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Originally Posted by Aquila
I know a person who was filled with the Holy Ghost and water baptized...all the while still addicted to cigarettes. It took nearly a year for their deliverance to come. It was day before a Watch Night service just prior to Communion. The individual committed themselves to be clean at least a day or they wouldn't take communion, they were so convicted. They succeeded...and have been clean since. They were delivered by the convicting power of the Spirit.
They were saved before they quit. In fact, if they weren't, God should have been told... because he gave them the Holy Ghost. It's funny how so many treat the Holy Ghost like it's an impersonal energy that flows even into unregenerate hearts. Folks, the Holy Ghost is the SPIRIT OF GOD. God chose to dwell in this person before they were delivered from smoking. That tells me that if a person were still unsaved because of smoking...they couldn't get the Holy Ghost.
I would treat smoking like an alcohol problem. These are things that often hold on to some saints. These are things to get deliverance from. These are things that can cause us to loose out on all the blessings and rewards God has for us. These can shorten our lives and destroy the destiny God may have had for us. They can hinder our witness and keep us from experiencing the fullness of our salvation.
So if one were addicted to smoking I might not say they are unsaved...but I would say it disqualifies them from being an elder in the church. An elder wasn't to be given to wine...smoking is a similar bondage.
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I do NOT believe anyone has the Holy Ghost that smokes y'all fill this thread with 10,000 testimonies and I won't believe ONE of them. Years ago repented folks quit smoking much less HYoly Ghost filled. Can you smoke pot and have the Holy Ghost?
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