Why is weed a sin

[Floatingaxe]

Malachi 3:5
"At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.


Come, Lord Jesus...

 

[holo]

Modernity doesn't remove the seriousness of the sin of sorcery, which is drug abuse.

OK, that clarifies it for me. It's not the drugs in and of themselves that are bad, or, as you see it, have to do with sorcery.

But still, you're on pretty thin ice claiming that the act of getting intoxicated somehow has to do with sorcery. Using the text you quoted, it would in fact be easier to call most medical doctors and evangelical preachers sorcerers, since they all tend to be "one who uses drugs, potions, spells, enchantments".

What some satanist did to get in touch with satan in the first century has precious little to do with a teen experimenting with pot or mushrooms today. Not that the kid shouldn't stay away from it, but it's just not the same thing. Just like the bible isn't an evil book even though preachers have misused it to ruin people emotionally and even physically.

 

[holo]

I believe what my God-given leaders have taught and continue to teach.

My leaders are more God-given than yours

 

[holo]

In the NT where it is said,

Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.


The word, "sorcery" refers to those who use and deal in illicit drugs and practice witchcraft as well. How does your "circle of churches" interpret it? Ask your pastor---see what he says.

There are a lot of common interpretations about a lot of things from the bible, and they're commonly wrong too. Just pick some doctrine you don't agree with, and check out how COMMON it is.

Commonality doesn't really mean jack. And think about it; why didn't the writers of the bible group getting drunk together with this sorcery stuff? Is alcohol so fundamentally different?

My own experience with drugs (both as a spectator and a former addict) is that there's absolutely NO sort of magic link between sorcery and drugs. None whatsoever. Yes, shamans have used mushrooms in their rituals and such, but again, satanists even use the bible. You shouldn't give all this power to dead things. Like Larry Norman said, "I don't believe the devil should have your soul, your music, he shouldn't have anything."

 

[Cassidy]

Where you an addict Holo? Wow! Can I asked how you became delivered from it?

As I said in previous posts...yes some drugs/herbs/objects etc have been used in sorcery and witchcraft but it doesn't mean the 'things' are sorcery...just how they are used.

Floatingaxe you said 'drug abuse'...but your original post mentioned drugs...not drug abuse as being a problem. Having said that, I have to say...and I'm sure you'd agree, that any drug taking is abuse in my opinion....what I did all those years ago was abuse too...I never became addicted to pot but, I do believed I abused it. And I still cannot see the connection between drugs the use of...or abuse of...drugs as having any affiliation with the occult unless...they are used FOR THAT PURPOSE.

 

[Floatingaxe]

My leaders are more God-given than yours

After reading countless of your posts, sweetie, I highly doubt that...

 

[Floatingaxe]

There are a lot of common interpretations about a lot of things from the bible, and they're commonly wrong too. Just pick some doctrine you don't agree with, and check out how COMMON it is.

Commonality doesn't really mean jack. And think about it; why didn't the writers of the bible group getting drunk together with this sorcery stuff? Is alcohol so fundamentally different?

My own experience with drugs (both as a spectator and a former addict) is that there's absolutely NO sort of magic link between sorcery and drugs. None whatsoever. Yes, shamans have used mushrooms in their rituals and such, but again, satanists even use the bible. You shouldn't give all this power to dead things. Like Larry Norman said, "I don't believe the devil should have your soul, your music, he shouldn't have anything."

Magic? hmmm..no one said magic. nonetheless, there is a connection. Sorry you have a hard time understanding that. I'm not going to force it on you. People who know the Scriptures know the connection--and teach it. Those who miss it--don't.

 

[Floatingaxe]

Where you an addict Holo? Wow! Can I asked how you became delivered from it?

As I said in previous posts...yes some drugs/herbs/objects etc have been used in sorcery and witchcraft but it doesn't mean the 'things' are sorcery...just how they are used.

Floatingaxe you said 'drug abuse'...but your original post mentioned drugs...not drug abuse as being a problem. Having said that, I have to say...and I'm sure you'd agree, that any drug taking is abuse in my opinion....what I did all those years ago was abuse too...I never became addicted to pot but, I do believed I abused it. And I still cannot see the connection between drugs the use of...or abuse of...drugs as having any affiliation with the occult unless...they are used FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Sorry, but I disagree with you. Taking Advil for my headache is not abuse--nor is it a sin.

 

[Cassidy]

Not according to your other post...it said 'drugs'...I guess now you're having second thoughts on that huh?

 

[Floatingaxe]

Not according to your other post...it said 'drugs'...I guess now you're having second thoughts on that huh?

Not at all. This thread is not discussiing appropriate use, but touches only on the abuse or misuse of, or dealing in illicit drugs. You know that, right?

 

[Cassidy]

This thread is asking if weed was a sin. Pot...on it's own...abuse or not! You're the one who posted the meanings of sorcery which means 'Pharmecy' or whatever it was (sorry too lazy to go back and look now ) and Pharmecy means drugs...not ABUSE of drugs...just drugs. And that post made reference to drugs being sorcery...and I challenge that notion because I think it's ridiculous. When I pick you up on it, mentioning every day drugs (painkillers etc) you now saying that only the 'abuse' of drugs is sorcery?? But that's NOT what you said....not at all!

 

[DeaconDean]

Listen guys, your not getting anywhere here. Just going round and round in circles.

The Bible tells us that God created everything, and it was good. Even poison oak.

Now what it is good for, other than giving one a rash I can't say, but said it was good.

There are a lot of different opinions being offered here. But the one thing I fail see in all this is the location being taken into consideration of each poster.

