What About Masturbation?

Sex Chat for Christian Wives

Chris Taylor

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Marriage, Sexuality, Sex, Wives, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 848 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Today, we tackle the sensitive subject of masturbation. What does the Bible say about it? Why do Christians differ on their opinions? And how can we discern what's right for us?

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From the Bible

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people. 1 Timothy 3:1–5 (not about masturbation, but a passage we discussed and worth reading in context for yourself)

“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12

“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything builds up. 1 Corinthians 10:23

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:4–8a

If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them. James 4:17

Resources

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Please be sure to check out our website and webinars at forchristianwives.com. And visit our individual ministry pages for more resources as well:

Strong Wives - Bonny Burns
Honeycomb & Spice - Chris Taylor
Hot, Holy & Humorous - J. Parker

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sex Chat for Christian Wives.
0:03.0	Where three marriage bloggers discuss the naked truth.
0:06.0	What does God really want for the sexual intimacy in our marriages?
0:09.0	I'm Bonnie Burns of Strong Wives.
0:12.0	I'm Chris Taylor of Honeycomb and Spice.
0:14.0	And I'm Jay Parker of Hot Holy and Humorous.
0:17.0	Pull up a chair to our virtual kitchen table and let's chat. Welcome to another
0:23.1	episode of sex chat for Christian wives. While we probably touched on this topic in some of our
0:28.7	listener questions episodes, today we're devoting a whole episode to masturbation. And before we jump in,
0:35.8	we just want you to know that Chris couldn't join us today.
0:38.8	So we'll try to share what we think she might say on this topic too. So, Jay, does the Bible
0:45.3	specifically address masturbation? I think the answer is no. There are some people, however,
0:51.1	who believe that the passage about Onan, which I'm trying to remember
0:57.5	where that is.
0:58.4	Yeah, I'll look at it up when you talk about it.
1:00.2	The thing that actually happened is that there was a man and a wife and the man dies.
1:05.5	And in the Jewish law, the brother is supposed to marry the wife.
1:09.4	And then the first child that comes from their union is
1:11.2	basically supposed to get the first husband dead brother's inheritance birthright whatever
1:16.4	onan went ahead and took on the wife the widow and then he had sex with her but he withdrew his
1:23.1	penis and ejaculated on the ground he is condemned for this and people say that, okay, this was basically him, the idea that you shouldn't
1:32.2	ever spill your semen, that it should always go toward creating a life.
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