About Sin of Masterbation
(Part 2 )
However, if they did it unconsciously at a young age and without any religious understanding or spiritual knowledge and without realizing that it is a natural shame; they then will approach their spiritual father. The Prist then will analyse the given reasons against the level of the offense, taking in to consideration that they did not have a mentor and a teacher, and then he may decide on it giving the appropriate canon of repentance.
2. Sin is the death of the soul
Each of our sins is written in God's record. So if we repent of the sin we have committed, tell our repentant Father, and wash away our wrongdoing with tears of repentance, it will be erased. But if we are saving our sins like money, being ashamed to tell the priest today, We will be judged. Because we don't know when we will be called, we will be told to 'go away from me' on the Day of Resurrection If we don't prepare and wait in repentance. Because if we die while we are in sin and do not repent, we will suffer hell. Therefore, living under sin is death for the soul, suffering and curse for the flesh. Therefore, this leads to eternal death.
3. It causes self-doubt and loneliness
To live in sin is death and slavery, for sin destroys peace, rest, tranquility, understanding. It can lead to anxiety, loneliness, and lack of self-confidence. It keeps away from the grace and grace of the Holy Spirit. It surrenders his thoughts and actions to the lust of the flesh. It takes away from the sonship of God, from the protection of the Trinity, from life and from the love and goodness of God.
The main causes of Masterbation
The following are considered to be the root cause of homosexuality and masturbation.
1. Natural feeling and free will
Of course, since it is natural to be attracted to the other sexe, it is impossible to say why those feelings arose. But since it is possible to sanctify the emotions, it is possible to sanctify them by running away from evil and doing good. If the horse is headed for a cliff, the rider does not only tighten the bridle; He guides the horse in the right way. David says, "And do good" (Ps 33:14), avoiding evil and doing good are connected to each other. Therefore, when such feelings come to us, apart from avoiding them, it is also important to do spiritual work. Among these are fasting, prayer, prostration, reading spiritual books, prostrating, listening to hymns, listening to sermons, attending congregations, consecrating mass; Receiving spiritual advice while calling the repentant father. When we strive to do this, the spirit burns away from us because it cannot stay with us.
2. The battle of the evil spirit
We must always understand that the root cause of evil spirits is our weak thoughts, attitudes, or free will and desires. If Satan finds the smallest hole of will, he will lick it wide like a snake. And he will take us away from our God. Satan will drive us to the edge of sin if we don't think about it. He praises us until we fall, but after we fall, He praises us more than He praised us before, or He hardens our hearts and appoints us as the next role of the executor. The solution to this is to fall and get up, fight somehow and come back with repentance.
3. By not distancing yourself from sin
We tempt ourselves by not keeping ourselves away from sin. So, Stop talking about sensual nonsense in person or on the phone, Stop watching pornography, Stop watching and reading social media related to fornication, Stop watching erotic music videos and erotic images posted on social media for business use; also avoid bad advice and being influence by friends or others.
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