Can a drug addict be a christian?

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hoss2576

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Really the thread title says it all, but I will expand a little just to ask this; can someone actively in the midst of drug addiction, not recovery, be a christian? If no, why not? If yes, how is that reconciled?
 
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Many Christians are addicted to many things. What makes drugs any different?

Or, are you talking about someone who has no intention of changing?

If that is the case, I think you already know your answer.
 
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Ad such were some of you, but you were washed...
(Sorry, I'm in a hurry)
 
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hoss2576 said:
Really the thread title says it all, but I will expand a little just to ask this; can someone actively in the midst of drug addiction, not recovery, be a christian? If no, why not? If yes, how is that reconciled?
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No.

But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler.


Drug addict is the same category as drunkard, lot of times it goes together.
 
Blain

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coby2 said:
No.

But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler.


Drug addict is the same category as drunkard, lot of times it goes together.
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Then I guess I am not a Christian as I am highly addicted to caffeine and caffeine is a drug. Everyone struggles with something some are addicted to certain things but I believe that salvation has to do with a persons heart not what their addicted to.
 
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I am a nicotine addict maybe my Christianity is in question as well. I believe that all Christians are in recovery from one disease or another.
 
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Blain said:
Then I guess I am not a Christian as I am highly addicted to caffeine and caffeine is a drug. Everyone struggles with something some are addicted to certain things but I believe that salvation has to do with a persons heart not what their addicted to.
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Someone who is willingly on softdrugs or harddrugs (not cafeine which doesn't get you in the demonic realm) with no desire to change is not a christian. I dated one who said he was a christian. God said I had to break contact. I said: Why? He said: ask him if he wants prayer to be set free from it. So I asked. He yelled: NOOOO! Pot is good! God made pot!
There was my answer.
 
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coby2 said:
Someone who is willingly on softdrugs or harddrugs (not cafeine which doesn't get you in the demonic realm) with no desire to change is not a christian. I dated one who said he was a christian. God said I had to break contact. I said: Why? He said: ask him if he wants prayer to be set free from it. So I asked. He yelled: NOOOO! Pot is good! God made pot!
There was my answer.
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If we are talking about someone who would rather do drugs than follow God then yes I would say their Christianity is in question but that wasn't the question of the thread it was can a drug addict be a Christian in which I say yes
 
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hoss2576 said:
Really the thread title says it all, but I will expand a little just to ask this; can someone actively in the midst of drug addiction, not recovery, be a christian? If no, why not? If yes, how is that reconciled?
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I was.

Reconciled? I don't know if that's the word I used. God redeemed me and a couple of years later I ran away from my problems through drugs. When the consequences got worse than what I was running away from, I ran back to God.

Getting hooked on drugs wan't one of my brighter moments, but once God redeems, he tends to keep us redeemed and get us to go along with his plan once we find out how bad our plan was.

Kind of like Jonah. He didn't stop being chosen by God simply because he chose to run from what God wanted, but God worked on him until he chose to do God's plan. (And after that, he went back to moping and complaining again.)
 
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Someone who is willingly on softdrugs or harddrugs (not cafeine which doesn't get you in the demonic realm) with no desire to change is not a christian. I dated one who said he was a christian. God said I had to break contact. I said: Why? He said: ask him if he wants prayer to be set free from it. So I asked. He yelled: NOOOO! Pot is good! God made pot!
There was my answer.
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Sorry. I still was a believer. I still am a believer. And I'm glad all the people I knew who were believers didn't avoid me just because I was a trainwreck ready to happen. Matter of fact, they were the people who helped pick up the pieces after the wreck. I owe my life to them too.
 
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If we are talking about someone who would rather do drugs than follow God then yes I would say their Christianity is in question but that wasn't the question of the thread it was can a drug addict be a Christian in which I say yes
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I definitely agree with you that their Christianity ought to be in question. Fortunately, God had that answer, so I wasn't worried about what others' decisions on that question was. I could see them answer both ways -- yes and no. Didn't change anything. To God, I was already chosen. Not his brightest child, but he doesn't choose by intellect.
 
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I definitely agree with you that their Christianity ought to be in question. Fortunately, God had that answer, so I wasn't worried about what others' decisions on that question was. I could see them answer both ways -- yes and no. Didn't change anything. To God, I was already chosen. Not his brightest child, but he doesn't choose by intellect.
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Lynn the rumor that age brings wisdom must be true because you are living proof of that:)
 
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That I've aged?


That I'm wise?
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Well compared to a 24 year old yes you have aged and wise yes far more than you might realize.
Often times we need an outsiders look of ourselves to be able to see things about ourselves and trust me my eyes don't lie:)
 
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hoss2576 said:
Really the thread title says it all, but I will expand a little just to ask this; can someone actively in the midst of drug addiction, not recovery, be a christian? If no, why not? If yes, how is that reconciled?
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Yes. If only perfect people could be Christians, I don’t think there’d be many Christians.
 
santuzza

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Yes, an addict can be a Christian, but he/she wouldn't be at that moment walking in God's will. We all don't walk in God's will at one time or another. Fortunately for us, God keeps drawing us back!
 
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