Is smoking a sin?
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Waiting on him
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Do you ban divorce/remarriage? I see many in all the different denominations having their neighbors wife.
I’d rather they smoke.
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This is probably one of my favorite post and unforgettable. Thank you for sharing. “When you can honestly show me that all backbiting and gossip is dealt with , then maybe I’ll ask him to leave …” “the gossipers and backbiters are poisoning the whole community.” Wow. Reminds me of where they were glorying in the flesh of another, yet Paul went on to mention “malice and wickedness” 1 Corinthians 5:8-13 Asking them: For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? [13] But them that are without God judgeth.
Please don't call me maam - I hate it and there's no need for it. Must be an Americanism, we deffo don't use it here in the UK.
Pious and religious people adhere to rules and regulations. Christians have a relationship with Jesus and don't have to follow man-made religious rules and regulations because Jesus set us free.
There are also lots of people who don't consider lying sinful, or unforgiveness or pride or being judgmental which are all sins.
The Bible tells us that Jehovah hates a divorcing: (Malachi 2:16) . . .For I hate divorce,” says Jehovah the God of Israel. . .
Because of sin however, divorce was allowed, but regulated. For us Christians Jesus said:
(Matthew 5:31, 32) . . .‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 However, I say to you that everyone divorcing his wife, except on account of sexual immorality, makes her a subject for adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
In the Christian congregation today, if someone divorces their mate and remarries another for any grounds other than adultery, they will be disfellowshipped. However, people can repent and get reinstated. Jehovah gave us shepherds and authority to them to make judgments in the congregation, and we must abide by those decisions. Does this mean that God forgives the individual? Perhaps, perhaps not, we simply do not have the final say. We can say confidently that David was forgiven of his very serious sin, but not shielded from the consequences of his action. It all depends on the sincerity of the heart of the sinning individual as to whether they receive forgiveness from God.
Kinda like the words of Forrest Gump, My mama always told me that two wrongs don't make a right. Do you understand sir?
Thank you for telling me that Pearl. I apologize in advance for the times I will mess up in the future, and make a note not to do that. My intent is to show loving kindness and respect for others in line with Jesus' teaching to treat others the way you would like to be treated. I will do my best not to do it again.
Who is the faithful slave Pearl? Mat 24:45. Most of us believe we are in the last days, the prophecy this is a part of, do you believe the faithful and wise servant is a reality today?
I agree! That is why we need to know not only the laws given to us Christians, but the principles as well.
Thanks for that @Robert Gwin , I know it's a term widely used in the US but here in the UK not so much.
I don't know what relevance that verse has to smoking being sinful.
Yes smoking is sin, because smoking is addictive. The Bible say in Ephesians 5:18 "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.". In other words let the Holy Spirit control your actions and life. Smoking is an addition that takes control of our lives away from us.
Is smoking a sin?
That is between the person and God.
I dont care if someone smokes... the smell is terrible but I also use to smoke...
That is between the person and God.
I dont care if someone smokes... the smell is terrible but I also use to smoke...
TheslightestID
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TheslightestID
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Wouldn't uou say it's between the smoker and anyone who cares about them? I smoked for about 45 yrs, and was definitely a slave to sin.
TheslightestID
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Do you or yours smoke?
I have no doubt in my mind smoking is sin, and that denial is rampant with any addiction.
People do what they want.
It is hard to quit; it took me going over the benefits of not smoking over and over again before finally stopping.
Will smoking keep you from being saved by grace through faith? No... If you love someone you care about you can always encourage but that doesn't mean they will stop smoking. Smoking might lead to other things in the body though like cancer and even early death but will that keep a person a way from God? Guess that depends on how you look at salvation.
It is hard to quit; it took me going over the benefits of not smoking over and over again before finally stopping.
Will smoking keep you from being saved by grace through faith? No... If you love someone you care about you can always encourage but that doesn't mean they will stop smoking. Smoking might lead to other things in the body though like cancer and even early death but will that keep a person a way from God? Guess that depends on how you look at salvation.
God had not condemned smoking in His Word, but you do, apparently. So if someone whom God has given rebirth to smokes a cigarette, you will cast them out, but God does not.
That's a problem in my view. You condemn those whom God does not.
Much love!
You may want to revisit the passages I've posted. This will be what God will require for all men, and I recommend beginning now.
Matthew 16:13-17 KJV
13) When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14) And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15) He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16) And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17) And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
So what should we understand this to mean?
Many people understand many different things from what Jesus said. What about those to whom He spoke? What did THEY understand Him to mean?
John 10:30-33 KJV
30) I and my Father are one.
31) Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32) Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33) The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
John 10:36-39 KJV
36) Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
37) If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38) But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
39) Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
They understood.
You will be accountable to these words.
Much love!
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