Pornography in Bible Prophecy
April 22, 2015 by Andrew Michell
April 22, 2015 by Andrew Michell
The Bible predicts that we would live in this time of great sexual temptation. To learn how we will start with recent developments in history and the discover how masturbation and pornography play in a role in prophecy.
Age Puberty is Decreasing - Click Image for Source
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If
you look at this graph published in the Journal of Epidemiology and
Community Health (Nov 2006) you can see that in the last 150 years the
age of puberty in females has been falling on average four months for
every decade. The decreasing age of puberty is true for males also but
is especially marked in females. Today doctors are beginning to see
girls as young as six years old* with pubic hair and breast development.
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Early puberty is also termed “precocious puberty” and this phenomenon has so many negative consequences for both the individual and society that it is increasingly receiving more attention from leaders in government and public health. One study* states that “alcohol consumption, having been drunk, drug use and smoking under 14 years may be associated with earlier puberty in both sexes.” Early puberty is associated with greater risk taking, antisocial behaviors, and may contribute to a “greater propensity for violence.” The following quote highlights the growing concern. Remember that these are not the words of pastors or theologians, but of leaders in public health, medicine, and government:
“…societal developments have created an extended period of adolescence where teenagers physically mature long before they are regarded as sufficiently socially and emotionally capable to function as adults…
...Internationally the sexual risk-taking, substance use and other anti-social challenges presented by adolescents are an increasing threat to public health. Our results add to a growing literature that suggests these challenges are associated with a decreasing age at which many youths now experience puberty.”
Translation: The sexuality of youth today is developing much faster and much earlier than their intellect, judgment, and brains. Because of this dilemma youth are doing more and more dangerous things like taking risks, using drugs, having sex very early, and acting out violently. That is why it is a “threat to public health.”
What does this have to do with masturbation?
People are masturbating earlier than ever before because they are going through puberty earlier than ever before. Now an 11 year old will begin to have sexual urges that historically would only be experienced around the age of 16. The same study noted “in boys, the odds of having had sex or unprotected sex under 16 years were respectively 3.21 and 3.63 times higher in those experiencing puberty earlier.” This creates a huge problem for the 11 year old because in addition to sexual desires there are additional challenges brought about by “adolescence.”
Creation of “Adolescence” or Teenagers
In the 1st century the biblical author Paul wrote “When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things” 1 Corinthians 13:11. This understanding is simply a reflection of what we see in the development of the human body as it transitions from childhood to adulthood through the process of puberty.
For all of history there have been only two stages: Childhood and Adulthood. However during the 19th century a third group was introduced: Adolescence. Adolescence is nothing more than treating adults like children. In the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Professor David Bakan said:
What does this have to do with masturbation?
People are masturbating earlier than ever before because they are going through puberty earlier than ever before. Now an 11 year old will begin to have sexual urges that historically would only be experienced around the age of 16. The same study noted “in boys, the odds of having had sex or unprotected sex under 16 years were respectively 3.21 and 3.63 times higher in those experiencing puberty earlier.” This creates a huge problem for the 11 year old because in addition to sexual desires there are additional challenges brought about by “adolescence.”
Creation of “Adolescence” or Teenagers
In the 1st century the biblical author Paul wrote “When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things” 1 Corinthians 13:11. This understanding is simply a reflection of what we see in the development of the human body as it transitions from childhood to adulthood through the process of puberty.
For all of history there have been only two stages: Childhood and Adulthood. However during the 19th century a third group was introduced: Adolescence. Adolescence is nothing more than treating adults like children. In the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Professor David Bakan said:
“The idea of adolescence as an intermediary period of life starting at puberty…is the product of modern times...[It developed] in the latter half of the nineteenth and the early twentieth century... to prolong the years of childhood”
Did you read that? “A product of modern times…to prolong the years of childhood.”
The creation of adolescence has been a disaster and has caused an unprecedented amount of suffering. Why? The primary reason is because children are going through puberty much younger and are physiologically becoming adults much younger but rather than treat them as adults they are labeled as “teenagers.” As bizarre as it sounds, at the very time in history when puberty rates are falling, adolescences is created “to prolong the years of childhood.” This explains why today “teenagers” have sexual desires but they are not allowed to work and discouraged from getting married. They are treated like big kids with no meaning, no direction, and no purpose. They have strong sexual urges but are treated like children. The result: inevitable masturbation and frustration.
The creation of adolescence has been a disaster and has caused an unprecedented amount of suffering. Why? The primary reason is because children are going through puberty much younger and are physiologically becoming adults much younger but rather than treat them as adults they are labeled as “teenagers.” As bizarre as it sounds, at the very time in history when puberty rates are falling, adolescences is created “to prolong the years of childhood.” This explains why today “teenagers” have sexual desires but they are not allowed to work and discouraged from getting married. They are treated like big kids with no meaning, no direction, and no purpose. They have strong sexual urges but are treated like children. The result: inevitable masturbation and frustration.
