Are sexual or violent dreams sinful?

[Ascetic X]

It is obvious that sinful dreams, of sexual or violent acts, indicate a sinful attitude in the deeper self.

Sinful dreams are not consciously generated, but they are produced by the sleeping personality, so they are not totally innocent.

The dream itself would be sinful when the waking self enjoys the dream or even wishes the dream scene was real. Apologizing to God for having the sinful dream would be good.

 

[Aaron]

Apologize?

More like confess the murder and adultery that resides in your heart

 

[Armchair Apologist]

It is obvious that sinful dreams, of sexual or violent acts, indicate a sinful attitude in the deeper self.

Sinful dreams are not consciously generated, but they are produced by the sleeping personality, so they are not totally innocent.

The dream itself would be sinful when the waking self enjoys the dream or even wishes the dream scene was real. Apologizing to God for having the sinful dream would be good.

Yes, it is representative of what is in the heart of a man. I also beleive it could be a demonic attack.

I recall shortly after being saved, I was 18 at the time and had a dream that I was in a heavy metal rock band ripping it up on a stage and the lyrics was basically shouting out "Hail Satan!" over and over again. I woke up quite shocked that I would have such a dream and immediately cried out to God begging his forgiveness for having such a dream! It was probably in response to some preacher preaching against the Satanic influences of rock music or whatever. It was back in the early 80s when it was fashionable to expose all of the subliminal backward masking in rock music!

On another note, I once recorded "I sing because I live with Satan..." (the supposed backward message in Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven") and reversed it (easy to do with Pro Tools) and it didn't sound at all like "If there's a bustle in the hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, it's just a spring clean for the may queen..." For me, this pretty much debunked all of the backward masking nonsense but I still won't pick up a guitar at our local Guitar Center and start playing "Stairway to Heaven!"

 

[Ascetic X]

Apologize?

More like confess the murder and adultery that resides in your heart

Apologize = express regret or say you are sorry for doing or saying something that was wrong.

 

[Deacon]

It is obvious that sinful dreams, of sexual or violent acts, indicate a sinful attitude in the deeper self.

Sinful dreams are not consciously generated, but they are produced by the sleeping personality, so they are not totally innocent.

The dream itself would be sinful when the waking self enjoys the dream or even wishes the dream scene was real. Apologizing to God for having the sinful dream would be good.

I wouldn't call bad dreams sinful... but they're certainly undesirable.

It calls for self reflection... what might have directed the dream?

Current news out of Europe about foreign gangs might have provoked such a dream.

Certainly a conversation with the Lord would be a proper response.

Rob

 

[Ascetic X]

I wouldn't call bad dreams sinful... but they're certainly undesirable.

It calls for self reflection... what might have directed the dream?

Current news out of Europe about foreign gangs might have provoked such a dream.

Certainly a conversation with the Lord would be a proper response.

Rob

Yes, upon awakening, we should not enjoy having had a sexual or violent dream, but should self reflect.

There was something internal or external that triggered that ungodly dream.

It is refreshing when we wake up from a dream about sharing our faith or other spiritual event.

 

[Marooncat79]

Apologize = express regret or say you are sorry for doing or saying something that was wrong.

Apologize?

More like confess the murder and adultery that resides in all of our hearts

Yes, mine as well

 

[Marooncat79]

Jeremiah 17:9

 

[Aaron]

Yes, mine as well

I used "your" as collective, so your edit of my quote is a parallel, however, you need to indicate your edit with brackets, or you will be attributing verbatims to me that I did not write.

 

[Ascetic X]

Five Ways to Dispatch Sexualized Dreams​

How Do I Respond to Sexual Dreams?

What do sexually illicit dreams reveal about our souls? Pastor John offers biblical principles for understanding dreams and practical ways to overcome them.

www.desiringgod.org

1. Pray earnestly for deliverance from the dreams, and gather some brothers around you to join in earnest prayer.

2. Read the Scriptures for five or ten minutes just before you go to sleep — some portion about God’s work and his value like Philippians 3:8 or Colossians 1:15–18 or Hebrews 1:1–3. Soak your mind in the word just before you go to sleep.

3. Purge your movie and TV habits of all sexually stimulating content — not just porn, but worldly sexuality. Now that’s just about all TV shows and all movies. Sorry about that. You don’t need it. Christians for two thousand years did not feed their minds on movies every night. It won’t help you to be stirred up by so-called PG-13 movies that have sexually titillating scenes in them.

4. Perhaps get a sleep study done. I’ve had these, my wife has had this, to see whether or not there are any physical irregularities.

5. When all is said and done, trust the promises of Psalm 25:15 and say with confidence,

My eyes are ever toward the Lord,
for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

 

[Aaron]

Five Ways to Dispatch Sexualized Dreams​

How Do I Respond to Sexual Dreams?

What do sexually illicit dreams reveal about our souls? Pastor John offers biblical principles for understanding dreams and practical ways to overcome them.

www.desiringgod.org

1. Pray earnestly for deliverance from the dreams, and gather some brothers around you to join in earnest prayer.

2. Read the Scriptures for five or ten minutes just before you go to sleep — some portion about God’s work and his value like Philippians 3:8 or Colossians 1:15–18 or Hebrews 1:1–3. Soak your mind in the word just before you go to sleep.

3. Purge your movie and TV habits of all sexually stimulating content — not just porn, but worldly sexuality. Now that’s just about all TV shows and all movies. Sorry about that. You don’t need it. Christians for two thousand years did not feed their minds on movies every night. It won’t help you to be stirred up by so-called PG-13 movies that have sexually titillating scenes in them.

4. Perhaps get a sleep study done. I’ve had these, my wife has had this, to see whether or not there are any physical irregularities.

5. When all is said and done, trust the promises of Psalm 25:15 and say with confidence,

The best way to deal with the issue is don't sweat it. Confess the sin that resides in our hearts, and look unto Jesus.

Naturally, we all need to reduce the amount entertainment we take in, that goes without saying, but all this attention will serve only to exacerbate the situation.