Christians Smoking Marijuana? - Ask Pastor Tim 

Great comment

Beautifully written

I am on day 3 with no weed.. I put in 5 days last week till I realized that I kinda don't like myself. I realize it as a problem in itself but my mind just works so overtime that I get exhausted. I finally smoked a quarter joint and thought in horror of all the tactless facebook posts I had made. I hurried to the activity log and repented and erased most of them and spent more time in prayer and the word than I had all week. I don't like being high and really didn't use it to get high.. there was a voice that said " that's enough" and I listened.. I gotta say I was told I had to take antidepressants all my life and they made me dead inside and suicidal and hopeless. I do not want to offend God but I am very confused because I function far better and to be honest, I feel able to calm my mind and to talk to God. I am so confused.. i want to be obedient but i also miss how i was. It was working. I'm not arguing for or against, but that's where I'm at..

The key as with all things that we do is: what are our intentions/motivations? Added to what you said Oscar are people who have been through some type(s) of trauma, and try to use substances to cope, rather than speaking to a councelor/minister etc. and getting help.

Me? I just wanna relax after studying or have a chill gaming session with my friends after a long day. I’m not using it to get baked as heck, more so just to enjoy life more, using it like a supplement to my life, like a bodybuilder would use whey protein. There’s animals proteins and plant proteins (other ways to enjoy life), but sometimes using whey (cannabis) is a good alternative when needed. As long as it’s not the lord of your life, and you love God with all your heart, there’s no reason to spark a J after work the same way some people use melatonin to sleep. Intention is everything

Amen!!!

Mayan Empire Because life is a test, and you can't have a test with only right answers.

Mayan Empire I'm not saying weed is bad, but it definitely can be depending on who is using it and for what reason

Mayan Empire why did God make poison ivy? Do you smoke or eat poison ivy too?

Amanda Brown bad argument. Poison ivy is POISON. Marijuana is not poison. Marijuana is also less toxic than alcohol, so why would we be aloud to drink alcohol but not consume thc? Totally see your point though

William Mosley I'm not going to argue, but I will simply say that I used to smoke marijuana and God took it from me and made me become allergic to it. It is not from God, in my experience with it and in my opinion. He also did the a similar thing with alcohol when I began to use it to cope with the loss of my two children. He set me free from it. Then (finally) last year I allowed Him to take cigarettes me! Unfortunately I'm allergic to it now and can't even be around it, but the benefits far out way the bad. I now maintain the best high one could possibly have that is consistent and has no side effects. I believe that ALL of that stuff is bad and it blocks us from connecting to Our Creator & Christ by causing our bodies to remain in a lower vibration that attracts demonic spirits or at least keeps us enslaved to Satan and blind to the Truth. Sorry that was so long. If you made this far then Thank-You for reading a little bit about my experiences and opinion.

K P if only you knew how Satanists use marijuana as a gateway drug to gain access to your soul, you'd understand why Christians are against marijuana

jajajajaja, what a tool.

@@karabo933 you are wrong CBD has many applications . I bet you think hemp is bad also

I agree. Most Christians don't know what the benefits are or how cannabis even works in our body.

I cracked my skull.. I was saved by God, God then gave me marijuana later in life. Am I sinning suddenyl when Im on weed? no. I agreed 1000% with K P My parents use christianity as entitlement where they can tell me what to do.

True that!!!Amen

Because these receptors were made for endocannbinoids which the body produces on its own. THC and CBD mimics these endocannabinoids. Did you really think these receptors exists exclusively for weed?

industrial hemp that has high levels of cannabidiol (CBD) but very very low THC does not achieve drunkenness in moderation, but also helps the mind and body as a natural medicinal. But cannibus having high levels of THC can in low dosages/moderation cause drunkenness/psychoactivity of which is spoken against in scripture. So industrial Hemp is ok wherever it is legal to have and consume, but cannibus is not legal nor ok with God because of it's psychoactivity in low dosages/moderation that will lead to be passive to debauchery. Regardless of ones subjective objections or tolerance, God knows better and speaks against drunkenness for our protection.

