Expert: Pastor Don Carpenter - 12/22/2010

Question
So, I was thinking of masturbating with my friend, not masturbate each other but just around. Like, we'll probably be watching T.V. or playing games but with our genitals out and such. I refuse to watch pornography or have sexual relations with the boy (he is a Christian as well as I am and we're not gay or tempted by gay acts). So,  Is this said to be a homosexual act and/or sin itself?

Answer
Hi Jeffery,

Thanks for this great question.  I am so sorry for my very late response.  The Bible is full of the phrase "discover his/her nakedness".  There are many passages mentioning this in a very negative way.  We do have words for sex acts like the word "fornication" and I understand that you are not touching your friend, but I do believe that you are entering a level of intimacy and perversion that God would frown on.  There has been research done by believers that seem to indicate that when boys start to masturbate in groups like that, they often eventually become tempted with homosexuality.  

Jeffery, I do not believe you should be masturbating at all let alone with someone else.

Matthew 5:27–30 (AV)
27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.


I hope that this helps you.

In Christ
Pastor Don