Post 19:
Are Masturbation, Menstrual Sex and Oral Sex Justified Among Christians? (1)
Are Masturbation, Menstrual Sex and Oral Sex Justified Among Christians? (1)
Who is a
Christian?
I.
A Christian is a person who has genuinely
repented and is converted (Acts 3:19). Many repent but are not converted i.e.
after the process of repentance which is regret for an evil, they do not return
unto the Lord. Deuteronomy 30:2 says,
‘And thou shall return unto the Lord thy God, and shall obey
His voice according to all that I command this day, thou and thy children, with
all thine heart, and with all thine soul.’
A Christian is a person
who has repented of sin and has returned unto the Lord in obedience to His
commands. He is not a Christian on his lips only but also in deeds whose
practice aligns with his profession.
II.
A Christian is a
new creature who has become a born again through a spiritual rebirth (2
Corinthians 5:17). At birth into the world, the spirit of man is dead in inherited
sin through the Adamic nature by which all men are born sinners. In that state,
man is separated from God.
To return to God, the spiritual rebirth is
necessary to resurrect the dead spirit to link up with the Holy Spirit.
Therefore, a Christian is a person who has been spiritually regenerated through
the sacrificial blood of Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:7) and the Word of God
(Psalm 119:105).
Being born
into a Christian family because your parents are already Christians does not
make you a Christian until you conform to Romans 10:9-10 which says,
‘ That
if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in thine
heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shall be saved For with the
heart man believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made
unto salvation’
Salvation is
a personal decision and is not determined by your parents’ claims to salvation.
On the Day of Judgment, you will give your own account. Until you accept Christ
personally, you are not yet a member of His Body (Romans 10:9-10).
III.
A
Christian is a person who does not yield his members as instruments of
unrighteousness unto sin (Romans 6:13). Sin has no power over him as he has
surrendered the totality of his life and faculties to Christ and is led by the
Spirit of God (Romans 8:14) (Galatians 5:16-18).
He has been translated
from darkness to light and transformation of lives is the essence of the
gospel. A Christian whose life is not transformed though he makes claims to
salvation is running a race to destruction.
IV.
A Christian is a holy personality. God calls His children to personal
holiness in Leviticus 11:44 which says,
‘…ye shall sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; as I am holy: neither
shall ye defile yourself…’
The holiness that God
requires is a total separation from anything unclean, unholy and abominable. It
is also a separation from all sin and immoral living and a consecration to all
that God is consecrated to.
Holiness involves
personal moral cleanness in life and conduct which is evidenced by purity of
life and morals. It involves inward purity that goes beyond outward appearances
of holiness common to men.
A Christian as a holy
personality does not serve sin. Millions of Christians are yet to come to terms
with the facts that they cannot be a servant of sin and Satan while being a
servant of Christ and righteousness at the same time. One cannot serve God and
Mammon together. Committing sin makes one to be a servant of the Devil (John
8:44) (1 John 5:8) and is not certainly a Christian. Jesus Christ is not the
Master of a Christian who willfully commits sin (Hebrews 10:26-31).
What are the old things
that have passed away? (2 Corinthians 5:17)
The spirit nature and the
power of sinning also known as the Old Man which is the spirit of the Devil
working in men of disobedience. Some of its manifestations are addressed by the
Bible as:
The lusts of the flesh
(Ephesians 2:3)
The works of the flesh
(Galatians 5:19)
Vile affections (Romans
1:26, 29)
The carnal mind (Romans
8:1-13)
A Christian is called to
walk in the Spirit in order not to fulfill the works of the flesh (Galatians
5:16).
Romans 8:6 say, ‘for to
be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.’
Romans 8:13 implies that we should no more live in the sins of the flesh else
we die. By the Spirit of God indwelling us, we can put to death the practices
of the flesh.
2 Corinthians 6:17 say, ‘…touch
not the unclean thing…’’
The unclean here refers
to all moral and physical uncleanness that must be cleansed from the body and
spirit.
Romans 12:1-2 say, ‘…present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy acceptable unto God which is your
reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by
the renewing of your mind that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable
and perfect will of God.’’
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
say, ‘know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God
dwells in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for
the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.’
This is a solemn warning
against sexual sins and perversions, alcohol, tobacco, narcotics, tattoos and
incisions, and immoral dressing which destroy the temple of God.
2 Corinthians 7:1 say, ‘…let
us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God.’’
There are two kinds of
men:
1) The natural man, who lives under the
control of his fleshly passions, the sensual and depraved part of man that is
in contrast to his rational part. He is the animal man opposed to the spiritual
man. He has no relish or interest in spiritual things. He lives for the world
and its carnal pleasures due to his animalistic appetites and is spiritually
dead (Ephesians 2:1-9).
One of such is the man
who is so depraved and perverted in the mind as to have sexual intercourse with
a menstrual woman, and another is a woman also so depraved to permit such
abominable sexual act contrary to the Word of God in Leviticus 18:19 &
20:18.