To understand why the Bible does not specifically address masturbation you would have to imagine a world WITHOUT early puberty and WITHOUT adolescence and WITH an emphasis on becoming a mature adult at an age much younger than expected today. Moses, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Paul and other writers in the Bible never saw children become adults with sexual desires at the age of 11. When Solomon was giving counsel to youth in the Proverbs he never foresaw an 11-year old experiencing early puberty. In addition, Solomon could never foresee that this 11 year old with sexual desires has access to high speed internet porn. That would have been an insane idea for Solomon to even consider. Even leading Protestant reformers like Luther and Wycliffe who lived only a few hundred years ago never saw anything like what we see today. We are living in strange times.
What does the Bible say about sexuality? Is masturbation a sin?
What does the Bible say about sexuality? Is masturbation a sin?
Sexuality in the Bible begins in the book of Genesis when God created the world. He created a man and woman and brought them together in marriage. He also created the 7th seventh day of the week as the Sabbath day.(Gen 2:3, Ex 20:11) Marriage and the Sabbath are important institutions that are designed to benefit all humanity. Sex was designed as a intimate time of pleasure to bond the husband and wife together in marriage. Likewise, the seventh day Sabbath was designed as an intimate time to bond the human family together with God. (Ex 31:13, Ezekiel 20:12) This is why both the seventh day Sabbath and marriage are protected in the 10 commandments given in the book of Exodus chapter 20. God wrote these commandments
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in stone with his own hand to signify that marriage and the Sabbath can never be changed, altered, or redefined. Of course history tells us that people have tried in vain to change the Sabbath day to Sunday and to alter the definition of marriage. A recent example: On June 26, 2015 the Supreme Court of the United States of America ruled that sodomy (AKA homosexuality) is now the law of the land, effectively destroying the ancient definition of marriage between one man and one woman. This is a planet in rebellion against what God created in the very beginning.
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Sex is only for marriage between a man and a woman.
Genesis 2:24 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” Nobody can ever say that the definition of marriage can change because 4000 years later Jesus himself actually affirms this verse and quotes from it in Matthew 19:5.
Hebrews 13:4 “Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.” Marriage is something valuable and worthy of honor. A marriage between a man and woman who love God and make the Bible their guide is reason for joy and celebration. All fornication and sexual immorality outside of marriage will be judged.
Proverbs 5:18-19 “Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice with the wife of your youth...Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; And always be enraptured with her love.” Again, sex is something to enjoy in marriage with your spouse and only your spouse. The wife of your “youth” is a reference to early marriage. Even today in the 21st century it is legal to get married as young as 16. In many cultures today people are now putting career, possessions, and higher education before marriage but for thousands of years it was the opposite. Having sexual desires after puberty was a sign to prepare for marriage, not to torture yourself with sexual frustration for over a decade.
1 Corinthians 6:18 “Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.” Because sex is only designed for marriage, all forms of sexuality outside of marriage are considered immoral. Homosexuality, masturbation, pornography, fornication and every perversion of sex is immoral. Premarital sex and any form of extramarital sex are immoral by definition. “Sins against his own body.” Even science says here that masturbation is not healthy for the mind or body.
Ephesians 5:3 “But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints” See also 1 Cor. 5:1; 7:2; 2 Cor. 12:21; Col. 3:5; Rev. 9:21. Porn is fornication and covetousness combined, a fornicational covetousness, wanting what you do not have in order to fulfill sexual lusts.
Jesus says in Matthew 5:28 "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” According to Colossians 1:16 Jesus created marriage and he created sex for marriage and he says that even lusting in your thoughts is adultery.
Even in the Old Testament, Job understood the importance of having a clean thought life and made a commitment never to look with lust Job 31:1-3. He actually says in Job 31:12 that this sin would destroy his life like a consuming fire. Hundreds of testimonies on this website testify that masturbation and pornography are destroying much of their life including happiness, health, self-respect, innocence, mental strength, determination, and confidence. Lust and porn are like a cancer that eats away everything and reduces to poverty.
Genesis 2:24 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” Nobody can ever say that the definition of marriage can change because 4000 years later Jesus himself actually affirms this verse and quotes from it in Matthew 19:5.
Hebrews 13:4 “Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.” Marriage is something valuable and worthy of honor. A marriage between a man and woman who love God and make the Bible their guide is reason for joy and celebration. All fornication and sexual immorality outside of marriage will be judged.
Proverbs 5:18-19 “Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice with the wife of your youth...Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; And always be enraptured with her love.” Again, sex is something to enjoy in marriage with your spouse and only your spouse. The wife of your “youth” is a reference to early marriage. Even today in the 21st century it is legal to get married as young as 16. In many cultures today people are now putting career, possessions, and higher education before marriage but for thousands of years it was the opposite. Having sexual desires after puberty was a sign to prepare for marriage, not to torture yourself with sexual frustration for over a decade.
1 Corinthians 6:18 “Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.” Because sex is only designed for marriage, all forms of sexuality outside of marriage are considered immoral. Homosexuality, masturbation, pornography, fornication and every perversion of sex is immoral. Premarital sex and any form of extramarital sex are immoral by definition. “Sins against his own body.” Even science says here that masturbation is not healthy for the mind or body.
