Question: Dear Brian
I am 14 years old, and am a bit embarrassed to ask you this. But I will, because of some guilt feelings I'm having. The other night, while I was asleep, I had a nocturnal emission. I woke up to discover a wet patch. I had no control over this obviously, because I was asleep. But I felt a lot of guilt about it afterwards, and wondered if having a nocturnal emission is a sin? Should I ask for forgiveness for this?
Robert Rakiti
Answer: Dear Robert
Thanks for your question, Robert. Your sense of guilt is for a very good reason. Having a nocturnal emission is a sin, and is just as much a sin as killing someone - even though it is completely involuntary. In the Word of God, Leviticus 15 requires that every time a man
ejaculates he is unclean until the end of the day! God knows that male discharges are incredibly hazardous. Seminal ejaculation is a sin, and the Bible tells us that they must be amended for - through offerings to God and a ritual cleansing. It is for this very reason that Penni
and I only have sexual intercourse when I know I can stay within the confines of my home all day afterwards. For God's holy law is good, and protects us against disease.
This law is set out both in Leviticus 15.16 and Deuteronomy 23.10-11:
"If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water, and be unclean until the evening."
- Leviticus 15.16
"If one of you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he shall go outside the camp; he must not come within the camp. When evening comes, he shall wash himself with water, and when the sun has set, he may come back into the camp."
- Deut 23.10-11
Did you see what it said in Deuteronomy? God's law also applies to nocturnal emissions! Yup - even if a man has an involuntarily ejaculation in his sleep, he is considered 'unclean' in the eyes of
God. For we are fallen creatures. And we can sin even when we don't know it, because of the original sin of Adam.
That's why the Jews required that a man had to make a sin offering for the forgiveness of his sin of ejaculation. God doesn't approve of our ejaculations. Oh no! Ejaculating is a result of our sinful natures, and every time we wake up feeling the sticky residue of an involuntary nocturnal emission, we should pray for forgiveness. Before Jesus came, the Jews had to sacrifice a turtledove as a sin offering for offending God with their ejaculations. Ejaculating is indeed a sin! Leviticus 15.14-15 required that:
"On the eighth day a man who ejaculated shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and come before Yahweh to the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest. The priest shall offer them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before Yahweh for his discharge."
Nowadays, however, Christians can pray for forgiveness of our ejaculations - directly to God, without the intervention of a priest. This is where the Whore of Babylon, the Roman Catholic Church, is wrong. They still think that we need a priest to intervene between us and God, but I'm telling you that we can pray directly to Jesus and say "sorry about that ejaculation, Lord Jesus!"
And just in case you spit your semen at anyone else lying near you, please remember that they are just as unclean as you. As Leviticus 15.8 teaches:
"If the one with the discharge spits on persons who are clean, then they shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening."
You don't want to be spat upon by an unclean ejaculator! Oh no! So if you happen to sleep in the same room as your brother, and he accidentally gets spat on with your nocturnal emission, remember the Bible tells us he has to pray for forgiveness as well. But thank God that He has provided us with His Law to cleanse ourselves again!! Worldly Doctors will try to tell you that seminal ejaculations are actually quite pure. And I am even aware of some doctors who have told loose women that semen is remarkably high in protein. But they should read the Word of God to discover the truth!
The Word of God does not lie! Seminal ejaculations will cause disease, so you've got to clean yourself afterwards, as well as all your clothes and bed-sheets. Not only that, but ejaculating - even if it is an unconscious nocturnal emission - causes spiritual disease! And that's the reason that God requires your repentance for the Sin of Ejaculation.
Praise the Lord for His Word!!
Brian Tamariki
Senior Pastor, Density Church
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You are wrong, Brian. God created ejaculation and commanded it in the first chapter of Genesis ("Be fruitful and multiply").
ReplyDeleteExactly! Not to mention this piece in Deuteronomy is speaking to those encamped against their enemies, it's not every day life.
DeleteThis poor boy,who as I'm writing this, 7 years later, is 21, is going to have a skewed view of sex. Between a husband and a wife, there is nothing to be ashamed of. Genesis also says (as well as referenced in Matthew and Ephesians):
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Become one flesh... I only know one way to do that! Ejaculation is not a sin... adultery, beastiality, incest, those are sins linked to ejaculation, but it isn't the sin itself.
I hope someone set this poor boy straight, and he isn't scarred for life!
Exactly! Not to mention this piece in Deuteronomy is speaking to those encamped against their enemies, it's not every day life.
DeleteThis poor boy,who as I'm writing this, 7 years later, is 21, is going to have a skewed view of sex. Between a husband and a wife, there is nothing to be ashamed of. Genesis also says (as well as referenced in Matthew and Ephesians):
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Become one flesh... I only know one way to do that! Ejaculation is not a sin... adultery, beastiality, incest, those are sins linked to ejaculation, but it isn't the sin itself.
I hope someone set this poor boy straight, and he isn't scarred for life!
Your quotations from Leviticus 15 speak nothing of simple ejaculation. ( I can't find any Bible that supports your "quote" of Lev. 15:14). In fact, Lev. 15: 1-15 talk about a man with a long-time discharge (e.g. gonorrhea).
ReplyDeleteLev. 15:16-18 deal with normal ejaculation, and there is no need for a sacrifice, just washing.
Brian. Brian. Brian. You seriously need to look within yourself and ask this question, do I have the appropriate answers? Honestly I would say no but, who am I to say?
ReplyDeleteAll of the biblical references you gave described the ways of the old law, but since we are no longer held by those laws, we can no longer be bound by them. I do however believe that ejaculation is not a sin. What I do believe however is that anything that someone does (male or female) that is ungodly, that causes ejaculation is a sin.
Such as letting lustful thoughts wander, looking at pornagraphy, etc. Now nocturnal emissions on the oher hand, I'm going to be honest. I've had 1 maybe 2 my entire life up to this point. And initially I did feel guilty, because I didn't know if it was wrong. It's a natural reaction to something such as that. But I did a full hour of Christian based research on what God says on nocturnal emission and never once did I see any mention about it being sinful besides in the old law. And never once did I see a biblical, pastoral leader with such a haughty attitude such as you! You may take offense if you want but listen to me please! Seriously consider what your are researching and teaching. Don't just use one specific point of reference and cling onto that for dear life. Use satellite verses to figure out what is being said and if it applies to any manner of biblical principle your teaching.
I'll continue to pray for you and the life of your church, your spiritual walk, and the congregation as a whole.
I should say "you should be ashamed" but, I only feel sadness. Has the church really gotten to the point where pastoral leaders are using scripture verses and references, breathed out by God Himself, to suit their own needs? Have we really stooped so low as to to use a righteous and holy thing, for our own glory, and not His?
I can't remember where it is in the Bible but there is a specific reference pertaining to Pastors and how they shall receive even greater punishment, because they have a much higher role to play for God. Specifically in leading His people in the right direction.
Brian if you respond back, be prepared to take the heat.
I honestly hope, God will open your eyes before then though, so we can possibly avoid this confrontation.
Isaiah and Unknown, you comments are true and should hopefully be considered by Brian. Thank you for speaking up!
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