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NASB | Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship. |
Subject: Smoking, or Non? |
Bible Note: What are the possibilities of lighting up a cigarette or cigar or joint in the Name of JESUS? We are explicitly told in Col 3:17 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. Now, if smoking is of JESUS then one should be blessed in satisfying the flesh in this way. If smoking is of the world (and it is) then smoking is a carnal act that has nothng to do with JESUS and HIS LORDSHIP. Smoking violates GOD's Prime Directive to HIS Children ... 1 John 2:15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. When we understand how Holy GOD is ... we will understand how the act of smoking defiles what HE has made holy ... our bodies! If smoking is Christian act (and it is not) and can be called holy (and it cannot be so called)... then do it in the Name of JESUS! |