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1 | A believer who smokes? | Mark 7:18 | Dadda | 124718 | ||
Thank you all for your comments. The Lord will deliver me from this burden as someone has said. Whether I was trying to find an excuse to smoke or not, I really dont think I was. People who do not smoke, are caught in societies view of it being harmful. It was still harmful in the 1940's and no one said anything to a smoker, because most were smokers. I understand the scriptures saying my body is tabernacle. I also understand that in His time God will shape me to what he wants me to be. I do not hide my smoking, nor do I smoke around people who are offended by it. Being a hypocrite is not a concern, because I admit fully that I smoke. Yes I have a family, and yes I do smoke outside, and out of cars that they are in. As someone pointed out, there are larger spiritual issues. If they body were held to be a tabernacle all the time, no one would eat french fries from McDonalds would they. As Hank pointed out, the first person to tell you that smoking is bad, is the person who has to put down the fried chicken they are eating to tell you. EdB, I'm not trying to find answers in the Bible to justify my smoking. I'm trying to find opinions about what smoking is considered in the Believer community. I admire all of your bluntness, and frankness on every issue you all address here. I dont exactly pray for God to remove this burden, more that I pray for God to impose His will on my course of life. Not my will but His be done. Some one said that I was trying to die before my time. I thought only God knew the amount of days there were to a mans life. In that case, smoking would have nothing to do with it would it? Neither would drinking, nor what you ate. Its nice to see that hypocrisy is still not dead, in the world of believers. Please forgive that I posed this question. Thank you for all your feedback. I appreciate every point of guidance all of you here provide. | ||||||
2 | A believer who smokes? | Mark 7:18 | Hank | 124731 | ||
Dadda, just to set the record straight: The following statement is quoted from your post 124718 __"As Hank pointed out, the first person to tell you that smoking is bad is the person who has to put down the fried chicken they are eating to tell you."__ ...... No, Hank didn't point that out; he said no such thing, Dadda. I don't mind being quoted, but I do mind being misquoted. ..... By the way, you have been given sound advice on this thread. From the general tone of your response, it doesn't appear that you're yet prepared to act on it. Perhaps you hoped we would say, "It's o.k. to indulge your habit. It won't shorten your life. God has already decided how long you'll live anyway, etc. etc., so go ahead and puff away to your heart's content." ...... Perhaps it wouldn't hurt a thing to look up the word 'rationalize' in a good dictionary, Dadda, and refresh your mind on its meaning. --Hank | ||||||