2) The spiritual man, whose life is
directed by the Holy Spirit and minds spiritual things, discerns and esteems
the spiritual above the sensual. He is a new creature resurrected from death in
trespasses and sins. In him, the lower animal passions have been crucified and
put off.
There is a perfect and sinless
carnality. Sex and sexual pleasure is carnal but not sinful on their own as it
was created by God for lawfully wedded couples for sharing of pleasure. But when
it is performed in ways and manners that violates the laws of God, it becomes
sinful carnality. In this vein, there are decent and indecent sexual practices.
Galatians 5:16 say, ‘walk
in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.’ Galatians 5:24
say, ‘they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and
lusts.’
These refer to all true
Christians to aspire to this level in their Christian walk. Though we have been
called to freedom from the law, this does not absolve us of the responsibility
to live right. The new covenant demands righteousness of all men. The standard
of righteousness that God demands in the New Testament is not different from
the standard He set for Abraham in Genesis 17:1.
Manifestations of a
fleshly life that damns the souls of men (Galatians 5:19-21) are
many and include Uncleanness and Lasciviousness.
Uncleanness is the
general scriptural term for anything opposite of purity including sodomy, homosexuals,
lesbianism, pederasty, bestiality, masturbation, menstrual sex, oral sex and
many other sexual perversions among men and women that also include sex toys
like vibrators for obtaining sexual pleasure.
Lasciviousness is that
which promotes and produces lewd emotions, fostering sexual sins and lust. It is
wanton, filthy desire. It also is licentiousness and un-chastity.
Relevant Bible verses
related to the above include 2 Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19; Ephesians
4:19; 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; 2 Peter 2:10; Romans 13:13; 2
Peter 2:7 &18.
Sex is referred to as
sexual intercourse, as an activity involving the male organ, the penis
penetrating the female private organ, the vagina and accompanied by thrusts and
rhythmic movements to achieve orgasm and ejaculation of semen.
Sex is not limited to
penetrative sex as there are also non-penetrative sexual activities that do not
involve a penile-vaginal penetration. Non-penetrative sex includes erotic
massage, hand job, intercrural sex, mammary intercourse, Sumatra and oral
stimulation. Oral stimulation of the genitals of a sexual partner with the
tongue, teeth, mouth and lips is called oral sex but the kissing the mouth and
breasts is not considered as oral sex.
There is intercourse and
there are different types of intercourse. Intercourse refers to penetrative
activities. One of them is the penile-vaginal penetration. Others that are not
penile-vaginal penetration include anal intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus,
digital intercourse, vibrators etc.
The penile-vaginal
penetration is the scripturally ordained and accepted form of sex created by
God. The non-penetrative sexual activities such as oral sex and masturbation
and the penetrative sexual activities that do not involve a penile-vaginal
penetration are sexual perverse activities and an abuse of the body of man
which is the temple of God (1 Corinthians 3:16-17).
They are sinful and
abominable practices strictly forbidden in Galatians 5:19, Romans 1:24-32 and
Colossians 3:5. They are heathen practices and those that engage in them are
worthy of death and hell because God has called us not unto uncleanness but
unto holiness within and without (1 Thessalonians 4:7).
Oral sex which is tongue
licking the genitals -penis and vagina- of a sexual partner is an unclean
heathen practice. It is a detestable, degrading and irritating act not expected
of a Christian. It is an abuse of the body of man which is the temple of God.
A Christian in whom the Holy Spirit is
dwelling cannot be performing oral sex and expect the Spirit of God to continue
to dwell in him. Oral sex is the product of a corrupted and polluted heart. It is
a base, animalistic passion that defiles. For such abominations, God cast out
those pagans in the lands of Canaan which the Israelites inherited. Likewise,
God will cast out all those who partake in these abominable practices from His
Kingdom (Galatians 5:19-21).
There are
varieties of masturbation involving man and woman. Basically, masturbation is
self-stimulation of one’s sexual organs to achieve sexual pleasure, orgasm, and
ejaculation of semen to relieve accumulated sexual tension. The semen known as
the seed of copulation is expected to be deposited into the female vagina. When
it is deposited anywhere else, it becomes a violation. In Genesis 38, God
killed a man who spilled his semen on the floor. Would it not be worse for a man who ejected his semen through unnatural and ungodly process that defiles his body which is God's temple?
Any process
outside the penile-vaginal penetration that causes the semen to flow freely,
overflow or waste away is an unclean act that defiles the body of man which is
the temple of God (Romans 12:1-2) (1 Corinthians 3:16-17). Therefore,
masturbation is an unnatural and ungodly process and a sin before God.
Masturbation
includes male masturbation. A male masturbation is performed by
a male on himself through self stimulation of sexual organs. Masturbation is a sexual perverse activity, unclean, a
dishonoring of one’s body, a vile affection and product of an apostate and
reprobate mind that has strayed far away from God (Romans 1:18-32).
Ayodele Adegbulugbe
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com
www.relationship4growth.blogspot.com
Phone:2348035978352
Phone:2348035978352
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