Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of the
Believers Love World popularly known as Christ Embassy has again become
the subject of a controversial debate on whether masturbation is a sin
or not. While answering a question sent in by one of the viewers on a
TV programme not too long ago, the Pastor disclosed that masturbation
is not a sin. With the brewing controversy yet to die down, in another
teaching, he re-affirmed his earlier statement and gave reasons for his
stand speaking from a biblical perspective, ”masturbation is not a sin
and it has absolutely nothing to do with
God so persons involved should stop seeing the act as a sin and enjoy
themselves if they really want to”.
This is the second time Pastor Chris is
making this public statement and he has taken a swipe at pastors and
persons who criticized him when he first stated publicly that God was
not against persons who hid to use their hands to stimulate their
genitals for sexual pleasure.
Among those that criticized him were
the Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Ola Makinde, who said there
was only one way of having sex permitted by God in the Bible, which is
only through marriage. “There is only one way of having sex in the
Bible which is natural. Masturbation is unnatural and unethical.
Whatever is unnatural and unethical is abomination. I leave him to his
own opinion,” he said.
According to Pastor Tunde Bakare of the
Latter Rain Assembly, every believer must be able to subject his body
to control because it could lead to something else.
Popular Evangelist, Pastor Akin Fasawe
said Masturbation is a sin as stipulated in the Bible, saying that
death was even recommended in the Bible for those who practiced such
things. “Masturbation is a sin because when you masturbate, you will
release. If the minister of God said masturbation is not a sin, he can
easily tell his church that fornication is not a sin. The Bible
recommends death in the Old Testament,” he stated.
Though Pastor Chris came under massive
criticism for his position on masturbation, the man of God had once
again uploaded a video on YouTube in which he reaffirms that
masturbation should not be confused with lustful thinking and the fact
that lustful thinking is a sin of the heart does not mean that
masturbation is also a sin.
Pastor Chris cited an example that one
cannot say the eating of bread is a sin simply because someone stole
and ate bread. He explained that just as the stealing of bread is not
the same as eating of bread so also is lustful imaginations not the
same as masturbation so the two should not be confused.
“You can still imagine lustful things
in your mind while you eat food or even read the bible so let us get
the difference and proper definition of what is sin,” he added.
# Loyal9jafrank.blog readers, what do you
think? Are you for or against the notion that Masturbation IS or IS NOT
a SIN. Share your thoughts.
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