Ephesians 5:3 “But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints” See also 1 Cor. 5:1; 7:2; 2 Cor. 12:21; Col. 3:5; Rev. 9:21. Porn is fornication and covetousness combined, a fornicational covetousness, wanting what you do not have in order to fulfill sexual lusts.
Jesus says in Matthew 5:28 "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” According to Colossians 1:16 Jesus created marriage and he created sex for marriage and he says that even lusting in your thoughts is adultery.
Even in the Old Testament, Job understood the importance of having a clean thought life and made a commitment never to look with lust Job 31:1-3. He actually says in Job 31:12 that this sin would destroy his life like a consuming fire. Hundreds of testimonies on this website testify that masturbation and pornography are destroying much of their life including happiness, health, self-respect, innocence, mental strength, determination, and confidence. Lust and porn are like a cancer that eats away everything and reduces to poverty.
Historically, masturbation was not a cultural issue during biblical times as it is today. When children went through puberty they were deemed an adult and were expected to begin working, get married, and take on the responsibilities of adulthood at ages much earlier than what is expected today. Sexual desires were satisfied in marriage so there was no reason to masturbate.
The topic of early marriage often elicits a strong reaction from people especially in Western cultures. There are several reasons for this that are beyond the scope of this article. However even Western governments sanction early marriage. Did you know that today in the 21st century it is perfectly legal to get married at a young age? For example, in almost every state* of the United States the legal age for marriage is 18 and with parental permission you can get married as young as 16 years old. This is true also for the UK, Australia, and a majority of countries in the whole world. It was legal in biblical times to get married at the age of 16-18 and it is legal today to get married at the age of 16-18 because this is the historical period of puberty and sexual development.
The topic of early marriage often elicits a strong reaction from people especially in Western cultures. There are several reasons for this that are beyond the scope of this article. However even Western governments sanction early marriage. Did you know that today in the 21st century it is perfectly legal to get married at a young age? For example, in almost every state* of the United States the legal age for marriage is 18 and with parental permission you can get married as young as 16 years old. This is true also for the UK, Australia, and a majority of countries in the whole world. It was legal in biblical times to get married at the age of 16-18 and it is legal today to get married at the age of 16-18 because this is the historical period of puberty and sexual development.
Why Precocious Puberty is Important for Biblical Sexuality
Here is a challenge for you: Find a presentation, sermon, or lecture on biblical sexuality that includes the recent historical development of decreasing ages of puberty. You probably will not succeed.
Generally, when any topic of sexuality and the Bible is discussed there is no mention of the problem of precocious puberty. The main reason is ignorance. Many people simply do not know about this phenomenon and they are not aware of how precocious puberty influences this generation’s relationship to the Bible and their appreciation for its message. However, an understanding of the historical development of puberty is necessary for three primary reasons:
Here is a challenge for you: Find a presentation, sermon, or lecture on biblical sexuality that includes the recent historical development of decreasing ages of puberty. You probably will not succeed.
Generally, when any topic of sexuality and the Bible is discussed there is no mention of the problem of precocious puberty. The main reason is ignorance. Many people simply do not know about this phenomenon and they are not aware of how precocious puberty influences this generation’s relationship to the Bible and their appreciation for its message. However, an understanding of the historical development of puberty is necessary for three primary reasons:
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Reason #1: Condemning young people that would stop if they could stop. Because the Bible so clearly condemns sexual immorality in all its forms it is easy to quickly condemn young people who have fallen into any type of sexually immoral habit or practice. This is understandable and therefore we often hear presentations about biblical sexuality that are often aimed at persuading young people to wait to practice sexuality in marriage. Persuasion to wait for marriage is usually the primary goal. The good news is that many young people already want to stop their addiction to masturbation and pornography. This website contains hundreds and thousands of comments from young people all over the world (not only Christians but also Buddhists, Hindus, and Muslims) who want to stop masturbating and viewing porn. A great number of young men and women do not need to be persuaded to stop, they already want to stop and they want to stop right now. The incredible difficulty they face is that largely because of their young age they are not eligible for the biblical solution of marriage. Factoring precocious puberty into the equation necessitates our sympathy and support for young people with sexual urges that do not have an easy answer. Yes, sexually immorality remains condemned as something that destroys God’s plan for the happiness of the people he created but focusing on condemnation will not help anyone to actually stop the behavior. Sexual immorality is never okay but let's move on towards a solution. We want young people to enjoy the glory and benefits of self-control and supporting them in that direction will do more good than condemnation without sympathy.
Women also have problems with masturbation. In almost every presentation and article about porn and masturbation there are statements made slamming men as the only gender struggling against these addictions. But this is simply not true. According to data from the 2012 New Family Structures Study here, the frequency of masturbation among 18-24-year-old women has increased %300 since 1992.
A %300 increase in masturbation frequency in young women! Masturbation is not only a male issue; it is genderless issue that affects all young people today. There is often a cultural bias that assumes women do not have sexual desires and are not prone to risky sexual behavior but this is a myth. In Adolescence 8th Edition, Dr. Steinburg writes:
Women also have problems with masturbation. In almost every presentation and article about porn and masturbation there are statements made slamming men as the only gender struggling against these addictions. But this is simply not true. According to data from the 2012 New Family Structures Study here, the frequency of masturbation among 18-24-year-old women has increased %300 since 1992.
