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I'm just wondering if masterbation is a sin? When do lust becomes a sin? Is it ok to lust after your wife? Hope you can give light to this.
Hi!
This is awfully vague. The best I can tell you is that it is okay to desire your wife in a sexual way (Hebrews 13:4). It is wrong to desire others that way (Matthew 5:27-32). If your mind wanders away from your wife, you are slipping into the area called adultery by Christ. Self gratification goes so easily into this it is quite dangerous. Besides, you are not to defraud your wife (withold sex from her) without mutual consent, and then only briefly (1st Corinthians 7:5). It is always better to be too cautious with your actions than too relaxed.
In His Service,
Marvin Howard
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Marvin Howard
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I consider myself to be a "doctrine specialist" if there is such a thing. I offer scripture to support or refute (as needed) any doctrine practiced within what is commonly termed "Christianity" today. I am willing to try questions on prophecy and history, though they are weak points. I have learned a little, however. Also, as I am disabled, I have time to research many things. For example, I can find a congregation of the church within twenty miles of your ZIP Code if one exists. If traveling, I can locate a congregation for your visit. I am accountable in this ministry to a group of Christians. I will share my answers with them for review. If a question is private, I will redact the names for privacy.
Experience
I became a Christian on April 7, 1969. I have been a substitute, spur-of-the-moment preacher for thirty years. My last pulpit was with the congregation in Braswell, GA. My sermons have always contained at least fifty percent scripture. On occasion, I have preached in seven states, and four foreign nations. This is beside my online ministry. I am now, officially retired.
I hope to never mislead anyone saying I'm a member of one group, when I'm really in another as one here does. By his own admission, he isn't a member of the church, but of the "Christian Church" (sic) denomination. If I can be honest, I don't know why others would want to lie.
Education/Credentials
Having already acquired significant Bible education from self-study, I attended 1.5 years of Bible college through the church at Dyersburg, TN (before my health waned) in an attempt to get paper to say I know what I know.
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