Is Smoking a Sin? - Ken Yates 

you mean "first cast a stone at her" john 8:7 kjv

First John 1:8. If we say we have no sin, we are deceived, and the truth is not in us. We are all sinners and deserve to go to hell. Romans 3:23. One lie would send us to hell forever. But, Jesus paid the debt of sin we owe God, and set us free. John 3:18. Believers are no longer condemned to hell, but guaranteed heaven. The gospel we believe. First Corinthians 15:1-4. That Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures, that HE was buried and rose again on the third day, according to the scriptures. Romans 1:16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the POWER of God unto salvation to everyone that BELIEVETH, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Galatians 1:6-9. Any one who preaches any other gospel is accursed of God. Romans 11:6. Salvation is all grace apart from works. Romans 4:5. but to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him who justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for His perfect righteousness. Blessed s the man to whom the Lord imputeth righteousness apart from works. Blessed is the man whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Colossians 2:13. He has forgiven us all trespasses. Past, present, and future sins we have not even thought of yet. Paid in full. John 3:18. A one time faith alone in Jesus finished work on the cross alone apart from any works. Romans 6;23. The GIFT of God is eternal life. Once you accept the free gift, you have eternal life. John 6:47. God cannot lie. John 6:40. John 6:29. First John 5:13.

@Richard Almeida Bad luck I suppose.

Samson is a true man of God who led Israel for 20 years - Judges 16:31. Samson was also a fornicator -Judges 16:1, but Samson is listed in the Godly hall of faith in Hebrews 11:32. Samson would not be listed there if he was unsaved. King David is a true man of God and also an adulterer and murderer. All these Biblical examples refute false doctrines claim that Christians who are in sin must be "unsaved" or "will lose their salvation."

​@@wtom04 I agree

David repented of his sins just as we all must to have them forgiven. Psalms 51:1-17 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. 13Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. This is true brokenness and Godly sorrow repentance that saves a soul.

@@2Chronicles714_ Then along came Jesus Christ though , if your trying to like up to old testament standards , and keep the whole Law , if you are do you think you'll be held to those standards your tying to keep ?? Because of you are going to try that , and fail , what happens then ?? Psalms was written BEFORE Jesus Christ came to die for our sins where He paid for ALL of our sins ! we have godly sorrow the day we dont wan't to keep doing them , and follow Jesus instead of ourselves.

@PureFire of God - Mum and Son In Christ No we don't discard the old testament. Repenting of sin is the entire crux of salvation throughout the Bible. The sacrifice is all that changed. Even after Jesus's sacrifice scripture is clear we must acknowledge and repent of sin.

amen!

That's not what the word of God says. 1 Corinthians 6 9-11 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11And that is what some of you were. 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. Galatians 5:16-21 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: SO THAT YE CANNOT DO THE THINGS THAT YE WOULD. 18But (IF) ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, [ Meaning drug use and casting spells] 21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: 👉of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 👈22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. Idolatry is placing anything above the Lord Jesus Christ.

@@2Chronicles714_ that’s heretical teaching. This is what it means: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0VldYn9vU1c.html

@@2Chronicles714_ we are washed already, just as you quited. These verses talk about unsaved, just like you.

@Stan DaMan So only the these only apply to the unsaved? The born again get to indulge. No you're not washed in anything but rebellion. You need to stop shaking your fist at God humble yourself and acknowledge your a hopeless sinner that is repenting of your sins. 2 Corinthians 12:21 kj And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and HAVE NOT REPENTED of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. Psalms 32:5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Ezekiel 14:6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

Amen to that !! anyone who thinks they can live a life of sinless perfection , deludes themselves .

​@@Pure-Crystal-Fire Amen

@@NikoFinn Amen, because that would be impossible for us in the sinful bodies we inhabit now .

Why didn't you close your windows instead of staying in your garage?

​@@PinkyToe I'm guessing because many apartments have an air flow system where the apartments exchange air with another. Especially if it's an older one, they might be in disrepair as well so bad odors and fumes are transmitted.

I think the proper thing to do was that you should have checked the apartments rules about smoking and made a wiser choice about where you chose to live. You aren't any more entitled than they are. You can't remove someone else's right in order to keep your right. It's your responsibility to do what you need to do without infringing on another person's right. That's biblical. NOBODY likes it when you demand your right be given to you when it means they have to give up their own right. And, that should be understandable.