@Austin Friedner the debate boils down to drunkenness/psychoactivity and I would even add mental addiction that can occur even though there is no physical property that causes physical addiction as nicotine. God opened our eyes to the reality that drunkness/psychoactivity leads to being passive to debauchery. It does not matter if a substance has a positive property as it's negative property being drunkenness in moderation outweighs the benefits and why it is spoken against by God. But Hemp being a variety of the sativa kind is non psychoactive, which has similar beneficial properties as cannibus but with moderation does not cause psychoactivity when consumed. Your assuming I'm being arrogant or even ignorant even though in my discussion I did not say that cannibus has within it's properties only negatives. You assumed this because I was debating against the negative properties of cannibus without providing information of it's benefits. That is not being arrogant or ignorant. strategic? yes, in keeping people focused on why God is against cannibus vs Industrial hemp but not arrogant or ignorant. So i pointed out why it should not be used being that what is negative of it, is spoken against by God which out wieghs any benefit it does have. TABACCO has beneficial properties too as an sedative that suppresses hunger,anxiety and stress but its negatives of addiction, cancer, stroke,heart attacks, cardiovascular issues, weakening the immunity out wieghs any beneficial properties especially sense it damages the body in low dosages. But ultimately because God speaking against addiction and consuming something that in moderation could damage His temple being our body that He owns. So just because an plant or synthetic has beneficial properties does not mean it is ok to consume if it does damage in moderation, causes addiction and causes drunkenness in moderation.

@@josephkuzara2609 fuk outta here now u making up your own rules you ain Gods Speaker STFU

@Evangelist Baptist Johm Worley one sip of alcohol is not sin, as God had allowed alchohol in moderation both old testament and new testament. We are to not become addicted to booze nor a drunkard. There is no talking against drinking it, just the dissipation of it which leads to drunkenness and addiction.

You can use cannabis and remain sober.

Nah it was made illegal due to racism

It took away from pharma profits and the textiles companies actually funded "Reefer madness".

@@alecdalziell7128 ot was not racism, it was the companies making paper by chopping down trees would of gone out of business due to hemp paper being so easy to make and recycleable. so they made anyone who smoked it look crazy, by aslo using racism, but its foundation was not racism.

Cannabis was made illegal because Nixon hated the hippies and it gave him a reason to throw them in jail and make everyone hate them...he hated the hippies because he wanted a war in Nam' and the damn tree huggers were stopping the napalm from flowing. That's why marijuana was truly made a schedule 1 drug.

Romans 13:1-2: "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. Whosoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation." I see nothing here that says obey the only the laws you agree with.

@@thrills120 it was made illegal 30+years earlier. Look up Harry Anslinger and the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937

Same brother

Joshua James I recently too gave it up and I was always and advocate of marijuana but the HOLY SPIRIT has been working on me and lead me away from a lot of things that were bad for me. I can't say enough how mercyful God is in Christ Jesus our LORD. Praise HIS MIGHTY name. God bless

Wow!!!!!

it wasn't the Spirit that convicted you... it was your dead and powerless religion.

I’m trying, I have serious sleeping issues as well as issues that marijuana helps me from past trauma in life and mainly the military. I’d say I let it go too far, it was way too much, but if I’m only using it during my worst episodes, I wonder, I believe I feel conviction from the Holy Spirit, so I will attempt to stop completely, right now I’m onllllly doing it when I need it, sincerely, I’ve cut my use down probably 80 to 90 percent. This is a massive grey area that lies heavy on my heart. Which is why I should probably just try and stop.

You can't compare apples and oranges, chemo saves lives, cannabis doesn't

@@cathyhamlin3611 that's funny... And disingenuous. We know chemotherapy kills thousands every year. How many bodies does cannabis account for?

@@cathyhamlin3611 It helps people eat sleep also takes away the pain they have to deal with what the hell are you on about????

@@confessjesus-now3606 A good ole zero also no physical withdrawls cannabis seems to be the most safe and effective medication known to man that you can literally grow in your backyard. And big pharma just doesn’t like that

@@cathyhamlin3611chemotherapy violently killed my sister, it melted her from the inside out, she had a year left and was dead in 45 days, kind of bitter at you a bit.

