Is it a sin.

[Blessedboy]

hello im kinda new here, but i was wondering if it is a sin to smoke cigarettes especially the new electronic cigarettes which doesnt harm you.
thanks

 

[I'ddie4him2]

Well, To be perfetly honest, You will get differing opinions and viewpoints on this depending on who answers.
Some faiths or denominations believe it is a sin to smoke, Others don't. Same goes for drinking occasionally.
The bible does say not to consume things that are unhealthy, But, IMHO, I don't believe smoking is a sin.
Hope this helps a bit.

 

[Religiousopponent]

Nothing is a sin. Stop using that word. It is meaningless.

 

[Kathy]

Nothing is a sin. Stop using that word. It is meaningless.

Sad to say there are plenty of sins in this world... Sin does exist...

 

[WorshipBassist]

Reminds me of the piece of Scripture

"A man is not made unclean by what he puts into his mouth, but what comes forth from his mouth makes him unclean" (Matthew 15:10)

 

[Religiousopponent]

Sad to say there are plenty of sins in this world... Sin does exist...

Here what are you talking about? You just stated that sin exists without offering any evidence. For sin to exist, there would have to be a creator of our universe and sin would be the violation of his wishes.... but there isn't a creator since all arguments for a creator can be boiled down to either infinite regression or circular logic, both being totally fallacious arguments. Therefore we can deduce that the concept of sin is meaningless.

 

[mont974x4]

Smoking in and of itself isn't a sin. However, we aren't to let things control us, and any addiction is a control issue and therefore sin. We also must be aware of people around who have issues with it because we don't want to be a stumbling block.


Yes, sin exists. It's even in 184 verses in the NASB. 94 of those verese are in the NT.

(Mat 12:31) "Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.
(Mat 18:21) Then Peter came and said to Him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?"
(Mar 3:29) but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"--
(Joh 1:29) The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
(Joh 5:14) Afterward Jesus *found him in the temple and said to him, "Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you."
(Joh 8:7) But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."
(Joh 8:11) She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin no more."]
(Joh 8:21) Then He said again to them, "I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come."
(Joh 8:34) Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.
(Joh 8:46) "Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?
(Joh 9:41) Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.
(Joh 15:22) "If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
(Joh 15:24) "If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.
(Joh 16:8) "And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;
(Joh 16:9) concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;
(Joh 19:11) Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin."
(Act 7:60) Then falling on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" Having said this, he fell asleep.
(Rom 3:9) What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;
(Rom 3:20) because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.
(Rom 4:8) "BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT."
(Rom 5:12) Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned--
(Rom 5:13) for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
(Rom 5:20) The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
(Rom 5:21) so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
(Rom 6:1) What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?
(Rom 6:2) May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?
(Rom 6:6) knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;
(Rom 6:7) for he who has died is freed from sin.
(Rom 6:10) For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.
(Rom 6:11) Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
(Rom 6:12) Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,
(Rom 6:13) and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
(Rom 6:14) For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
(Rom 6:15) What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!
(Rom 6:16) Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?
(Rom 6:17) But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed,
(Rom 6:18) and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
(Rom 6:20) For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
(Rom 6:22) But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.
(Rom 6:23) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Rom 7:7) What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "YOU SHALL NOT COVET."
(Rom 7:8) But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead.
(Rom 7:9) I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died;
(Rom 7:11) for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.
(Rom 7:13) Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by effecting my death through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.
(Rom 7:14) For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin.
(Rom 7:17) So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.
(Rom 7:20) But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.
(Rom 7:23) but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members.
(Rom 7:25) Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.
(Rom 8:2) For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
(Rom 8:3) For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,
(Rom 8:10) If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
(Rom 14:23) But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.
(1Co 6:18) Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body.
(1Co 7:36) But if any man thinks that he is acting unbecomingly toward his virgin daughter, if she is past her youth, and if it must be so, let him do what he wishes, he does not sin; let her marry.
(1Co 8:12) And so, by sinning against the brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
(1Co 15:56) The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law;
(2Co 5:21) He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
(2Co 11:7) Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge?
(2Co 11:29) Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led into sin without my intense concern?
(Gal 2:17) "But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be!
(Gal 3:22) But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
(Eph 4:26) BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
(1Ti 5:20) Those who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence of all, so that the rest also will be fearful of sinning.
(1Ti 5:22) Do not lay hands upon anyone too hastily and thereby share responsibility for the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin.
(Heb 3:13) But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called "Today," so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
(Heb 4:15) For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.
(Heb 9:26) Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
(Heb 9:28) so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.
(Heb 10:6) IN WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKEN NO PLEASURE.
(Heb 10:8) After saying above, "SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, NOR HAVE YOU TAKEN PLEASURE in them" (which are offered according to the Law),
(Heb 10:18) Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin.
(Heb 11:25) choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,
(Heb 12:1) Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
(Heb 12:4) You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin;
(Heb 13:11) For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.
(Jas 1:15) Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.
(Jas 2:9) But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
(Jas 4:17) Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.
(1Pe 2:20) For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.
(1Pe 2:22) WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH;
(1Pe 2:24) and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
(1Pe 4:1) Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
(2Pe 2:14) having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;
(1Jn 1:7) but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
(1Jn 1:8) If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
(1Jn 2:1) My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
(1Jn 3:4) Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
(1Jn 3:5) You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.
(1Jn 3:8) the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.
(1Jn 3:9) No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
(1Jn 5:16) If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask and God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should make request for this.
(1Jn 5:17) All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.