A %300 increase in masturbation frequency in young women! Masturbation is not only a male issue; it is genderless issue that affects all young people today. There is often a cultural bias that assumes women do not have sexual desires and are not prone to risky sexual behavior but this is a myth. In Adolescence 8th Edition, Dr. Steinburg writes:
“Since about 1965, the proportion of sexually experienced high school males has nearly tripled, but the proportion of sexually experienced high school females is about five times higher today.”
Reason #2 Blaming God for environmental and cultural influences. It is common for young people with sexual desires to become frustrated and ask the question “Why did God give me these desires and I cannot satisfy them? Why did God give me the desire to do something and then command me not to do it?” This is a very fair, logical, and understandable question. Adults are usually at a loss to answer to this question adequately because they are not aware of the great historical changes that have taken place in the last 150 years and how consistently decreasing ages in puberty have created this dilemma. And if early puberty is not enough, the age of puberty continues to fall. Dr. Herman-Giddens, a researcher at the University of North Carolina, wrote in the journal Pediatrics* about puberty:
“With each new study in the past two decades, we hope the age of 'early puberty' has bottomed out. When each 'new study' has been published, however, we find the trend toward early puberty has continued.”
As this trend worsens people are starting to ask “What causes precocious puberty?" Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the environment and stress in the family are usually two of the top three cited causes for precocious puberty. However with each passing year more and more research continues to point to obesity as the number one predictor of early puberty. Obesity is just another word for being fat and doctors measure fat on the body with the body mass index (BMI).
“The influence of BMI [obesity] on the age of puberty is now greater than the impact of race and ethnicity," said* study* researcher Dr. Frank Biro, a professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
What this means is that if parents feed their children a high fat diet they have greater chances of falling into the misery of early puberty. Eating dead animals (or meat) is one of the biggest sources of high fat in a child’s diet. It is no surprise that a study published in the June 2010 journal Public Health Nutrition found that higher intakes of meat in childhood are linked with early puberty for girls.
Does eating meat promote puberty, masturbation, and pornography in young people? Parents feed their children dead animals and tell them it is healthy. The meat has a high fat content in addition to unnatural hormones and antibiotics which in turn may cause early puberty and development of sexual desires at a very young age. Doctors and researchers are very slow to point this out because of political and economic reasons. They do not want to lose their job or research grants. However they do admit that this is true for other animals like rats, pigs, cows, etc. Dr. Herman-Giddens writes in her commentary of puberty trends that
"Animal husbandry has known for decades that growth and/or the age of puberty can be manipulated by altering nutrition, light exposure, exogenous hormones, and activity.”
Here is an admission that people who raise animals have “known for decades” how to bring about early puberty in animals. Consider the paper “Nutritional Regulation of Precocious Puberty in Beef Heifers.” The researchers state directly:
"Based upon the findings of these 4 experiments, we accept our hypothesis that feeding a high energy, concentrate-based diet to heifers that are weaned at 3 to 4 months of age will induce precocious puberty in a majority of heifers…This series of experiments suggest the existence of a critical time in which nutritional management can induce the activation of the reproductive axis and consequently the initiation of the reproductive cycles.”
Translation: if we fatten up these cows when they are young we can make them have sexual desires at a much younger age. From page 105 of the same study, "Clearly, when heifers are weaned early and fed a high energy diet, the timing of the events that culminate in puberty is altered.” Clearly.
Why all this research about heifers, high fat diets, and masturbation? Because God is being wrongly blamed. Every generation is feeding their children more and more meat, junk food, and high fat diets and inducing puberty at younger ages. Youth grow up with “raging hormones” and get mad at God for sexual desires with no satisfaction. But God did not feed them those high fat diets and God did not fill the earth with endocrine
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disrupting chemicals. Adam and Eve did not chew on the legs of chickens or eat fully hydrogenated rapeseed oil. The Bible given to us by God does not promote the high-stress fatherless childhood that decreases puberty. Children today grow up an environment surrounded by so many factors influencing early puberty and this environment came to be by avoiding simple principles of health outlined in the Bible. God gave us counsel but people do not listen to it and now we are reaping the consequences.
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Atheism has seen this frustration and used it to inject doubt into the minds of youth. Paraphrased from a popular Hollywood movie: “What kind of cruel God would give you sexual desires that you cannot satisfy?” But this is a complete lie and deception because it is atheistic thinking that has rejected the Bible that alone gives an objective purpose for life, an objective morality, principles for healthy living, an objective value of marriage, and a high value of sex in marriage. The Bible provides definition and protection for the family but atheism has tried to break that and now we have children growing up in single-parent high-stress situations that result in early puberty, among a plethora of more negative influences and consequences. And porn? Atheistic thinking permits the explosion of porn which only increases more masturbation. Atheistic thinking has led the current masturbation nightmare and when people have problems the atheists blame God and the Bible and try to abscond from their responsibility. Atheism blames God for younger-than-normal urges that atheistic lifestyles created. Because people have turned from the Bible they have left themselves with no option but to masturbate! God gave sex and atheism gave us masturbation. God gave us real pleasure and atheism gave us fake fantasies. The Bible leads to sexual fullness and satisfaction, a healthy family, and a strong society. Atheism leads to sexual frustration and masturbation to images on a computer screen.