Jared Drogose this makes me wanna do it more tbh

Doesn't alcohol alter the mind?

Hey whenever you finish that book I’d like a copy

I wasn't a couch potato, but it made me lazy and unmotivated, the dope friends I knew were going nada with their lives, plus it affects memory, and paranoid with killer anxiety

By the way, are you a christian?

@@cathyhamlin3611 yes I am a christian

I have been a Christian since I was eight and in ministry for decades Smoking pot is not a sin No more than taken insulin I began at 40 Changed my life Weed much safer than the pharmaceutical industry. He is merely given his opinion we all have one. God alone is the judge

Not sure if this is the most pressing issue in the church. I thought it was going out in the world and preaching the Gospel so the list can be saved.

The word of God tells us cannabis is there for us to use.

@@Bc232klm Nope. www.equip.org/article/bible-teach-cannabis-plant/

He doesn't tho Lmfaooo

1003003 dl “...who i would consider...” Thank God you’re not God.

This is not a testimony

Further more is it a glory to God for His children to suffer and be unable to function?? Absolutely not. Jesus did a complete work on the cross. All the necessary suffering ended there with Him. Jesus died so that we may have fullness of life. There is no glory to God through us by us being a martyr of sickness and pain.

As Christians my main issue with using pot. Is that it may be a matter of confusion for folks on both sides of the matter. For example a young Christian may think its fine for them if an older Christian smokes. But, as with everything we do it should bring us closer to God or atleast not farther away. If my use of pot caused new beleivers to stumble then its a sin for me to use it. Lets not be an offense to Gods young ones.

Please just look up 1935 marijuana propaganda, and you will see the exact nonsense that was spread about marijuana. The word itself actually comes from Mexican tobacco, they used it because Mexicans were feared and hated by Americans in the early 1900’s

I also wanna add, that I respect you for opening the comments for other points of views, because of this I’ll keep trolling on a minimum

VLAD THE IMPALER what did it do to you?

Amen, I had paranoia, and extreme anxiety, no fun

Did you hear his testimony? That's enough for me, marijuana was not a positive substance for me either Became very unmotivated, had panic attacks, paranoia, affected my grades, when I became a Christian, I threw away my weed and pipe, praise Jesus, I was set free!

@@cathyhamlin3611 Yes but personal experience does not change facts of what something is. He stated what he felt about it and how God convicted him. Not questioning his personal conviction, that is different everyone, as it is personal. But how you feel about something doesn't change what it actually is. You could think dogs are all bad because you got bite by one, but that doesn't mean it's true. I can't go around saying every dog in the world is bad, cause it's just simply not true. As here some of the scientific facts listed are simply not true. Now you could come up with a different conclusion on what is good for you, but shouldn't that conclusion be come from something true instead of a lie? Is this case miss information about what cannabis actually is and does to your body.

Amen, we are to be sober minded

Weee isn't a drug its the opposite of what drugs do to people!!!

The eyes could be red because of allergies-your mood could be altered by prescription medications or drinking wine. Lol.

televmj .......he’s lying to your face. So confident in your beliefs? Let’s talk

10:40 Because my mind is really noisy and it's chaos, when I smoke I can clear my mind in a way. I've been trying to listen to the bible and follow Jesus every day, so I came across this: Because of my noisy mind I Went to a doctor and he gave me medicine, The medicine made me have suicidal thoughts as a side effect, I almost killed myself, Now I found Jesus and have being trying to be like him, When I smoke I feel closer to him, A doctor didn't gave me a paper allowing me to use it, But a friend gave me and said that it would be good for me, And that it has been helping him a lot (he is also a Cristian) So... I don't use it to stay in the couch stonned or to go to parties, But to help me clear my mind and be productive, Btw.. Where I live is Legal to use it

But the thing is, when I use it I start to doubt if I'm sinning or not, and that alone seems to be a solid reason to don't do it

That's why I go to the bible, And it seems to be in a grey area 🤔

Isai Flores I AGREE

Isia Flores You disagree with the statement that marijuana makes people lack motivation? I know from personal experience that it does make people lazy and dumb downed, including myself. . I am 59 years old, and I smoked weed for over 40 years, I wanted to be a professional athlete growing up, but I got involved with the wrong group of friends and started getting high on all kind so drugs, and my aspirations of being a sportsman were blown by my choices. I started with marijuana and went on to many harder more dangerous drugs. It is a gateway drug, and that is a fact/jack.

