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Re: Can A Person Be A Smoker & Still Be Saved
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Originally Posted by mizpeh
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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I understand, but you can't discuss smoking as a heaven or hell issue without bringing into account the other things that "defile" the temple, IF you believe that we are defiled by what we take into our bodies.
If you believe that Jesus meant what He said, and we're not defiled by what we take in, then this whole conversation is null and void.
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