Medically speaking Lewy body dementia causes hallucinations so there is a specific form of dementia which is associated with a hallucinations and it is nothing like delerium even in my short time on placements I can recognise the difference. Then there is psychosis again where you have hallucinations. Those with dementia hallucinating you are advised to redirrect not correct as correcting just causes distress. However you do not agree with the hallucination, so redirrection and distraction is the order of the day. If a person with Alzeihmers thinks their husband is still alive would I correct them no I would change the topic. If I tell them their husband has died it would be as if they had just heard that for the first time, so each time would be like the first time.
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Chew on this for a while...
1 Corinthians 3:16,17
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
1 Corinthians 6:19
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Surely nobody thinks breathing in smoke... on purpose, to intoxicate our body... is bringing glory unto the Lord???
1 Corinthians 3:16,17
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
1 Corinthians 6:19
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Surely nobody thinks breathing in smoke... on purpose, to intoxicate our body... is bringing glory unto the Lord???
For sure. We will make all kinds of excuses. Hense why i believe it is so important to pray "teach me your ways" and "lean not on your own understanding".
We are told to do everything out of love but this sure does not include sin. If that is the case then we are free to do as we please out of love.
That statement still blows my mind. Total and complete misinterpretation, and misuse, of Gods Word. This would be like that movie "purge" but every day. I still cannot comprehend that thinking. Totally not what Gods Word says. WOW!
We are told to do everything out of love but this sure does not include sin. If that is the case then we are free to do as we please out of love.
That statement still blows my mind. Total and complete misinterpretation, and misuse, of Gods Word. This would be like that movie "purge" but every day. I still cannot comprehend that thinking. Totally not what Gods Word says. WOW!
Calling smoking a sin... is not Love?
In Heaven. ain't nobody lighting up... is God not walking in Love?
You can love someone and not accept their sin. We're doing that with sinners out in the world, and more and more we've having to do this among those that claim to be Christians as they refuse to give up their pet sins.
In the end the Lord will divide the sheep from the goats... judgement belongs to the Lord concerning people's salvation... meanwhile, I have no obligation to accept people's sin!
In Heaven. ain't nobody lighting up... is God not walking in Love?
You can love someone and not accept their sin. We're doing that with sinners out in the world, and more and more we've having to do this among those that claim to be Christians as they refuse to give up their pet sins.
In the end the Lord will divide the sheep from the goats... judgement belongs to the Lord concerning people's salvation... meanwhile, I have no obligation to accept people's sin!
Really??? It's OK for Christians to knowingly and on purpose engage in activity KNOWN to destroy the Body? Do we need to trout out the evidence that smoking destroys the body? You do know that it is toxic, right?
One would have to not die to self and refuse to submit their body to the Lord as a living sacrifice to be on board with smoking to not be a sin... in which case, why bother to call themselves Christians if they are going to dishonor the Lord like that?
If they're going to smoke, they may as well get drunk, do drugs, engage in perverted sex, steal, cuss, beat up little old ladies, and rob banks... just let yo freak flag fly
One would have to not die to self and refuse to submit their body to the Lord as a living sacrifice to be on board with smoking to not be a sin... in which case, why bother to call themselves Christians if they are going to dishonor the Lord like that?
If they're going to smoke, they may as well get drunk, do drugs, engage in perverted sex, steal, cuss, beat up little old ladies, and rob banks... just let yo freak flag fly
Its a rough world out there and those that serve God are bound to stumble, get dinged and possibly damaged along the way. That's just the way it is. Still, these Christians, by the grace of God, strive to perfect themselves in Him and bravely soldier on. There are many types of diseases and conditions that affect people but in our weakness God is strong and His glory will be made manifest. My heart goes out to those afflicted and they certainly don't deserve my condemnation.
Choosing to willfully and knowingly sin... is not stumbling.
It's making excuses so we can continue in sin.
Romans 6:1,2
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
You need to die to smoking... drop it, leave it, let it go.
You will not die if you quit inhaling smoke... inhaling smoke!
It's making excuses so we can continue in sin.
Romans 6:1,2
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
You need to die to smoking... drop it, leave it, let it go.
You will not die if you quit inhaling smoke... inhaling smoke!
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The thing is, I don't consider it a sin. It's more of a disease. Regardless, it is harmful to my body and with the grace of God I will be provided with the courage and fortitude to overcome this self-affliction. Any sin committed is done willfully and knowingly. None of us is yet perfect, even those that have repented of their past sinful lifestyle choices. Fortunately, Jesus understands full well the human condition and has made provision for this and other things as well.