One more thing. Marijuana is from the Hindu god Shiva. That alone should tell you it ain't right. I know all about this stuff. I grew up with my Hindu grandmother in the West Indies and I followed rasta culture as well before Christ rescued me. So-called Hindu holy men smoke marijuana as part of their culture. Actually, they are the ones who introduced it to the rastas when the British brought them here as indentured laborers. I tell you, Shiva is a demon and marijuana is his stuff. That should answer your question.

You have to focus on Jesus, and everytime you fall get back up and try harder, grow in repentance, and grow in trust of the Lord. Especially when it comes to sexual immorality.

God loves you. Never forget that. Let Lord Jesus Christ be your foundation. 1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

Ct how ypu doing now

Shalawam. Can we talk?

And a methead coke addict... yikes

The word devil means slanderer. He is not a drunk and drug user, present tense, he is a blood washed born again ex sinner now saint. Are you?

That’s wrong, smoking weed doesn’t glorify God. A Christian is supposed to live in a way that is glorifying to God.

@@kellymcclelland6545 I completely agree that our lives should glorify Christ. Can you explain to me how moderate cannabis use takes away from my glorification of God?

@@christopherrafferty7512 Absolutely, and I can hope that you will see that my intent is ultimately for edification and not condemnation. For starters, let us take a look at the fact that when cannabis is consumed, it results in intoxication. There’s really no way to consume cannabis, whether smoked, vaped or eaten that doesn’t result in getting high. It doesn’t matter if the high is only a little high or totally baked, getting high is getting high. The cannabis itself isn’t necessarily the problem, but the intoxication it causes is. We are commanded in many places to remain sober minded, which is the opposite of being intoxicated. “Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”” ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭1:13-16‬ ‭ESV‬‬ “For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you; but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does. The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.” ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭4:3-7‬ ‭ESV‬‬ “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭5:8‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Keeping my previous statement in mind about intoxication, lets compare it and contrast it to alcohol. Cannabis is similar to alcohol in the fact that it causes intoxication of some kind. It is different though because it is possible to consume small amounts of alcohol without becoming intoxicated. Now most people who drink end up drinking more than the small amount mentioned and intoxication results, therefore also being wrong. Keeping in mind that both can result in intoxication, with alcohol resulting in drunkenness and cannabis resulting in getting high, lets look at some scriptures. If we are being honest with ourselves, we could see how taking out the word drunkenness and inserting getting high would still give the same message. “Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭13:13-14‬ ‭ESV‬‬ “Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5:17-18‬ ‭ESV‬‬ “So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.” ‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5:6-8‬ ‭ESV‬‬ “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭6:9-11‬ ‭ESV‬‬ The last scripture really sends home the message the best. It points out that we as Christians were once those people, but have been called to live differently and are being changed by our God and Savior. Our lives when we were lost were about us living for us and for our fleshly desires. We are called to put away the desires of our flesh and present our lives as living sacrifices to God, being conformed to His image. Getting high, drunk or intoxicated in any other way just doesn’t fit into that. In other words, where could we try to justify that consuming cannabis is how we are trying to live conformed to Christ’s image?

Are you sober when you smoke weed?

What kind of rap? Biblical/Christian rap? I do that and write some real deep lyrics of truth

Okay I listened to one of your tracks, definitely not edifying to God at all! I use to rap worldy too, not anymore. You cant serve two masters. What do you think God thinks of those lyrics? Just speaking from what I listened to bro. Ill sent you some of my lyrics....

