IS MASTUBATION WRONG?

Part 9: Allow Marriage To Control Desires of The Flesh (I Corinthians 7: 8-16 and I Thessalonians 4: 1-3)

Greetings Brethren,

Peace be unto you. Thanks be to Almighty God for yet another day. Father we do give thanks for your son our Savior Christ Jesus and for the Holy Spirit.

Man should never make any laws that infringe on the divine institution of marriage. Meanwhile many that are elderly and on fixed incomes live in sin because they cannot live (as they flirt with poverty) on but one Social Security check. However can man mandate the laws of marriage that has nothing to do with Biblical reality?

Peace and Love, Carl A. Patton a willing slave of Almighty God writing for the FreedomJournal December 27, 2006 in the year of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus.

In the name of God, Master of the universe, Ruler of the earth

Brethren we are going to move our discussion to I Thessalonians. However we suggest that you read and study the remaining verses in the bracket of scripture where Paul teaches about marriage at I Corinthians 7: 1-16

Our mission is to find out what the Bible teaches about masturbation. In order to do this we have to study what the Bible teaches about fornication, sexual sin, marriage etc. Ingrained in these topics we hope to find what God would have us to know regarding this subject.

During the time Paul wrote to the Thessalonians sexual standards and moral behavior was at a low place. Thus Paul comes teaching them how they should love to please God. He also knew that the Law had been replaced by Christ and came preaching by that authority.

I Thessalonians 4: 3: “For this is the will of God even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: (See I Cor. 6: 18, 7: 2 and I Peter 3: 7).

The people (Thessalonians) as most people that come to embrace Christ have lived thriving on carnal pleasures. The major carnal pleasure being fornication. Some even mixed as was the custom of many pagans during these times idol worship with sexual practices.

Sanctification means purification “the hearts of mankind are purified by faith (Acts 15: 9). Furthermore in Romans 10: 17 it is revealed that faith come by hearing the word of God. Therefore sanctification is a result of hearing the word of God. However to hear is one thing but to launch sanctification one must obey the word. This renders righteousness. Thus Paul teaches them that to be saved (sanctification) they must abstain from fornication. This is true for us today. Therefore we clearly see that masturbation as it relates to fornication is wrong.

At Hebrews 13: 4 we find a companion scripture.

“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge”.

God has ordained marriage as honourable because it is the Lord's way to replenish the earth. God has also allowed these relationships between man and woman to be pleasurable as a way to induce man to cooperate with him. However many people abuse this relationship and use birth control. Whoremongers refer especially to mean in this verse who are immoral and adulterers to either sex.

Cont. Part 10: Was Onan Punished For Masturbation Are Birth Control (Genesis 38: 8-10)

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