Part 5: Can A Christian Marriage Involve Masturbation? (I Corinthians 7)

Greetings Brethren,

Peace be unto you. Father God we pray that we will never forsake you are leave you. Therefore as we lift you up in Praise we also come thanking you for our Savior Christ Jesus and for the divine presence of the Holy Spirit.

Can masturbation replace sexual gratification in marriage? Thus can Christians stay unmarried but satisfy sexual desire through masturbation of self"?

Peace and Love, Carl A. Patton a willing slave of Almighty God writing for the FreedomJournal December 21, 2006 in the year of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus.

In the name of God, Master of the universe, Ruler of the earth

Beloved the Apostle Paul is our departure point as he writes to the Church at Corinth. Therefore ewe will begin with I Corinthians Chapter 7 in our quest to unravel important questions about masturbation for Christians. We will begin with Chapter 7 verse 1. However we suggest that you review verses 9-20 of Chapter 6 that lead up to our discussion in Chapter 7.

In verses 1-16 of I Corinthians 7 Paul answers questions posed by the Corinthians about marriage. He also teaches about being married are single in verses 25-40 the end of the Chapter 7. Ingrained in these questions posed by the Corinthians to Paul we can begin to see answers to many of our questions and concern about masturbation.

I Corinthians 7: 1: "Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman". (Also see verses 8 & 26 of this chapter).

This verse is self explanatory. In that it applies to intimate relations in a marriage. However during this time Christians were confronted by the ruling regime the Roman Empire. The oppression of various religious groups eventually affected the Church.

The general question of immorality also was an issue. Verse 26 notes" I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be".

The present distress was brought on by the oppression by the Romans. Thus verse 8 "I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I".

So many Corinthians thought they would be best served to remain unmarried thus being relived of the marriage obligations. However, the marriage relation is the Lord's means of meeting the desires of the flesh in this subject, and unless a man is sure that he can resist all temptations to immorality, then he is to discard Paul's advice and enter the state of marriage for the lawful gratification of his desires.

Do you have the right to satisfy sexual desires by masturbation outside of marriage? What about those that are not physically able to perform normal intercourse in marriage are the physically impaired unmarried man or woman? What of those that are incarcerated in the military in far of places that wish not to be involved in fornication?

Cont. Part 6: Should You Marry To Avoid Fornication? (I Corinthians 7: 2).

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But as days passed and went he saw that the people in the Church came to contradict the priority of God which is Love. They came to Love only money and even asked for financial records and income tax statements to determine how much money each member earned. They did this to satisfy a worldly and Devilish desire to collect a certain amount of money from each member and called it Tithes and Offerings.