btw why do you have a Christian fiath icon and then deny the existance of God?

 

[Lirpa]

(Mat 12:31) "Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

Oh no! I used to say G-D it...and JC all the time..Am I going to go to hell? :o

 

[rebekahy2k]

I have a Godly source that indicated to me that this smoke is a device of the devil. BY filling you up with dark stuff he can then use as a tool against you.

hello im kinda new here, but i was wondering if it is a sin to smoke cigarettes especially the new electronic cigarettes which doesnt harm you.
thanks

 

[manicfaith]

Hi....First of all, I want to say that I don't think it's necessarily a sin, more like a personal conviction. When I reconnected with Jesus, His grace floored me. I can't even describe how I felt, except to say that I felt like trash, so, so ashamed to even be allowed to feel the meaning of the sacrifice he made for me.
Anyway, thankfully, he forgives us(and we don't have to feel like that forever), and washes us clean of all our past impurities and sins. Once He did that for me, and I knew He'd come into my heart, I just felt....that I didn't want to disrespect my body by smoking anymore. Why? Because HE made it clean, and now HE is living in it.
Jesus is so precious to me, and I'm still in awe that I carry Him around with me wherever I go, because He lives in me. I can't bring myself to smoke anymore.
I should note that it hasn't been easy. It's not magic. My flesh still reminded me of my cravings, but Jesus' power, or maybe my response to Jesus' power? Has been stronger.
Also should be noted that I know plenty of people who I love and respect who smoke, and I know one man at my church who smokes. I try not to let that get in the way of what I can share and learn from them....
Romans 12:3 tells us:
For by the grace given me I say to everyone of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgement in accordance to the measure of faith God has given to you.

So, in short, I was convicted to quit, I felt it was wrong...I think as a born-again Christian I need to have a healthy respect for my body because my SAVIOR is living in here. What if you (if you're a woman) were pregnant? Wouldn't you want to protect that baby from alcohol, smoke, drugs, etc? When you're a Christian, you have the living Christ inside your heart....your body is His temple...

hope this helped, God bless....

 

[manicfaith]

Sorry, just want to add these verses, they might help....

Rom 6:16 (Phi) You "belong" to the power you choose to obey...


1 Pet 2:11c (Phi) Keep clear of the desires of your lower natures, for they are always at war with your souls.

Rom 8:12-13 (Phi) So then, my brothers, you can see that we owe no duty to our sensual nature, or to live life on the level of instincts. Indeed that way of living leads to certain spiritual death. But if on the other hand you cut the nerve of your instinctive actions by obeying the Spirit, you will live.

1Co 6:12 (NIV) "Everything is permissible for me"--but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"--but I will not be mastered by anything.

Rom 6:16 (NEB) ... if you put yourselves at the disposal of a master, to obey him, you are slaves of the master whom you obey; and this is true whether you serve sin, with death as its result; or obedience, with righteousness as its result.
2 Pet 2:19 (Jer) ... if anyone lets himself be dominated by anything, he is a slave to it... Rom 6:12-13 (Phi) Do not, then, allow sin to establish any power over your mortal bodies in making you give way to your lusts. Nor hand over your bodily parts to be, as it were, weapons of evil for the devil's purposes. But, like men rescued from certain death, put yourselves in God's hands as weapons of good for his own purposes.

