Did Jesus Heal a Masturbator?
May 20, 2014 by Andrew Michell
In Mark 1:21-26 is the story of Jesus teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum on the Sabbath day. During his teaching some crazy man in the audience yelled out and interrupted Jesus. According to verse Mark 1:23 this crazy man was possessed by an “unclean spirit” and Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and made it leave the man.
How did this man become possessed by a demon? Before you read the following quote keep in mind that Ellen White used the words “secret sin” to refer to masturbation:
How did this man become possessed by a demon? Before you read the following quote keep in mind that Ellen White used the words “secret sin” to refer to masturbation:
There are multitudes today as truly under the power of evil spirits as was the demoniac of Capernaum. All who willfully depart from God's commandments are placing themselves under the control of Satan. Many a man tampers with evil, thinking that he can break away at pleasure; but he is lured on and on, until he finds himself controlled by a will stronger than his own. He cannot escape its mysterious power. Secret sin or master passion may hold him a captive as helpless as was the demoniac at Capernaum. Yet his condition is not hopeless... from the book Temperance page 123
That’s really cool! One of Jesus' miracles was to help someone who had become addicted to masturbation! If he had mercy and compassion on him and because he does not change he would also have compassion on us!
Were the first missionaries chronic masturbators?
The most graphic and intense story of Jesus’ miracles was the healing of the two demoniacs found in Matthew 8:28-34. They were violent, naked, crazy men who were possessed by demons and lived among the tombs. These two men were so terrifying that nobody passed through the region where they lived. However when Jesus met them he cast out the demons and restored the two men to sanity and health. This story can also be found in Mark 5:1 and Luke 8:26
When we read what Ellen White wrote about this incident one cannot help but wonder if these men had fallen into the pit of masturbation addiction:
Were the first missionaries chronic masturbators?
The most graphic and intense story of Jesus’ miracles was the healing of the two demoniacs found in Matthew 8:28-34. They were violent, naked, crazy men who were possessed by demons and lived among the tombs. These two men were so terrifying that nobody passed through the region where they lived. However when Jesus met them he cast out the demons and restored the two men to sanity and health. This story can also be found in Mark 5:1 and Luke 8:26
When we read what Ellen White wrote about this incident one cannot help but wonder if these men had fallen into the pit of masturbation addiction:
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... But far different was the feeling of the restored demoniacs. They desired the company of their deliverer. In His presence they felt secure from the demons that had tormented their lives and wasted their manhood. From the book Desire of Ages, Ch 35, page 339
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No sin ruins manhood more than masturbation. Hundreds of testimonies on this website alone testify of the feelings of degradation, self-hatred, worthlessness, and emptiness that result from masturbation. As someone said “Maybe selling your soul for lure and lust of the ‘ultimate thrill’ is the cost of abject slavery to the king of hell.”
What makes this story so amazing is that Jesus delivered these men from the pit of hell that was destroying their lives. And after healing the demoniacs Jesus sent them home to tell everyone how God had delivered them. These men were missionaries before Jesus chose his 12 disciples. Imagine that, the first missionaries for Jesus may have been healed masturbators.
What makes this story so amazing is that Jesus delivered these men from the pit of hell that was destroying their lives. And after healing the demoniacs Jesus sent them home to tell everyone how God had delivered them. These men were missionaries before Jesus chose his 12 disciples. Imagine that, the first missionaries for Jesus may have been healed masturbators.
Ellen White Calls Masturbation the Worst of All Evils
Praise God for Ellen White! God gave this pioneer in the Seventh-Day Adventist church a vision about the importance of health and when she wrote about it the first thing she attacked was masturbation. This habit of 'self-abuse' and 'secret sin' was blasted as:
"one of the most destructive evils ever practiced by fallen man.”
Wow, that's terrible! According to that quote there is almost nothing that can compare to the destructive consequences of masturbation. Actually this is not a quote from Ellen White of the SDA church, it is from the British theologian and scholar Adam Clark. He put a theological smackdown on masturbation long before Ellen White in his Bible commentary on Genesis 38:30 available here.
Now if Adam Clarke was shooting arrows at masturbation in 1831 Ellen White would launch a nuclear missile about thirty years later. In April of 1864 she published An Appeal to Mothers and spent a majority of the book trying to warn readers of the dangers of masturbation. However it was a few years later (1868-1871) in Testimonies to the Church Volume 2 page 391 that Ellen White writes something that grinds against every wind of doctrine and ideology today. Who would ever imagine that God would send a messenger for our day and age that would say something as astounding as this:
"Moral pollution has done more than every other evil to cause the race to degenerate."
"Moral pollution" is one of many terms that EGW used to refer to masturbation. You can see in the original context that this quote was also a reference to masturbation.
"one of the most destructive evils ever practiced by fallen man.”
Wow, that's terrible! According to that quote there is almost nothing that can compare to the destructive consequences of masturbation. Actually this is not a quote from Ellen White of the SDA church, it is from the British theologian and scholar Adam Clark. He put a theological smackdown on masturbation long before Ellen White in his Bible commentary on Genesis 38:30 available here.
Now if Adam Clarke was shooting arrows at masturbation in 1831 Ellen White would launch a nuclear missile about thirty years later. In April of 1864 she published An Appeal to Mothers and spent a majority of the book trying to warn readers of the dangers of masturbation. However it was a few years later (1868-1871) in Testimonies to the Church Volume 2 page 391 that Ellen White writes something that grinds against every wind of doctrine and ideology today. Who would ever imagine that God would send a messenger for our day and age that would say something as astounding as this:
"Moral pollution has done more than every other evil to cause the race to degenerate."
"Moral pollution" is one of many terms that EGW used to refer to masturbation. You can see in the original context that this quote was also a reference to masturbation.
Now this is exciting, I see only opportunity. If this habit is so bad, then how valuable is a solution to this habit? If masturbation is doing so much damage to the image of God in man, then how much would heaven value efforts to help people escape from the addiction?
God loves masturbators very much. God loves masturbators so much he has given us helpful counsel at this time in history when Satan is multiplying his efforts one thousandfold to bring man into slavery to vice and addiction. Hence the reason for this website. I think Ellen White is so cool for taking a stand! By God's grace I can't wait to meet her in heaven and introduce her to thousands of other transformed hopeless masturbators who met Jesus and found freedom.
God loves masturbators very much. God loves masturbators so much he has given us helpful counsel at this time in history when Satan is multiplying his efforts one thousandfold to bring man into slavery to vice and addiction. Hence the reason for this website. I think Ellen White is so cool for taking a stand! By God's grace I can't wait to meet her in heaven and introduce her to thousands of other transformed hopeless masturbators who met Jesus and found freedom.
About the author: At the age of 16, Andrew Michell was arrested by the police for seven kidnappings and armed robberies and sentenced to almost 13 years in prison from 1995-2008. It was during the first two years in solitary confinement when Andrew realized the value of living a life of self-control. After spending 10 years in prison Andrew experienced an amazing answer to prayer and was released from prison early in 2005 when the Governor of Washington commuted his sentence. Since his release Andrew has found great joy in helping others and has volunteered in schools, prisons, orphanages, and youth detention centers in different countries around the world. Because of his volunteer work the United States government granted a full pardon to Andrew in 2015. He is married and lives in Manila, Philippines.