My Bible tells me:

"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God...Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour." -Rom. 13:1, 7 (KJV)

Marijuana, pot, weed, smoke, etc., in and of itself is a good thing as it was created by our Lord.

But, as I said before, nobody here is taking into account the location of each poster.

I live in the United States. Specifically, in North Carolina. And as such, North Carolina has passed laws that say pocession of marijuana in any amount is a crime.

Regardless of how I feel about it, to pocess it, smoke it, use it, is against the law and therefore, I am sinning because I have not:

"be subject unto the higher powers." -Rom. 13:1 (KJV)

When Jesus was here on earth, even though He was the one who gave the "Law" even He was subject to it. He was not above it, and had to live according to it.

Now some countries allow it, and if your living in a country where it is allowed, I don't have a problem with it.

I'm a smoker of "pot". But, and I add clairification here, until the law is changed and they make it "legal" which is highly doubtful, I cannot somke it because I would be sinning.

It is really just that simple folks.

Don't let it get overly complicated.

"Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work," -Titus 3:1 (KJV)

God Bless

Till all are one.

 

[Shiversblood]

Listen guys, your not getting anywhere here. Just going round and round in circles.

The Bible tells us that God created everything, and it was good. Even poison oak.

Now what it is good for, other than giving one a rash I can't say, but said it was good.

There are a lot of different opinions being offered here. But the one thing I fail see in all this is the location being taken into consideration of each poster.

My Bible tells me:

"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God...Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour." -Rom. 13:1, 7 (KJV)

Marijuana, pot, weed, smoke, etc., in and of itself is a good thing as it was created by our Lord.

But, as I said before, nobody here is taking into account the location of each poster.

I live in the United States. Specifically, in North Carolina. And as such, North Carolina has passed laws that say pocession of marijuana in any amount is a crime.

Regardless of how I feel about it, to pocess it, smoke it, use it, is against the law and therefore, I am sinning because I have not:

"be subject unto the higher powers." -Rom. 13:1 (KJV)

When Jesus was here on earth, even though He was the one who gave the "Law" even He was subject to it. He was not above it, and had to live according to it.

Now some countries allow it, and if your living in a country where it is allowed, I don't have a problem with it.

I'm a smoker of "pot". But, and I add clairification here, until the law is changed and they make it "legal" which is highly doubtful, I cannot somke it because I would be sinning.

It is really just that simple folks.

Don't let it get overly complicated.

"Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work," -Titus 3:1 (KJV)

God Bless

Till all are one.

Martin Luthor King Jr. said, "An unjust law is no law at all."

 

[Floatingaxe]

Smoking anything isn't good for us. Lungs are meant to inhale air for life. As the temple of the Holy Spirit, we sin by ingesting smoke of any kind--noxious, psychedelic or other.

 

[Floatingaxe]

I'm a smoker of "pot". But, and I add clairification here, until the law is changed and they make it "legal" which is highly doubtful, I cannot somke it because I would be sinning.

Don't you mean you WERE a smoker of pot?

 

[DeaconDean]

Smoking anything isn't good for us. Lungs are meant to inhale air for life. As the temple of the Holy Spirit, we sin by ingesting smoke of any kind--noxious, psychedelic or other.

Over eating is just as bad, are you going to point a finger at "fat" people and tell them how wrong they are?

"Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand...But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ." Rom. 14:4, 10 (KJV)

You gonna tell us next that we should all wear self-contained breathing apparatus' to breath because the air is polluted we are harming our body which is the temple of the Spirit?

I'm gonna be honest with you.

When I came to the Lord He told me to quit smoking dope, and to quit drinking. And I did. I didn't want to, but He changed me.

Now when the Lord tells me to quit smoking cigerettes, I will. But until then,...

According to your standards, a lot of things we should stop doing.

Are you going to tell us to stop drinking coffee because it contains caffine which is a mild stimulant and thus we are hurting our body which is the temple of the Lord?

Or how about those people who drink espresso?

"For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him." -Rom. 14:2-3 (KJV)

God Bless

Till all are one.

 

[Cassidy]

Smoking anything isn't good for us. Lungs are meant to inhale air for life. As the temple of the Holy Spirit, we sin by ingesting smoke of any kind--noxious, psychedelic or other.

To this I agree...to a certain extent because we need to be careful because fats, sugars, salts ...caffeine etc can be damaging to our bodies...now lets be honest...how many of us have overindulged in these things from time to time?? (puts hand up - guilty as charged )

As for smoke in the lungs...if you live the the city you are done for...pretty much. And all Christians should move to the country or we'd all be sinning from breathing in the pollutants in the air. So we need to be very careful what we say.....I guess

That's why I've said about it become a 'lifestyle'. And pot, even though it's SUPPOSE to be non-addictive, I do believe that the affects of it can be addictive (if you are so inclined) and it's easy to slip into that kind of lifestyle.

 

[Floatingaxe]

I love espresso!

 

[Floatingaxe]

"For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him." -Rom. 14:2-3 (KJV)

That doesn't cover taking drugs, such as cannabis. A Christian has a clear message from God about the error in partaking in that. It's not optional. We must reject it.

 

[Floatingaxe]

We are being called to be separate unto righteousness. There is a refiner's fire coming that we need to desire and love, because it will teach us about being separate and holy.

Then there is the consuming fire coming for the wicked. Wickedness in us will meet with God's wrath. We don't want to have God's wrath on us.

Malachi 3:16-18
Then those who feared the Lord spoke with each other, and the Lord listened to what they said. In his presence, a scroll of remembrance was written to record the names of those who feared him and always thought about the honor of his name.“They will be my people,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “On the day when I act in judgment, they will be my own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child. Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

Malachi 4:1-2
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.“But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.