Masturbation refers to pleasing oneself by stimulating the
genitalia. This is a sin many
Christians suffer from especially those who are single. I have
seen it stated on the
internet and other places that masturbation might not be sinful,
but I believe that it
certainly is, because one needs to concentrate on someone in
order to reach orgasm. This
concentration or looking at un-tasteful material is basically
lusting, which in itself is a
sin.
Masturbation also has a number of side-effects
The question however remains, how to prevent masturbation?
This can only be done by decreasing your lustful nature through
avoiding things which
causes you to lust.
Examples include trying to avoid lusting after the opposite sex
while walking the streets
as young ladies are dressing more and more inappropriately and
nothing is left to the
imagination anymore.
Another great way to prevent masturbation, is to be careful of the
things you take in from the
television set. There is a plot to destroy the things of God,
and therefore one can not
watch the simplest of television programmes without seeing a
couple making out, which
will cause you to lust. If you are to study the plot of the programme in
most instances the sex scene does not really add anything to the
plot.
Even with these two suggestions your thoughts will still be
seeded with lust, and you will
need to arrest these thoughts as they manifest, and rebuke them.
You will soon come to the
point where you will realize that lust has no power over you
once you make a concerted
effort to avoid it.
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