Author	Thread: Is smoking a sin or just a bad habit?
Moonlight7 View Profile History	Is smoking a sin or just a bad habit? Posted : 29 Apr, 2021 03:46 PM Menthol cigarettes FDA moves to ban. However, this may take years. Tobacco companies will fight ban. 85% of blks smoke the Menthol. CBS reporter Post Reply
Moonlight7 View Profile History	Is smoking a sin or just a bad habit? Posted : 29 Apr, 2021 04:01 PM God does not Approve of unhealthy habits. That could include many other kind of things. alcoholics pornography fornication Arguments List goes on and on................. Post Reply
Moonlight7 View Profile History	Is smoking a sin or just a bad habit? Posted : 29 Apr, 2021 04:08 PM www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com Post Reply
ADAM7777 View Profile History	Is smoking a sin or just a bad habit? Posted : 30 Apr, 2021 12:58 AM 1 John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. Post Reply
View Profile History	Is smoking a sin or just a bad habit? Posted : 30 Apr, 2021 08:50 AM before we get started the main reason that people berate people who smoke even sometimes go as far as to say " it's a sin or someone may even go to hell because of it " is obviously because it's unhealthy and a nutrient robber ....... But the same can be said for someone who indulges in potato chips soda candy all kinds of sweets too so this can be applied across the board the bible does not address the issue of smoking cigarettes and whether or not it is a sin. Therefore, we need to look at other scriptures and see if we can derive an answer. The first place to examine would be where the Bible tells us that our body is a temple of God........ 1 Cor. 6:19-20, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.” this scripture clearly tells us that we are not our own and that the Holy Spirit is living in us. Since we have been bought with a price, we are to live godly and holy lives. This means that we are to do everything we can to bring glory to God and to take care of our own bodies. This includes what we eat and drink as well. Obviously, smoking is harmful to the body since it involves inhaling smoke into the lungs. Smoking is also highly addictive so it can quickly control you. This is bad because the Bible tells us not to be mastered by anything. 1 Cor. 6:12, “All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.” smoking also diverts money that could more properly be used for paying bills, tithing, helping others, providing for your family, etc. By purchasing cigarettes, people help to support an industry that brings other people into addiction. What do you do if you are addicted to cigarettes? If you are addicted to cigarettes, then you should pray and ask the Lord to deliver you from the addiction. God has said in 2 Cor. 12:9 that His grace is sufficient for you and that His strength is made perfect in weakness. It is certainly a weakness to be addicted to cigarettes, and the strength of the Lord can help you break that habit. If need be, see a doctor and get on a regimen to break the habit. If you are addicted to cigarettes, are you going to hell? No, you’re not going to hell if you’re addicted to cigarettes. The Christian’s salvation is not dependent upon how good or bad he is. Salvation is dependent upon the faithfulness of Christ, not if you smoke cigarettes. Though some sins are worse than others, we need to repent of all sins. Remember, Jesus bore all our sins in His body on the cross (1 Pet. 2:24) and we are saved by grace through faith, not grace, and being good. though we cannot definitively say that smoking is a sin nor eating junk food for that matter all of it can be done in moderation just as long as it doesn't harm our bodies the temple of the Holy Spirit nor become a stumbling block to those around us Post Reply