God is just and fair and merciful and has always been so from the beginning (Exodus 34:6, Malachi 3:6). He gave us the Bible so that we could benefit but people want to hear good things about their bad habits so they ignore counsel, get into trouble, and then blame God. Proverbs 19:3 "A person's own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the LORD."
God is just and fair and merciful and has always been so from the beginning (Exodus 34:6, Malachi 3:6). He gave us the Bible so that we could benefit but people want to hear good things about their bad habits so they ignore counsel, get into trouble, and then blame God. Proverbs 19:3 "A person's own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the LORD."
Reason #3 Approving something that the Bible clearly forbids. Because of precocious puberty young people are becoming sexually active at younger ages. As was already mentioned this is disturbing to both secular and religious leaders. Because adults recognize just how powerful sexual urges can be and how difficult it is to control them without a sexual partner in marriage, many have decided to communicate to young people that sexual immorality is okay. In other words, some are trying to change their theology to fit their failure to provide a workable solution. They justify masturbation and pornography by saying that “God understands” but this is simply not true because there is no evidence in the Bible to support this. “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators…nor adulterers, nor homosexuals…will inherit the kingdom of God” (1Co 6:10)
Adults and leaders are in a dilemma. The Bible only sanctions sex in marriage. However, because of precocious puberty young people are challenged with sexual desires when they are too young to marry. By telling young people to wait for marriage it is similar to telling them to hold their urine until they get married. This of course creates frustration. Additionally, by telling young people that God wants them to wait they get upset and resentful towards God. Since many youth find themselves addicted to masturbation they in turn feel a sense of shame and guilt that increases with each unmarried year of their life. Because youth today face so many cultural, ideological, and economic challenges to getting married early the many years of waiting can take a serious toll on one’s theology and interest in the Bible. The following message submitted by a young Christian woman aptly summarizes the situation:
Adults and leaders are in a dilemma. The Bible only sanctions sex in marriage. However, because of precocious puberty young people are challenged with sexual desires when they are too young to marry. By telling young people to wait for marriage it is similar to telling them to hold their urine until they get married. This of course creates frustration. Additionally, by telling young people that God wants them to wait they get upset and resentful towards God. Since many youth find themselves addicted to masturbation they in turn feel a sense of shame and guilt that increases with each unmarried year of their life. Because youth today face so many cultural, ideological, and economic challenges to getting married early the many years of waiting can take a serious toll on one’s theology and interest in the Bible. The following message submitted by a young Christian woman aptly summarizes the situation:
“I'm indeed grateful for this site. It's helpful but I need more help. I'm 18yrs old and I started masturbating when I didn't know the name of what I was doing; about 12yrs old. It all began when I accidentally ran into a CD owned by my older cousin... story short- it was porn, I didn't even know what it was- I just wanted to watch a new movie. I always felt guilty after I had done it and I knew it was bad so I told no one.
I practice Christianity, when I got baptized in July 2010, I was really determined to stop it and I did but for just about two years and I fell into it again. I've noticed that I'm growing lazy and selfish. I don't feel as guilty as I used to feel after I had done it before and so I'm scared that I could be killing my conscience :( This habit is taking far from God and it saddens me and makes me feel worthless too :( I've tried so many times to stop it but after some months, I still fall back. What else should I do, I NEED HELP
Pornography in Bible Prophecy.
In the Old Testament God delivered Israel from slavery to Egypt and promised to give them the land of Canaan (Exodus 3:17). Because of their disobedience however they were forced to wander in the wilderness for 40 years (Numbers 14:34). When the 40 years were finished the Israelites advanced to take possession of the promised land of Canaan. They came to the very border of the promised land in the “plains of Moab” on the east side of the Jordan river (Numbers 22:1). They were literally on the borders of the Promised Land when they were attacked. How? By the temptation of sexual immorality.
In the Old Testament God delivered Israel from slavery to Egypt and promised to give them the land of Canaan (Exodus 3:17). Because of their disobedience however they were forced to wander in the wilderness for 40 years (Numbers 14:34). When the 40 years were finished the Israelites advanced to take possession of the promised land of Canaan. They came to the very border of the promised land in the “plains of Moab” on the east side of the Jordan river (Numbers 22:1). They were literally on the borders of the Promised Land when they were attacked. How? By the temptation of sexual immorality.
