Some time
ago, I had a discussion with some friends on whether it is sinful to
masturbate. Moreover, it was not stated or rather written in the scriptures
that ‘do not masturbate’.
My View:
there is a whole lot that the scripture did not state that we should not do
and there is also a couple of things that the scripture did not repeatedly
emphasize like some other things. Not because one is more important than the
other or that some are big sin and the others are small sin. Sin is Sin. There
is no other way to qualify what is not right other than ‘it is wrong’.
This same
question about masturbation has been asked about smoking and other things that
we feel we can justify for our selfish motives.
What
exactly is the definition of SIN?
James 4:17
says “Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins”.
We sin,
when we do what we know we ought NOT to do. Apostle Paul in Romans 7:15 said “I
do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do but what I hate
to do”. Reading further to Romans 7:17, Apostle Paul explained why he finds it
hard to do the right thing which is also a major challenge to us Christians
today, that is, “as it is, it is no longer we ourselves who do it
(masturbation, fornication, theft etc.), but it is SIN living in us”.
God the
Trinity is known for Purity. It is therefore difficult for us to accommodate
‘the deposit’ of God which is the Holy Spirit in us. Sin scripturally is
likened to rag, filth, death and darkness. God cannot dwell in darkness because
He is Light (1 John 1:5-6). If we want to accommodate ‘The Light’ we must be
ready to let go of darkness which is the sinful nature that is at work in us.
On every
pack of Cigarette and on media, there is a warning that ‘smokers are liable to
die young’. Why would any sane human intentionally sentence himself/herself to
painful but slow death? Smokers are
exposed to two of the top 10 health killers in the world which are Trachea, Brochure or
Lungs cancers and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (http://www.sciencechannel.com/life-earth-science/10-deadly-diseases.htm).
Even if we don’t care about ourselves, let us care about our families that we
will put through the same risk as us by exposing them to second hand smoke, asides
the sleepless nights and financial troubles they will go through when these
sicknesses manifests. I have a clearer picture why some of us cannot love
others. It is simply because we do not love ourselves.
“Everything
is permissible”- but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible”-
but not everything is constructive. Nobody should seek his own good, but the
good of others. (1 Corinthians 10: 23-24).
Our body is
a SACRED TEMPLE of God. (1 Corinthians 3:17). Also, it says God will destroy
anyone who destroys His temple. We are that Temple, the dwelling place of God
Almighty. Why should we invite cancer to dwell in God’s Temple? God cannot be
inmate with diseases.
Let us work
out our salvation with fear and trembling.
I pray the
Lord helps us in Jesus Name.
To be
continued…
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