 

[wblueskylives]

It may have already been said, but:

1 Corinthians 6:19-20: "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body,"

And that's really how I see it. Personally, I'm just starting my whole journey to quitting (just smoked my last one, pray that I'll get through it this time), but it's been in the back of my head that I'm polluting God's temple every time I smoke.

Jesus paid a hefty price for our salvation, and if we're truly alive in the Holy Spirit, then we should be dead to things that can, and will, kill us. This is coming from a Christian though, take from it what you will.

 

[Elvis1234]

especially the new electronic cigarettes which doesnt harm you.
thanks

Most e-cigarette liquids I've come across contain Propylene glycol. This aparently is a strong skin irritant and can cause liver abnormalities and kidney damage.

It is in everything from soap to industrial cleaner to enamels.

According to a quick google search (I dont have enough posts to give you links):

"Prolonged PG contact is essentially non-irritating to the skin. Undiluted PG is minimally irritating to the eye, and can produce slight transient conjunctivitis (the eye recovers after the exposure is removed). Exposure to mists may cause eye irritation, as well as upper respiratory tract irritation.18 Inhalation of the PG vapors appears to present no significant hazard in ordinary applications. However, limited human experience indicates that inhalation of PG mists may be irritating to some individuals. Therefore inhalation exposure to mists of these materials should be avoided. In general, Dow does not support or recommend the use of PG in applications where inhalation exposure or human eye contact with the spray mists of these materials is likely, such as fogs for theatrical productions or antifreeze solutions for emergency eye wash stations.19
PG does not cause sensitization and shows no evidence of being a carcinogen or of being genotoxic.20"

 

[JamesTG]

As a smoker myself, I don't (obviously and ostensibly) find it to be a sin. I think that the sin comes from the addiction to a substance – letting something control your life that is unholy and unhealthy.

Some chalk it up for a disobedience of the fifth/sixth (depending on the sect of Christianity) commandment: "Thou shall not kill" The Hebrew verb for the word "kill" is ratsach. It generally translates to mean murder as a criminal act, and not the act of killing. But, I digress.

To answer your question, I think that smoking is not a bad thing, unless you allow it to be a bad thing in your life. If you knowingly allow it to murder you, I think that you should reconsider what effect it has on your life.

Stay in good health, my friend.

Best,

- J.

 

[Cassiopeia]

No, smoking is not a sin. It is however, very dangerous. Even the electronic ones that are supposed to be harmless. Nicotine is one of the single most addictive substances on the planet. It will alter your blood chemistry, and it will affect your brain.

however, there is medical evidence to say that it is an effective pain alternative when used in tinctures and creams and orally taken, nicotine is being studied for ADD sufferers and fibromyalgia pain.

 

[cherishedmemories]

I would have to say yes because you are hurting your body which it talks about not doing this in the bible. As far as the e-cig, I don't know. They have not found any way it hurts your body.

I am a smoker but recently switched to the e-cig. They have different levels of nicotine including 0 nicotine and I am going to slowly wean myself off of the e-cig.

 

[ahiggs]

a friend of mine use to say...you will not go to hell for smoking, it will just make you smell like you have already been there.

 

[zmic]

It is most definitely a sin. Filling every cell of your god-given body with poison, it's a very dark thing.

 

[SirKenny85]

I do not believe the act of smoking is a sin, and heck, I know plenty of people who smoke that are the nicest people in the world. The main problem with smoking is the addiction, not the act itself....At least, this is all in my opinion

 

[JordanDaniel]

Here what are you talking about? You just stated that sin exists without offering any evidence. For sin to exist, there would have to be a creator of our universe and sin would be the violation of his wishes.... but there isn't a creator since all arguments for a creator can be boiled down to either infinite regression or circular logic, both being totally fallacious arguments. Therefore we can deduce that the concept of sin is meaningless.

You my friend are tangible proof that this country was based on humanism. I suggest you trash your humanistic ways before it is too late. Or your going to be in Hell for all eternity. Cursing the day you didn't listen to me, wishing you never read my warning..because I was right. Repent brother...repent.