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As the Israelites advanced to the Jordan River king Balak of Moab feared for his kingdom’s safety and called for Balaam to curse the Israelites. Unable to curse them, Balaam instead gave Balak counsel to use women to tempt the Israelites sexually and lead them into idol worship (Numbers 31:16, Revelation 2:14). You can read in Numbers 25 that the plan succeeded and as result of Israel’s sin the leaders were all executed and 24,000 people died. (This video is a description of this situation)
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As the Israelites were slaves in Egypt so we also are slaves to a world of death, sin, and suffering. And just as God rescued the Israelites and led them to Canaan, God will also rescue the saved(?) to the heavenly Canaan. The Bible says that Jesus will return with a shout (1 Thes 4:16) and that everyone will see him (Rev 1:7). It will not be secret (Matthew 24:26-27). He will reward the righteous with immortality (1 Cor 15:51-53) and destroy the wicked (Matthew 16:27).
Satan knows this will happen and will do everything possible to deceive and tempt people before Christ returns. He knows that all the time prophecies have all been fulfilled so he is working with an intensity never seen before in the earth. “Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time." (Rev 12:12 NKJ)
That “short time” is right now! Right now we are watching as the promotion of sexual immorality is spiraling out of control on a global scale. Only one generation ago people were insulted and made fun of if they looked at “dirty magazines” but now kids in elementary school are sharing porn on their smart phones and tablets and they think it is cool. And the porn of this generation is not natural sex involving a penis and a vagina. No, today’s porn is endless images and videos of unnatural oral and anal sex and thousands of abnormal and often violent perversions. We are witnessing the normalizing of beast behavior. This generation is being trained to think that being a beast is okay. Satan is a scientist who has studied the human race for thousands of years and is now enacting his plan to transform people into beasts.
Satan knows this will happen and will do everything possible to deceive and tempt people before Christ returns. He knows that all the time prophecies have all been fulfilled so he is working with an intensity never seen before in the earth. “Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time." (Rev 12:12 NKJ)
That “short time” is right now! Right now we are watching as the promotion of sexual immorality is spiraling out of control on a global scale. Only one generation ago people were insulted and made fun of if they looked at “dirty magazines” but now kids in elementary school are sharing porn on their smart phones and tablets and they think it is cool. And the porn of this generation is not natural sex involving a penis and a vagina. No, today’s porn is endless images and videos of unnatural oral and anal sex and thousands of abnormal and often violent perversions. We are witnessing the normalizing of beast behavior. This generation is being trained to think that being a beast is okay. Satan is a scientist who has studied the human race for thousands of years and is now enacting his plan to transform people into beasts.
Pornography Is What the End of the World Looks Like*
The Bible says in Eph 2:2 that Satan is the “prince of the power of the air” and he is now using the media to take hijack people’s brains, especially through porn. Science confirms that pornography has a destructive effect on the brain, especially on the prefrontal cortex which is the seat of reason and judgment. Speaking in a documentary about the effect of porn on the brain, the former editor of a pornographic magazine said “the age of innocence is over” because of free access to high speed internet porn and how it is ruining people’s brains. When there is no innocence there is guilt. This is a statement about the guilt of the world and ironically it does come from religious people but from the secular world.
Pornography is a sign that prophecy is rapidly fulfilling as the world reaches the same condition before the Flood that destroyed the earth. We are also in the same condition as Sodom and Gomorrah before they were destroyed. Luke 17:29-30“But on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.” We are living in the last days before Jesus returns.
That we are still alive and exist as a planet with so much sin and rebellion is a sign that there is still hope and mercy for us if we seek God now. If there were no hope for us than God would have destroyed this planet a long time ago. Now is the time to study the life of Jesus and know him.
A story in the life of Jesus that gives hope to everyone who struggles with sexual addictions is found in John chapter 9.This is the story of a woman who was caught in the act of adultery. When her enemies asked Jesus if they could stone her to death, he replied “"He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first." Because they were also guilty of other sins they turned away and left the woman alone. And what happened? John 8:10-11 “When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, "Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?"
She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more."
One commentator wrote about this event in the free book Desire of Ages p. 462 saying:
That we are still alive and exist as a planet with so much sin and rebellion is a sign that there is still hope and mercy for us if we seek God now. If there were no hope for us than God would have destroyed this planet a long time ago. Now is the time to study the life of Jesus and know him.
A story in the life of Jesus that gives hope to everyone who struggles with sexual addictions is found in John chapter 9.This is the story of a woman who was caught in the act of adultery. When her enemies asked Jesus if they could stone her to death, he replied “"He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first." Because they were also guilty of other sins they turned away and left the woman alone. And what happened? John 8:10-11 “When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, "Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?"
She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more."
One commentator wrote about this event in the free book Desire of Ages p. 462 saying:
“This was to her the beginning of a new life, a life of purity and peace, devoted to the service of God. In the uplifting of this fallen soul, Jesus performed a greater miracle than in healing the most grievous physical disease; He cured the spiritual malady which is unto death everlasting. This penitent woman became one of His most steadfast followers. With self-sacrificing love and devotion she repaid His forgiving mercy.
In His act of pardoning this woman and encouraging her to live a better life, the character of Jesus shines forth in the beauty of perfect righteousness. While He does not palliate sin, nor lessen the sense of guilt, He seeks not to condemn, but to save. The world had for this erring woman only contempt and scorn; but Jesus speaks words of comfort and hope. The Sinless One pities the weakness of the sinner, and reaches to her a helping hand. While the hypocritical Pharisees denounce, Jesus bids her, "Go, and sin no more."
