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Is touching yourself a Sin???

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SumTinWong

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on fire 4 christ said:
I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY DONT LOVE PLESURE MORE THAN ARE GOD AND PLUS WHY WOULD U WANT TO GOD HAS SO MUCH MORE GREATER STUFF FOR YOU I THINK LOVING AND PRAISING GOD IS ALL A PLESURE IN ITSELF LET ME HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS
Well here are my thoughts.

Lusting in one's mind is just as bad as the actual sin itself. If I, a married man, were to touch while thinking of someone else I believe that would be adultery, according to what Jesus said. Maybe even the act of masturbating would be a sin, I don't know about that. Considering that it is very unusual to touch without thinking of someone else I would say it would be very difficult to do so.

Now if I am unmarried and do it, is that a sin? To me it seems that if the act of sex before marriage is a sin of the flesh then masturbating is a sin of the heart. Either way it is sin.

So bottom line, yeah I believe it is a sin.
 
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Now if I am unmarried and do it, is that a sin? To me it seems that if the act of sex before marriage is a sin of the flesh then masturbating is a sin of the heart. Either way it is sin.

So bottom line, yeah I believe it is a sin.
I agree, especially for the reason you provided here.
 
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