Now masturbation is an experience of sexual orgasm produced by self-stimulation for sexual
arousal and pleasure. Word masturbation is not mentioned in the Bible, nor is abortion
or heroin or cocaine. But the idea is mentioned and we're going to address them. One survey says
that over 70% of men and 40% of women admitted to having masturbated at some point in their
life. A lot of people say that well masturbation, especially people who are not believers. They say
things like, masturbation is not wrong because it offers me an innocent way to fulfill sexual
desire when there is no partner available. And that's the view that some Christians hold and
especially people who are not of Christian faith. But you must understand is that masturbation
removes the sexual expression from its intended purpose. Masturbation is really a solo specs,
where orgasm is removed from the purpose of creating intimacy and reduced to a simple chemical
release. And you may say, well you know, I don't see anything wrong with it. But we're going to
dive into some scriptures and also we're going to talk about how to overcome this habit and this
addiction. In 1 Corinthians 7:8-9. Paul says, "But I say to the unmarried and to the widows.
It is good for them if they remain even as I am; but if they cannot exercise self-control
let them..." It doesn't say let them masturbate. It says, "let them marry. For it is better to
marry than to burn with passion." So I want you to notice Paul is saying, if you are single
exercise self-control. If you can't exercise self-control, marry. It doesn't say if you
can't exercise self-control ,masturbate. Paul doesn't give option to self-stimulation as a way
of an alternative to getting married. Because in the scriptures sex is supposed to happen
in the context of marriage and what follows sex, the orgasm and all of this stuff. It belongs
in the area of marriage. What masturbation does is, it pretty much it's solo sex. It's that you
are taking part of that sex out of its intended purpose. The second thing that I want to mention
and that's a misconception is that masturbation is a sin of Onan. Genesis 38:9-10. It says, "But Onan
knew that the heir would not be his; so when it came to pass, when he went to his brother's wife."
So when he went in, it speaks of intercourse. "When he went into his brother's wife, that he
admitted to the ground, lest he should give and heir to his brother. And this thing which he did
displease the LORD; and therefore He killed him also." Now some people take this verse and say,
well Bible says masturbation is wrong because it's a sin of Onan. You know he had a sexual
intercourse and then instead of inseminating her he, you know poured out his semen on the floor.
And the Bible says God killed him for that. At least understand is the sin of Onan has nothing
to do with masturbation, because Onan had sex with the woman. Sin of Onan has to do with procreation,
and the Bible is very clear about it. He did not want the name of his brother to continue.
He wanted to build his own legacy. So he knew if the wife of his brother. His brother passed away.
If the wife would get pregnant, the name of his brother, the legacy of his brother would continue.
Not his own name. And God did not like that and therefore God killed him. Now this still does
not mean that masturbation is the will of God. But we cannot use this verse out of context to label
that or to attach that to masturbation. Number three. Masturbation is something I can't control,
some people say. it's just honestly, it just comes on me. I can't control it and therefore
I masturbate. But you must understand you are not an animal that is ruled by your sexuality.
Nor are you an angel that denies your sexuality. Like angels in heaven, they don't have sex.
They don't get married so they don't have sexual desires. You're not an angel and you're not an
animal. You're in between. You are a human. It means you have a body but you are a spirit.
Therefore you can't as the Christian walk around with these statements, that I just can't control
it, it comes on me. Because you are a spirit. You don't need sex to be alive. Sex is not water. Sex
is not air okay. You are not a sexual being. You are a spiritual being that has a physical body.
The necessities of the body are real but your identity is more real. And your identity is that
you are a spirit. The idea that I can't control it. Well you must understand in Galatians 5:22. It
says that the fruit of the spirit is love, peace. It's joy, it's long suffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. You can't do it, but the Holy Spirit can do it
for you and through you and in you. You know masturbation is really an act of instant self
gratification. It's quite opposite of self-control that we are constantly being talked about in the
Bible. You know and self-control is an act of obedience to the Holy Spirit. And masturbation
you know, it's not an act of obedience to the Holy Spirit. It's an act of submission to the desires
of the flesh. Number four. In this question, and a statement that I hear from people and I want to
debunk that. You know, masturbation is not wrong. I can masturbate as long as I'm not thinking
lustful thoughts. It's kind of like, hey I can go into the pool and I'm not going to get
wet. Yes it's true that there's no mention of word masturbation in scripture. The same way as
you know, there's no mention that heroin, you know consuming heroin is sin. But why do we
say that heroin and cocaine is sinful to consume? Because not necessarily the very act of taking
these particular chemicals into our body, it's the fact of what it produces. The same thing with
masturbation. The problem with masturbation is not the very act that your hand touches your genitals.
It's what stimulates that in the first place and where does it lead afterwards. A lot of times the
desires and the urges for masturbation come from pornography. Most of the cases they do and usually
they lead afterwards to guilt, to shame. And a lot of times they lead to fornication, where the
person now wants to act these things out in real life. They want to have the sexual relationship
with someone, especially people who are single. And so and that's what makes this wrong. And
that's what makes this not something that God wants us to have it practiced in our life.