How to stop addiction to masturbation and pornography?
The Bible gives four practical methods stop addictions to masturbation and pornography. The following is a brief description of each method. For more information read the other articles on this website.
1. Prayer. There are many people who were addicted to the habit of masturbation who stopped completely by praying to God and asking for help. Many people are getting results and they are using prayer to get that freedom. You can read several articles on this website here with testimonials and interviews about stopping masturbation with prayer. However, there is a need to study more. The lack of studies, information, and testimonials on using prayer to overcome masturbation should prompt us to begin collecting this valuable information now. Do you want an excellent resource to learn more about prayer? Check out the chapter on prayer found in the free book Steps to Christ here.
2. Reading the Bible. Spending time every day reading through the Bible will give you many benefits including greater power and strength. Psalm 119:9 says that reading the Bible will help young people stay pure (also Psalm 119:11). Joshua 1:8 says the reading the Bible daily empowers us to obey God. The blessed and happy man in first Psalm has one daily habit: reading the Bible “day and night” Psalm 1:2. Jesus said in John 17:17 that we can only be sanctified by God’s Word so we must spend time reading it. If we do not read the Bible daily we will drift away Hebrews 2:1. We can only stay with Jesus as we stay in his Word John 8:31. The benefits of reading the Bible daily are really shown in Deuteronomy 17:18-20. Jesus was always pointing people to the Bible because that is where to find all the answers and help. “Have you not read? Matthew 12:3, Mark 12:10, etc. It is good to make a goal of reading from the Bible for an hour every day. People read from newspapers, magazines, novels, and school books all day but find no power to do what is right. People spend hours using phones, internet, texting, chatting, and browsing but they find no power and their addictions only strengthen. Students in school sit in chairs all day listening to lectures that do nothing to increase willpower. Spending time reading from the Bible everyday will help. Take the challenge: Every morning read 10 pages from the Bible everyday for three months and you will know what this means. This site has some helpful tips.
The Bible does not speak only to Christians, it speaks to all people everywhere in every land and in every age. Every Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Atheist, and Christian who wants to stop masturbating is responding to the Spirit of God working in their life. No desire to do good and no desire to obtain self-control can originate in the human heart by itself, this is evidence that God is working in their life and their conscience is alive to God and responding to the promptings of God's Spirit. As they realize these truths they will increase their capacity and knowledge for more truth about God. When the messengers come they will like Cornelius (Acts 10) respond with a grateful heart to increased Bible truth in their lives.
The Bible gives four practical methods stop addictions to masturbation and pornography. The following is a brief description of each method. For more information read the other articles on this website.
1. Prayer. There are many people who were addicted to the habit of masturbation who stopped completely by praying to God and asking for help. Many people are getting results and they are using prayer to get that freedom. You can read several articles on this website here with testimonials and interviews about stopping masturbation with prayer. However, there is a need to study more. The lack of studies, information, and testimonials on using prayer to overcome masturbation should prompt us to begin collecting this valuable information now. Do you want an excellent resource to learn more about prayer? Check out the chapter on prayer found in the free book Steps to Christ here.
2. Reading the Bible. Spending time every day reading through the Bible will give you many benefits including greater power and strength. Psalm 119:9 says that reading the Bible will help young people stay pure (also Psalm 119:11). Joshua 1:8 says the reading the Bible daily empowers us to obey God. The blessed and happy man in first Psalm has one daily habit: reading the Bible “day and night” Psalm 1:2. Jesus said in John 17:17 that we can only be sanctified by God’s Word so we must spend time reading it. If we do not read the Bible daily we will drift away Hebrews 2:1. We can only stay with Jesus as we stay in his Word John 8:31. The benefits of reading the Bible daily are really shown in Deuteronomy 17:18-20. Jesus was always pointing people to the Bible because that is where to find all the answers and help. “Have you not read? Matthew 12:3, Mark 12:10, etc. It is good to make a goal of reading from the Bible for an hour every day. People read from newspapers, magazines, novels, and school books all day but find no power to do what is right. People spend hours using phones, internet, texting, chatting, and browsing but they find no power and their addictions only strengthen. Students in school sit in chairs all day listening to lectures that do nothing to increase willpower. Spending time reading from the Bible everyday will help. Take the challenge: Every morning read 10 pages from the Bible everyday for three months and you will know what this means. This site has some helpful tips.
The Bible does not speak only to Christians, it speaks to all people everywhere in every land and in every age. Every Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Atheist, and Christian who wants to stop masturbating is responding to the Spirit of God working in their life. No desire to do good and no desire to obtain self-control can originate in the human heart by itself, this is evidence that God is working in their life and their conscience is alive to God and responding to the promptings of God's Spirit. As they realize these truths they will increase their capacity and knowledge for more truth about God. When the messengers come they will like Cornelius (Acts 10) respond with a grateful heart to increased Bible truth in their lives.
