Is smoking sinful?
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Good question! I enjoy a cigarette every once and a while, socially.
The Bible does not forbid smoking "anything" directly, so we'll need to look and see if we can find any other qualities of smoking forbidden.
Generalized
At the most general level we can equate cigarettes with damage to your body, thus this verse stands to teach us.
1 Cor 6:19-20 (NIV)
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honour God with your body.
And this warning about gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature.
Eph 2:1-3 (NIV)
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath.
Here's the stand that I take: "In moderation" God did not come down to tell you that you cannot enjoy life, but instead He came down to teach you how to love others. I would say that smoking hurts nobody but yourself, thus you are not breaking the law of love. In moderation smoking will not kill you.
Eph 5:18 (TCN)
Do not drink wine to excess... but seek to be filled with the Spirit of God.
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There are some questions you can ask yourself about smoking. For example:
Does smoking show respect or disrespect for God's gift of life?? Acts 17:24,25, Philippians 1:10,11
Is it consistent with what God requires Christians to render to him? Romans 12:1
- Is it consistent for a person to present himself to God for sacred service and then deliberately to ruin his health?
Does it violate the divine requirement that we love our neighbor? James 2:7, Matthew 7:12
Does smoking contaminate the body? 2 Corinthians 7:1
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