About the #Sin of #Masterbation
The category and level of this sin; its Cause; and its Impact and the Solution
Category and level of Masterbation sin.
Masturbation is one of the highest level of sin that is outside the law and order of nature. This type of sin, which Satan has devised as a new philosophy of fornication, is called Masterbation. It is a shameful act of sex with oneself in which a man spills his seed hiding behind a closed door and burning with adultery desire, for he failed to control his tempted emotion for a second. The main method by which Satan makes people easily subject to this sin is through a secret way of individiual training so that men and women assured themselves as if they did not committed adultery as long as they didn't sleep with or get near to anyone. However, this is even graver failure than those who commit adultery between a man and a woman because it is out of natural law and order. In fact, the idea of homosexuality starts from this and it is connected to the spirit of homosexuality. It can be understood from the stories in the Bible that it is a type of sin that will destroy the world if people refuse to repent by cooprating in this sin.
In this age, it is a type of sin that children and adults are suffering from, and many of them have been trained secretly by Satan since their childhood. What's worse is that the sin is private and hidden, and apart from being hard to control, it is difficult to get rid of the habit that one has been accustomed to since childhood. Many people knowingly or unknowingly started it as easy and simple, but it becomes hard to talk openly about their problem or to repent ; as they feel ashamed; so most did not find a solution. But when we say all these, we are not shaming or pressing their wounds, but it is intended mainly to give lesson to show that it is the path of destruction that Satan has opened for people. So that they need to decide to get rid of this sin once and for all and repent.
On the other hand, for those who have not committed this sin, it is said in the Holy Book to "flee from fornication" (1 Cor 6:18), so that God may protect them from this evil and they should understand the severity of the sin of fornication in advance and refrain from this danger. Therefore, it is necessary for you to understand that , the reason we talk about this subject again and again is that the youth of our time are lost due to lack of mentors and teachers. As it is said, "My people are lost for lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6).
In general, it is important to understand that the main function of adultery is to replace God's law with the devil's law, which means replacing our eternal life with eternal death. That is why our enemy, Satan the devil, is using this type of adultery as his main weapon to separate us from the Creator and is fighting to bring all mankind to the same path of destruction. When everyone joins in sin, the destruction it brings not only to the individual, but also to the country and the earth. As you know, the main cause of the plagues that happened to the people of Noah's day was the sin of adultery.
The Impact of Masterbation
Let's look at the main problems and effects of masterbation:
1. Lose virginity
if a person is virgin but keeps on committing masterbation, he/she can't say I am a virgin simply because he/she doesn't slept with a woman or a man, or touched anyone. but if we say so, 1st/ We are lying to ourselves and to God, 2nd/ We are committing homosexual acts on ourselves, 3rd/ We are wasting our seed. Therefore, a person who falls into the sin of mastrbation is considered to have done worse than adultery with a man or woman outside of marriage. In addition, the possibility of partaking of spiritual gifts and ceremonies where virginity is a primary requirement becomes questionable. It is because Satan knows this that he has been training us in the work of destruction since we were very young, so that he can easily make us fall down and deprive us of glory.
The four #church names
Beloved and respected, all our members who follow the orthodox education that we convey on the website of John's Repentance; In view of the recent challenges facing our church, it is important to convey a series of teachings about the church. For today, we have sent you a lesson from a book. We ask that you all read it and gain understanding so that we can protect the church together.
1. The church is one
This means that the church is one that is not divided by race, color, tribe, tribe, country, border, village, language, etc. Everyone who is a Christian in Christ does not separate the existence of these from the communion of Christ's church. "For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of that body, being many are one body: so is Christ." We are all baptized into one spirit to become one body. Whether we are Jews, pagans, slaves, or free, we have all drunk of one Spirit" 1. Cor 12:12 Eph 4:4 John 17:21
2.The Church is Holy
When the scholars translated the word "holy", they said it means pure, strong, noble and special. Therefore, when we say that the church is holy, we mean purity, integrity, honor, and specialness. "Sanctify them in your truth, for your word is true..I will sanctify myself for them, so that they may be truly holy." You are the temple, so do not defile the temple of God" 1 Cor 3:17; 1 Cor 6:19-20 1 Pet 20:15
When scholars teach: "The believers themselves are the church." "Holy" means purity, integrity, dignity, and specialness. It is perseverance, that is to say, one who perseveres in religion. She is pure, because she cleanses from sin when you touch her. She is glorious, for she is glorified by the blood of Christ. Why do we call her "Mother"? because as a mother keeps her children alive by feeding them, the church also keeps her children alive by feeding them the holy flesh and holy body of Christ.
3.. The church is for everyone
This means that the church is given to all, is available to all, found everywhere, is not divided by the country or the government. It was created only for the children of Jacob according to the Old Testament law; but in new Testament She is called Kulawit (for all) because she can be found and used by everyone.
"The fruit of blessing (the flesh and the blood) that will be the food of the saints is a vine whose ends are in heaven and whose roots are in the earth." Also, for a tree, it has a trinity: the root is the father, the trunk is the the son and the branch is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. In such a case, it should not be called three trees, but one tree. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three in name body and in task, While they've are one in character, existence, rule, power, and government.
The other one is that the Lord preaches the church to all, saying that he was crucified on Calvary in the center of the earth and said, "I did not show partiality with my cross." Later, the apostles were sent to the whole world, not just to one country. › Matthew 28:19 Col 3:11 Gal 3:25
4. . The Church is apostolic
The Orthodox Church listens to the teachings of the apostles and perseveres in their religion, knowing what the apostles learned from the Lord and preserving its traditions and living until the coming of Christ. It is called the Apostolic Church because it transmits to the succeeding generation what they commanded in their synods in their canons and books, which carries on the footsteps of the apostles, and where the priesthood system that came from the apostles is found, and is unbroken. Because life has been revealed to us, and we have seen it and we are witnesses, we will tell you the eternal life that is from the Father and has been revealed to us."
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May the name of the Holy God be praised forever and ever in every tongue that He has created, today and always.
May the blessings of God's mother, the virgin, and the cross be upon us.
Amen.
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