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Smoking Tobacco in and of its self is not a Sin.
But Addiction is.
And SO is relyign on somthing else besides GOD for Comfort.
(people do this with FOOD all the time though...funny)
So if you can smoke a cigarette, with out:
1.) Getting addicted
2.) Relying on it for comfort, or release.
3.) making anyone else Stumble into sin
Then i think it would be ok with God. But I dont see how thats possible, and
I know He Freed me From a 2 1/2 pack a day habbit, in a night, With no withdrawl or cravings after it. So.(PRASIE JESUS FOR THAT!)
Maybe that might shed some light on it?
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Dang. I should never have gotten my ears pierced. Or got that sunburn. Did I really pluck my eyebrows?
How do we determine what is harming our temple and what is not??? Who makes that determination? Man? Why do the rules always change by generation and centuries? I guess we can cut our hair now. Why are some things in the bible not allowed then but are now? This question has always bugged me! Someone answer! Like ...it really has always bugged me! I'm not kidding.
How do we determine what is harming our temple and what is not??? Who makes that determination? Man? Why do the rules always change by generation and centuries? I guess we can cut our hair now. Why are some things in the bible not allowed then but are now? This question has always bugged me! Someone answer! Like ...it really has always bugged me! I'm not kidding.
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Matthew 15:10-20
10And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
12Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
16And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Beloved of God, all things are lawful for you. Please understand the PARABLE and harden not your heart. It is a cigarette. The smoke enters in through the lungs and whatever that cigarette is made of, the body uses it for and the rest is cast out as draught.
We as children of the Most High can only do what He does. And He does what pleases Him. We all know the consequences of smoking in the form of cancer, but all comes from God. One fate happens to all of us. The man who ate healthy all of his life can die of a heart attack at 30, while one who ate nothing but meat from the time it hit his lips can live to be 100. It is the Father who orders our steps and the only one who knows the final hour of every man.
If I pray, it will be that you may understand and that the truth will set you free. If you are a smoker and you want to stop, then let it be because you don't want to risk dying of cancer, or because it is affecting your job performance. All things may be lawful for you but not expedient or profitable. If smoking affects my job, then I need to stop smoking if I deem paying my bills and taking care of my family is more important to me.
Do you believe that God can be defiled by a cigarette? If not then look in the mirror and ask then why should I believe this as well.
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Seriously....IMHO.... cigarettes can be sinful in much the same way money can be sinful..... when it means too much to you. Addiction is a slave/master relationship.
Smoking is not however...any better or worse than other addictions simply because of the publics negative views about it. Some people are addicted to coffee...or chocolate, etc. If the addiction is as bad as mine is regarding cigarettes, then they are all the same and not part of a godly life.
Smoking is not however...any better or worse than other addictions simply because of the publics negative views about it. Some people are addicted to coffee...or chocolate, etc. If the addiction is as bad as mine is regarding cigarettes, then they are all the same and not part of a godly life.
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Very good point. I don't think smoking cigarettes is a sin. My sister smoked a pack once thinking they would help her loose weight. For her that was "what goes into the mouth"...not a sin.
But addiction...to anything that matters too much.... that's the real question here. That is a sin of the heart..not the mouth.
But addiction...to anything that matters too much.... that's the real question here. That is a sin of the heart..not the mouth.
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Everytime you smoke, you are on purpose harming your body. Your killing yourself. You are willingly breathing in chemicals that over time will give you cancer, damage your lungs, damage your heart. and make you smell like total crap. Bottom line: You are committing suicide very slowly.
As to weather smoking makes someone a sinner, well thats kind of a silly question because weather or not we smoke were all sinners.
Do i think it is a sin. Heck yeah i do.
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I don't mean to start a debate here about the harmfulness of smoking (especially since I do consider addiction a sin).. however, I live in a large metro area and I am certain that every time I get on the 8 lane interstate going to work I am "on purpose harming my body". I am killing myself by willingly breathing in every kind of foul chemical a deisel or gas vehicle can exhaust. Not only that, but over time the odds are that I will end up getting hit by some moron going 90 mph or some semi who couldn't break fast enough. And then there are all the texters......