I wanted to make it clear that I believe that smoking and an extreme moderate use of alcohol does not condemn if they do so in ignorance.
That's not what you said; you said smoking was a very serious sin in God's eyes.
And someone who has never smoked, never drunk, lived a healthy lifestyle full of good deeds, will still be condemned if they have refused to accept Jesus.
But these kinds of cases are rare and not the norm. Most know of the destructive nature of smoking and alcohol and they do not care about it's bad fruits and they simply partake of these drugs anyways despite the bad harm that they cause.
It doesn't matter at all what the bad fruits are or what harm is caused by smoking - if the person has accepted and trusted in Christ, they do not have eternal life.
Comparing smoking to food is a poor argument. First, they are both bad for you.
No, I said JUNK food. Food is actually good for you; it prevents starvation.
Heavily processed junk food, high in salt, sugar, fat and e numbers has been proved to have a link to heart disease, strokes and in some cases, cancer.
Second, smoking is not a requirement to live like food is required to live.
Heavily processed junk food is not a requirement to live.
I believe in Jesus's teaching on New Testament Non-Resistance.
But do you carry a gun?
Guns have one purpose; to fire bullets. Bullets kill people, which is a tad more serious than blowing cigarette smoke in their face.
It's a piecing together of various different verses and not just one verse alone.
The trouble is that "piecing together various verses" often means "taking verses out of context to make a doctrine"
The Bible is not, and never was, meant to be sliced up; but read as a whole.
The Bible’s teaching that serious sin is separation from GOD,
We are separated from God because of our sin, yes; which is serious.
The only way for that sin to be forgiven so that we are reconciled to God is through Jesus. So refusing to accept Jesus is refusing the only way to be forgiven and have eternal life.
If someone does not have eternal life when they die, they are not saved - which is what I said.
It is obvious that smoking is not loving yourself or your brother which are grevious sins in God's sight.
But if a person dies without having accepted, and trusted in, Jesus, that is the most serious sin of all.
The other sins almost don't matter - against the sin of rejecting God.
Alternately, if someone has received Jesus and has eternal life, they will not be condemned because they are smokers.
It's obvious that smoking is slow murder. Most unbelievers know that smoking takes years off their life and it can lead to many health problems. This is a harmful substance and it is not a requirement for you to live. It is a sin. It will lead people to hell.
Rejecting Jesus with no repentance will always, 100% result in a non believer going to hell.
ALL of Jesus' words have to be taken into account here. To believe in Jesus is to do more than just believe in the person of Jesus for salvation but it is to believe in everything He taught, said, and did, too.
I know that - and he taught that there is no eternal life or way to the Father without him.
Hence, rejecting Jesus and his words is more serious than smoking.
