Question:
What does the Bible say about masturbation?
Answer:
Satan promotes the philosophy of the priority of bodily satisfaction. Perversion of sex in fornication, adultery, homosexuality, or masturbation come from preoccupation with bodily needs. The first three are specifically forbidden in God’s Word, and the last is distracting and debilitating in a perverted self-gratification. God has porvided marriage for the normal expression of sex, and partners must recognize their mutual responsibilities. They provide Satan with an opportunity to tempt to sexual sins when there is not satisfaction in marriage. However, there is never justification to yielding to Satan and these sins. See I Corinthians 7:5.