In my 43 years of propagating God’s words n the Bible, I have come across

numerous people asking me what the Bible says about masturbation: Is it a sin to
masturbate or not? Many religious denominations condemn masturbation in
whatever manner it is done. In the present Jewish religion, a rabbi has this to say:

“Kabbalah is very explicit about the negative spiritual side-effects of masturbation.

The idea is as follows: Your seed is the material by which you procreate; it is the
genetic material within you that allows you the opportunity to partner with G-d.
When we let human seed go to waste, we squander G-d’s sacred and divine
potential”
(http://www.askmoses.com/article.html?h=237&o=53)

While the Jehovah’s witnesses have this to say:

Watchtower 1976 February 15 pp.122-3 You Must Be Holy Because Jehovah Is

 Holy

“15 In recent years, homosexuality has swept the world. These homosexuals claim
that they are ‘bringing it out of the closet’ and they brag by saying, ‘We are proud
to be such.’ It was apparent that this erosion of moral standards could pose a
danger or threat for God’s holy people, so the congregations were alerted and
wrongdoers were cleaned out. Likewise, unclean practices, such as masturbation,
which can be a steppingstone to homosexuality, have been dealt with in a serious,
yet understanding…”

(http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/index.php/watchtower_quotes/sexual-
matters/masturbation/)

Sin is defined in the Bible as transgression of the law.

(1 John 3:4) “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the
transgression of the law.”

Everything unrighteous is a sin.

(1 John 5:17) “All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.”

It is a known fact and scientifically accepted that every normal human person
experiences occasional lust of the flesh. Even the apostles of Christ testify to this.

(James 1:14) “But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust,
and enticed.”

Sexual urges in humans is but as natural as experiencing hunger, thirst, tiredness,

etc. It is one of the most important processes in the human body. This feeling is
moderated by God’s laws and statutes among His people, like the Israelites, because
this is God’s instrument in the process of procreation. The Lord killed Onan when
he did not obey God’s law to raise seed for his brother who died, and spilled it on
the ground.

(Genesis 38:8-10) “And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and
marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. And Onan knew that the seed should
not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he
spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. And the thing
which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.”

Onan did not masturbate, as others claim. He lied with his brother’s wife to enjoy
the pleasure of sex, but at the point of orgasm, he spilled it to the ground in utter
defiance of God’s commandment. So, he was condemned to death.

Frankly speaking, most men (and women), if not all, masturbate — especially those
without sexual partners. Even those with sexual partners, like husbands and wife do
masturbate also, when situations do not allow them to have sexual intercourse; like
when a woman is with her ‘monthly visit’ or pregnant and about to deliver her
baby. In a clinic, a man is required by a doctor to masturbate when having a
physical check up and evaluation in his capacity to bear children.

In the Biblical sense of righteousness, these situations can not be considered as sin.
If a married man or woman, a bachelor, or a spinster, do masturbate to refrain from
doing evil or infidelity to his or her partner, are you going to consider it a sin?

(1 Corinthians 7:29; 31) “But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth,
that both they that have wives be as though they had none…”

“…And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world
passeth away.”

Scientifically, there is also evil in too much indulgence in everything we do to our

body. Overindulgence in eating, drinking, etc. will cause us to sin and scientifically
will eventually cause diseases in our bodies
(http://www.uspharmacist.com/oldformat.asp?
url=newlook/files/Feat/ACF2F0E.cfm&pub_id=8&article_id=45.)

Gluttony is being condemned by the Bible.

(Proverbs 23:20) “Be not among winebibbers, or among gluttonous eaters of

meat…”RSV

Overindulgence in masturbation poses psychological and physiological imbalances.

(http://www.herballove.com/library/resource/overmas/fatal.asp)
Scientifically, there are benefits of regular, and not overindulging,in masturbation.
In recent study, researchers say that They found those who had ejaculated the most
between the ages of 20 and 50 were the least likely to develop the cancer. They say
that men who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to
develop prostate cancer later in life. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3072021.stm)

I do not recommend masturbation to anybody, neither do I encourage anybody to

make it a scapegoat of their immoral sexual addictions, but I will not judge nor
condemn anybody that because of force of circumstances, and not with evil mind, is
doing the act. God judges according to the intents of the heart!

(Jeremiah 17:9-10) “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately
wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to
give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.”

Sins committed by a Christian due to the ‘weakness’ of his flesh is pardonable

under God’s mercy.

(Galatians 6:1) “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual,

restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be
tempted.”

It is better to marry than to be burned.

(1 Corinthians 7:9) “But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry.
For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion.” RSV

May the Lord teach your heart of the proper things to do through His words in the
Bible.

God Bless.