It is a known fact and
scientifically accepted that every
normal human person
experiences occasional lust of
the flesh. Even the apostles of
Christ testify to this. (James 1:14)“But every man is tempted, when he is
drawn away of his own
lust, and enticed.” Sexual urges in humans is but as
natural as experiencing hunger,
thirst, tiredness, etc. It is one of
the most important processes in
the human body. This feeling is
moderated by God’s laws and statutes among His people, like
the Israelites, because this is
God’s instrument in the process
of procreation. The Lord killed
Onan when he did not obey
God’s law to raise seed for his brother who died, and spilled it
on the ground. (Genesis 38:8-10)“And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto
thy brother’s wife, and
marry her, and raise up
seed to thy brother. And
Onan knew that the seed
should not be his; and it came to pass, when he
went in unto his brother’s
wife, that he spilled it on
the ground, lest that he
should give seed to his
brother. And the thing which he did displeased the
LORD: wherefore he slew
him also.” Onan did not masturbate, as
others claim. He lied with his
brother’s wife to enjoy the
pleasure of sex, but at the point
of orgasm, he spilled it to the
ground in utter defiance of God’s commandment. So, he was
condemned to death. Frankly speaking, most men (and
women), if not all, masturbate —
especially those without sexual
partners. Even those with sexual
partners, like husbands and wife
do masturbate also, when situations do not allow them to
have sexual intercourse; like
when a woman is with her
‘monthly visit’ or pregnant and
about to deliver her baby. In a
clinic, a man is required by a doctor to masturbate when
having a physical check up and
evaluation in his capacity to bear
children. In the Biblical sense of
righteousness, these situations
can not be considered as sin. If a
married man or woman, a
bachelor, or a spinster, do
masturbate to refrain from doing evil or infidelity to his or
her partner, are you going to
consider it a sin? (1 Corinthians 7:29; 31)“But this I say, brethren, the
time is short: it remaineth,
that both they that have
wives be as though they
had none…” “…And they that use this
world, as not abusing it:
for the fashion of this
world passeth away.” Scientifically, there is also evil in
too much indulgence in
everything we do to our body.
Overindulgence in eating,
drinking, etc. will cause us to sin
and scientifically will eventually cause diseases in our bodies
(http://www.uspharmacist.com/ oldformat.asp?url=newlook/files/
Feat/ACF2F0E.cfm&pub_
id=8&article_id=45. ) Gluttony is being condemned by
the Bible. (Proverbs 23:20)“Be not among winebibbers, or
among gluttonous eaters of
meat…”RSV Overindulgence in masturbation
poses psychological and
physiological imbalances. (http:// www.herballove.com/library/
resource/overmas/fatal.asp ) Scientifically, there are benefits
of regular, and not
overindulging,in masturbation. In
recent study, researchers say
that They found those who had
ejaculated the most between the ages of 20 and 50 were the
least likely to develop the
cancer. They say that men who
ejaculated more than five times
a week were a third less likely
to develop prostate cancer later in life. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ health/3072021.stm ) I do not recommend
masturbation to anybody,
neither do I encourage anybody
to make it a scapegoat of their
immoral sexual addictions, but I
will not judge nor condemn anybody that because of force
of circumstances, and not with
evil mind, is doing the act. God
judges according to the intents
of the heart! (Jeremiah 17:9-10)“The heart is deceitful above all
things, and desperately
wicked: who can know it? I
the LORD search the heart,
I try the reins, even to
give every man according to his ways, and according
to the fruit of his doings.” Sins committed by a Christian
due to the ‘weakness’ of his
flesh is pardonable under God’s
mercy. (Galatians 6:1)“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a
fault, ye which are
spiritual, restore such a
one in the spirit of
meekness; considering
thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” It is better to marry than to be
burned. (1 Corinthians 7:9)“But if they cannot exercise self-
control, they should marry.
For it is better to marry
than to be aflame with
passion.” RSV May the Lord teach your heart
of the proper things to do
through His words in the Bible.
