Postby Slater » Tue Jun 22, 2004 12:40 pm
don't be upset, my normal, testosterone-plagued brother. I'll tell you that dreams are ok, and here's why...
Dreams are controlled by the subconcious part of your brain... the midbrain I believe it is. In other words, there is no way that you can really control it. Indeed, you "see and hear and experiance" what is in the dream, and it feels like you are in control, but in reality you are not in control. Therefore, because these dreams are not your true actions of mind but are subconciously controlled, dreaming them up is not at all a sin. It is totally normal for a male your age (lol).
HOWEVER, it would be a sin to dwell upon what you dream in these situations: lust. If you have these dreams and continue to think about them when you are awake, praising them for how "good" they were, then it is lust. I see that your reaction to this dream is not a lustful one, but rather a repentive one. This is good, but not necesarry; remember that you were not in control.
I take it that you would like to stop having these dreams, eh? I'll tell you what to do... When you're lying in bed awake before you fall asleep, pray. Pray to God that he will protect your thoughts from evil desires and temptations, and that he'd give you a peaceful night of rest (Because you only remember the dreams that you have IF you are waken up in the middle of it!). James 4:7: Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
That's a command with a promise right there. Pray to God and He will protect you from the things of the devil. I pray that God will protect you today from evil thoughts and watch over your dreams and keep them to things that would not glorify the flesh, but which would glorify God.
(note: the "physics" of dreams and how the brain works that I wrote in this thread are proven facts in biology, and I got them out of a Christian biology manual.)