3. A high willpower lifestyle. The human body that was created by God operates by laws and we are obligated to keep the body healthy (Romans 12:1, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20). If you live in accordance with those laws you will obtain higher willpower which will enable you to make better choices and decisions. The world is having so many willpower problems that scientists are now studying how to improve willpower. After years of research author Kelly McGonigal PhD and other researchers have identified the four top habits that can increase your willpower. Those four are exercising, meditation (Psalm 119:97, 148), getting more sleep, and eating a plant based (vegan) diet. Of course, when man was created in Eden he did all these things naturally (Genesis 1:29).
Precocious puberty is unnatural. A natural plant based diet is important not only to increase willpower but because it can help prevent precocious puberty. The greatest predictor of precocious puberty is obesity (BMI) caused by a high fat diet. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has published an informative guide here on how to implement healthy eating into your life. You can learn more about diet induced puberty from Dr. McDougall here.
Precocious puberty is unnatural. A natural plant based diet is important not only to increase willpower but because it can help prevent precocious puberty. The greatest predictor of precocious puberty is obesity (BMI) caused by a high fat diet. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has published an informative guide here on how to implement healthy eating into your life. You can learn more about diet induced puberty from Dr. McDougall here.
4. Marriage. This is a serious answer to stop masturbation. It's quite surprising that marriage is not recommended more often. It is the most obvious and natural answer to fulfilling sexual desire. Marriage is not always perfect and does often face many problems but those problems are not as bad as an addiction to masturbation. As Martin Luther said, "Better an unhappy marriage than an unhappy chastity." Yes many people who masturbate are too young, too poor, or too immature to get married and while those challenges do need to be addressed marriage remains the best means to sexual satisfaction. A man was created to have sex with his wife and a woman was created to have sex with her husband. Some people can control themselves and stop masturbating but others are better off getting married. If they are able to marry they should seek sound biblical counsel. However this is not so easy as Mark Regnerus PhD, points out in his article "The Case for Early Marriage":
"Unfortunately, education about marriage is now sadly perceived as self-obvious, juvenile, or feminine, the domain of disparaged home economics courses. Nothing could be further from the truth…Christians need to get real about marriage: it's a covenant helpmate thing that suffers from too much idealism and too little realism."
The Bible does not directly mention masturbation. However in the early church of the first century the apostle Paul told the church in 1 Corinthians 7:2 that marriage is a means to protect against sexual immorality (and masturbation). He also gave counsel to those who were struggling to control themselves. You can read that in 1 Corinthians 7:9 "But if they do not have self-control, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with desire." Martin Luther wrote an excellent commentary on 1 Cor 7:9 that can be found on this website here. The greek words ἐχέτω ("to have" in verse 2) and γαμησάτωσαν ("get married" in verse 9) are written in the imperative tense. This is a command, not a suggestion.
In summary, we live in a time of history right before Jesus will return. Satan is working with the greatest intensity right now to turn people away from the truth and get people so entangled in addictions that they give up the search to know Jesus and find eternal salvation. Some people struggle with addictions to porn and masturbation. Others struggle with addictions to power, money, position, fashion. career, possessions, etc. All people in the world everywhere in the world are subject to temptation to sin. The Good News is that the very moment we begin to seek God and call out for help He answers our prayer and will help us. Philippians 1:6 says that we can be very confident that "He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."
In summary, we live in a time of history right before Jesus will return. Satan is working with the greatest intensity right now to turn people away from the truth and get people so entangled in addictions that they give up the search to know Jesus and find eternal salvation. Some people struggle with addictions to porn and masturbation. Others struggle with addictions to power, money, position, fashion. career, possessions, etc. All people in the world everywhere in the world are subject to temptation to sin. The Good News is that the very moment we begin to seek God and call out for help He answers our prayer and will help us. Philippians 1:6 says that we can be very confident that "He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."
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.
April 10, 2016 Someone said: Thanks for the encouragement...I've been struggling with masturbation ever since I was 12 years.this all happened after viewing several pornographic videos from friends,then I began to masturbate. I am now a christian but still struggling with this issue. But after visiting this site I now have the power to stop this nonsense. Thank u for letting God use you so mightily.
March 4, Someone said: This site is very helpful. I will follow the guidelines to the letter for a better me.
March 4, Someone said: This site is very helpful. I will follow the guidelines to the letter for a better me.
January 20, 2016 Someone said: Thank you so much for your encouragement.
December 12, 2015 Someone said: http://*****************.com/***** What are your thoughts on this fellow Christian's biblical stance on masturbation?
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The author is really confused and it shows in his articles. He is a product of post Kinseyan sexual propaganda. For more information just search anything written by Judith Reisman PhD. Read her books Sexual Sabotage and Kinsey Sex and Fraud.
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July 12 Someone said: Oral sex is not Biblical? I know anal sex carries a lot of risk & long term damage but unsure where oral sex falls according to the Bible.
Oral sex is unnatural just like anal sex is unnatural. Humans today are so perverted that they are putting their mouth on body parts meant for urination and defecation. Oral sex is no different than licking a toilet bowl. it is degrading, unclean, and transforms men and women into animals.
Recommend study of Romans 1:26-27. Read Oral Sex CAUSES Cancer of the Mouth |