This is another page in my erra, so much pain and terror when the chains embrace they will scare ya. Let me tell ya' when I stare in the mirror, I see a man with an arrow pierced in His heart. but I wont let up I gotta' keep my head up and continue to march, God let's me see clear through the venues of dark. These days the world makes me feel so eerie I'll barf. The Word of a God keeps me zoned in so hard. I'll deny the devils mark and embark in the bread of life to not starve.This is where destinations starts beyond the earths devistation and scars. Forsakin' the ways of the nation cuz' Satan's at large. I gotta stear clear from paths that man made. yet it's hard to percieve truth while stuck in theese shoes on this landscajpe. Yet I know through Christ I am saved and slay away Demons and rebuke false doctrines. Otherwise I'll be Judged for not talkin', Reincarnation is not real that's our own conscience lost in nonsense. I walk by faith not by sight, I'm cautious.

MistakenMystery anything to justify your sin

god created all plants for humans to use, except that one, that one is bad...see how stupid that sounds?

there lot of poisonous plant, do you use them?

yes I do, it's called homeopathic medicine

I think his testimony speaks volumes about this topic

@@cathyhamlin3611 well 2 years later and I got the answer when I was born again... anything that is unchrist like in my life is a sin... smoking weed is definitely one of them.. in other words if christ didn't do it I don't want to do it..

That doesn't mean we grab marijuana and roll it into a joint. Neither group heroin from the poppy plant and inject it. Neither does it mean that we should drink alcohol to the point of being drunk.

@@Daniel-rk4pc You only lose self control if you go beyond the little amount. You have THC in your body's DNA naturally. Thanks God. dl your logic is flawed.

N 'Tune. Ok. Peace. Dont want to argue. God bless

I was smoking cannabis til October, I had supernatural experiences including visions which I came to know those experiences were from the kingdom of darkness. I understand we have no reason whatsoever to trust the government this guy speaks of. I believe that cannabis is the fruit of knowledge of good and evil, I Prayed asking God to do whatever it takes to get me off weed and the outcome was a satanic presence within me, terrifying.. It is not of God, this guy is 100% right in this case.

Victoria Gramalis His views on marijuana and other drugs is on point. The Lord wants all of us. Television was my idol for years as when I wasn't working that were my mind was focused. I remove it from my home. I now dedicate all my day time to him in all that I do. I was also a pot head and meth user. Truly now, through Christ,I am free.Still get accused of using meth because I have become more energetic and alive. His love abounds in me. I want it no other way. The devil was attacking me with free dope for years now. Three months ago he brought me back to the truth. Life is wonderful again so long as I obey his commandments. God bless you in your walk with him.

Mind-altering substances such as the flammable liquid alcohol and the psychotropic narcotic drug marijuana are poisons to the human body and mind, thus not fit for followers of Christ to consume. That should be a no-brainer for any intelligent adult.

Victoria Gramalis your experience sounds a lot like mine. I thought that I was using it for the "right" reasons (my addiction only last 8 mths, Praise God), but I sensed my world getting darker and darker. I was within the clutches of Satan. God made me become allergic to it. My sensitivity has only grown towards it since then. I can't even be around someone that's smoked it recently or I'll have SEVERE pain and coldness throughout my body. It makes me physically sick. Thank God/Jesus that He has also set me free from alcohol and cigarettes. Right after becoming allergic to cigs last year (idk _why_ He makes me allergic to these things) I had an Awakening in my Faith that no one I know or heard of has experienced. Now I feel "high"/elated ALL the time without any of the side effects and it's SO much better than ANY substance on this Earth.

Comments were never turned on on that video, or about 400 other videos that were posted in a period of few years. We only started turning commets on a few years ago. it has been difficult to moderate them, and we tend to be behind in our email correspondence.

Johnny White, Amen!

How dare you judge Tim! I've been listening to him for some time, his teahing on this subject is biblically correct, coffee is such a different kind of thing, I can totally relate to what he said about weed, it wasn't a good thing in my life, smoked alot but whenI was born again, I pretty much put it down don't miss it

Ur crazy to say coffee alters ur mind remotely in even the tiniest similar way to marijuana. That is apples and oranges