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Re: Can A Person Be A Smoker & Still Be Saved
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Originally Posted by MikeinAR
I never implied that I believed inhaling tar filled smoke into lungs didn't defile the body. It most certainly does.
What I can't do, according to scripture, is say that a person who smokes cigarettes is somehow in worse spiritual condition than others who defile their bodies through any number of other means.
Your point about Phillipians 2:12, someone working out their own salvation with fear and trembling, is key.
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This thread is about smoking. I've avoided going off on the other things you've been saying because, first and foremost, I want to know what you all thought "defiling the temple" means. I think it can applied to anything we do that is unhealthy. I'm struggling to overcome some things, so these verses, sting me just as much as they might others.
The bottom line is I want to please God by glorifying Him in my body and in my Spirit which are His. So I'm not trying to condemn anyone, but I'm not going to say, this is okay and that is okay and we're all going to heaven when the word of God says if we defile our bodies, God will destroy us.
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