Bible on masturbation: Is Masturbation a sin?

Bible on masturbation: Is Masturbation a sin?

Posted on December 18, 2008 Updated on December 19, 2008

Memorise: “(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth)” (Numbers 12:3)

Read: Exodus 14:10-14 

Pastor E. Adeboye, RCCG

(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth)” (Numbers 12:3). Moses was a great man. Like Noah and Lot, he was a pace setter. As far as meekness was concerned, he held world record. But he had a little contamination. Unlike the duo who had a tie in alcohol, his was anger. Whenever the devil wants to bring down a world champion, he looks out for a tiny ‘but’ in his life for cultivation.

<pBeing meek shows Moses was hardly angry- except probably once in 40 years. The devil noticed it, and smiled that he had got what would pull him down. It took over 40 years before that opportunity came, yet the devil waited. Satan can be very patient when targeting the fall of a champion!

All his years in exile, Satan never showed up. But the moment he took the mantle of leadership to lead the children of Israel into the promised land, Satan surfaced. He began to use the adverse and trying situations in the wilderness to stir up anger in Moses. Initially, Moses refused to respond. But as Satan continued to hit him on the same spot, he started responding. After another salvo, Moses turned to God and asked Him, ‘Why are you doing this to me? Am I their father?’ Satan was happy and said, ‘Since you are responding now, very soon you will turn against your supporter’.

<pThe climax came in Numbers 20:2-13, when the people murmured again because there was no water, and Moses could stand it no more! He was boiling now. His ‘pet’ anger had grown into a giant! He called them names and while trying to provide solutions, he struck the Rock twice, without knowing the rock was Jesus Christ, and He should only be crucified once.

After 40 years of ministry, Moses ended a failure. You are a divine champion if you are more than a conqueror. What is that weakness you have swept under carpet? Is it masturbation? Some leaders and senior pastors still indulge in it and claim that there is no biblical passage that prohibits it. It is part of sexual uncleanness. If you don’t stop it, it will surely stop you. As harmless as that little lie is, if you do not deal with it, by the time it pulls out its joker, it may be at the peak of your trip, you will be like Moses seeing the promised land but stepping no further. That shall not be your portion. Take a corrective step today!

Ask that you will not be a victim of internal weakneses. Prayerfully deal with those vices today!