Thanks for your question. There is nothing in the
Bible which indicates masturbation in and of itself is wrong. To lust after someone is
wrong (Matthew 5:28-32). So if in masturbation one is thinking about some girl or woman
they would like to have sex with while masturbating, the lust is sinful.
Pornography, on the Internet or anywhere else is
sinful for many reasons. It promotes sex outside of marriage which is fornication or
immorality (Hebrews 13:5). It gives a distorted view of sex and of women in general. It
makes people into objects of sex and promotes lust. It is destructive to marriage both
before and after marriage. One who gets into pornography will have lots of trouble having
a healthy and honorable view of sex and their partner in marriage. It dehumanizes people
and abuses those who are too young to understand. Nothing about pornography is good. It
should be avoided like the plague.
Leon Barnes