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Is masturbation wrong? Let me address the issue mainly for men. I cannot imagine sexual orgasm in the loins without sexual image in the mind. I know there are nocturnal emissions, which I regard as innocent and helpful, but I doubt that they are ever orgasmic apart from a sexual dream that supplies the necessary image in the mind. Evidently God has constituted the connection between sexual orgasm and sexual thought in such a way that the force and pleasure of orgasm is dependent on the thought or images in our minds. Therefore in order to masturbate, it is necessary to get vivid and exciting thoughts or images into the mind. This can be done by pure imagination or by pictures or movies or stories or real persons. These images always involve women as sexual objects. I use the word “object” because in order for a women to be a true sexual “subject” in our imagination she must in reality be one with whom we are experiencing what we are imagining. This is not the case with masturbation. So I vote no on masturbation. There may be other reasons why it is wrong. For now I rest my vote on the inevitable sexual images which accompany masturbation and which turn women into sexual objects. The sexual thoughts that enable masturbation do not help any man to treat women with greater respect. Therefore masturbation produces real and legitimate guilt and stands in the way of obedience.
John Piper

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Revelasyon 7

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7:1 ¶ Apre sa, mwen wè kat zanj kanpe nan kat kwen latè a. Yo t’ap kenbe kat van yo pou okenn van pa t’ soufle ni sou tè, ni sou lanmè, ni sou okenn piebwa.

7:2 Lè sa a, mwen wè yon lòt zanj ki moute soti bò kote solèy leve a. Li te gen nan men l’ letanp Bondye vivan an. Li rele byen fò, li pale ak kat zanj yo ki te resevwa pouvwa pou ravaje tè a ak lanmè a, li di yo:

7:3 Poko fè ni tè a, ni lanmè a, ni piebwa yo okenn donmaj. Tann nou fin make sèvitè Bondye yo ak letanp lan sou fwon yo.

7:4 Apre sa, yo di m’ kantite moun ki te make ak letanp Bondye a sou fwon yo. Te gen antou sankarannkatmil (144.000) nan tout branch ras pèp Izrayèl la.

7:5 Te gen douzmil (12.000) nan branch Jida a ki te make ak letanp lan, douzmil nan branch Woubenn lan, douzmil nan branch Gad la,

7:6 douzmil nan branch Asè a, douzmil nan branch Nèftali a, douzmil nan branch Manase a,

7:7 douzmil nan branch Simeyon an, douzmil nan branch Levi a, douzmil nan branch Isaka a,

7:8 douzmil nan branch Zabilon an, douzmil nan branch Jozèf la, douzmil nan branch Benjamen an.

7:9 Apre sa, mwen gade ankò, mwen wè yon gwo foul moun. Pesonn pa t’ kapab konte kantite ki te gen ladan li. Se te moun tout lòt nasyon, tout kalite ras, pèp tout peyi ak tout lang. Yo te kanpe la devan fòtèy la ak devan ti Mouton an. Yo te gen rad tou blan sou yo, yo te gen fèy palmis nan men yo.

7:10 Yo t’ap rele byen fò, yo t’ap di: Se Bondye nou an ki chita sou fòtèy la. Se li menm ansanm ak ti Mouton an ki vin delivre nou.

7:11 Tout zanj yo kanpe, yo fè yon wonn, yo mete fòtèy la, granmoun yo ak kat bèt vivan yo nan mitan yo. Yo lage kò yo atè devan fòtèy la, yo bese tèt yo byen ba pou adore Bondye,

7:12 yo t’ap di: Se vre wi. Lwanj, onè, bon konprann, rekonesans, respè, pouvwa ak fòs, tou sa pou Bondye nou an pou tout tan. Amèn.

7:13 ¶ Apre sa, yonn nan granmoun yo mande mwen: Moun sa yo ki gen rad tou blan sou yo a, ki moun yo ye? Ki bò yo soti?

7:14 Mwen reponn li: Se ou menm ki konnen wi, mèt mwen. Lè sa a, li di mwen: Se moun ki pase anba gwo pèsekisyon an. Yo lave rad yo, yo blanchi yo nan san ti Mouton an.

7:15 Se poutèt sa, yo kanpe la devan fòtèy Bondye a, lajounen kou lannwit y’ap sèvi nan tanp li a. Moun ki chita sou fòtèy la ap toujou la pou pwoteje yo.

7:16 Yo p’ap janm grangou, yo p’ap janm swaf dlo. Ni solèy, ni okenn lòt gwo chalè p’ap kapab boule yo.

7:17 Paske, ti Mouton ki nan mitan fòtèy la va tankou yon gadò pou yo. La mennen yo bò sous dlo ki bay lavi a. Se Bondye menm ki va siye dlo nan je yo.