@@graftme3168 As I explained, their sins are all forgiven if they trust the Good News. It doesn't mean their lifestyle isn't damaging others, even if insidious. It's not a question of entitlement. If I persist in depositing decomposing or toxic waste on my property, resulting in illnesses or cancer among neighboring households, even if there's a legal loophole in the city's regulations (things like this happened), people would be entirely justified in taking measures to protect their safety. My health was deteriorating greatly when I lived in that apartment. Smoking is definitely a sin, like so many behaviors not even mentioned in the Bible due to a different time period. It doesn't mean I'm not going to deprive them of the Good News if I can share it with them. If they think they are perfectly righteous, and doesn't need to be saved, then I can easily pinpoint their harmful behavior that go through the walls even if it seems invisible. We all need to be saved because of our sins, and smoking cigarette or whatever is one of those things that ruin our society.

Belief in Jesus without a change of lifestyle will not see the Kingdom of God as Jesus clearly states in Matthew 7:21-23

+Gloria Street I've read that C.S. Lewis the Christian writer smoked and it is a fact that Charles Haddon Spurgeon smoked cigars.

Those liars who say you don't have Holy Spirit because you smoke are some perfectionistic, legalistic oharisees. When I was saved around 15 I did not get rid of my 2 addictions right away. The first one I got away around year 18. God works in us as He does and some struggles in the flesh are greater than others. Of course we all should honor our bodies because we are God's own, respect Him, but God also sees our hearts. There is a difference in a christian who WILLINGLY wants to destroy himself and then a christian who does not wanna smoke but still dies. Now, to this I must say I have never smoked one tobacco or a cigar in my life due to my asthma mainly, ans I see my asthma in that sense a blessing of God although it is a health issue, but we all have our struggles so I really, really wanna be gracious to unbelievers, and especially brethren in Christ. My short experience is that people habe addictions etc because they lack unconditional love, acceptance. That has been so for me. Nonetheless I will be praying for you:)

@@wtom04 Wow… Thanks for that👍❤️. We are all sinners… Thank you Jesus Christ✝️

Smoking isn't a sin. The video states that. It's just not healthy, like eating donuts.

@@PinkyToe thank you pinky toe… i’ll watch👍. God bless✝️

No wrong , and this is why , because we cannot help but sin , for we where born into sin , that's why Christ died for ALL of our sin , He didn't just dies for some sins , He died for ALL of our sins , and he paid the FULL amount for the cost of our sins and the price was His blood atonement for OUR sins and He has ALWAYS been Perfect , and because we can never earn our way out of all the sins we have committed , that why we need His Blood to forgive us, we can add NOTHING to the His blood sacrifice, no works , nothing because He did ALL the work for us on the Cross !! He is amazing and forgiving , He is all knowing , He knew before we created this world that we would sin , He also knew He was the only one who could EVER save us , we owe him so very much !! We get His forgiveness simply by believing and trusting that He did it ALL :) Praise The Lord !!

@@Pure-Crystal-Fire thanks for a confirmation that those who are in Christ cannot sin before God

@ Exactly we are IN Christ and He in us, we still sin , BUT He has forgiven us , so before God we have Christs rightousness , whatever we do ( we dont want to sin ) but again that what we where born into , we are now re-born into Him :) God bless you always Steet Zurnal :) This is brother David in North Wales Greetings on the new day !

@@Pure-Crystal-Fire Youre doubleminded my friend... I cant sin becouse i have Christ so its not about me wanting or not wanting to sin... It´s pure madness if you think about it... Whosoever is born of God CANNOT sin he is SLAVE of rightousness he died to sin once forever... So this video same as a whole christianity is nothing else then a blasphemy... Christ must be your works you have to repent from a dead works of this flesh... So doesnt matter if its smoking or helping homless all the works of this dead flesh is evil before God.. But those born of God are having perfect works and perfect body- Christ... Repent from a dead works and receive Christ as your good works, your life, your obedienece, your wisdom, your love and all things

How is what Samson did not a sin? It’s still adultery.

@@sarahkirbach5040 It would not be adultery unless the prostitute was married. When a woman is married to a man she is considered to be own by him. Therefor if she goes and sleeps with another man she is giving what belongs to her husband to someone else. In the same way if a man sleeps with another mans wife he is stealing from that man. Adultery is really a form of theft and that's the point of it being a sin. For any sexual act to be considered adultery the woman involved must be married. If the man was married and the woman was not then it actually wouldn't be considered adultery by the Bible's standards because men don't belong to their wife the same way wives belong to their husbands.

@@bassettjj well, thank you. But, it is still sin. Call it what you will, adultery, fornication, etc. whatever it’s sexual sin.

@@sarahkirbach5040Fornication is an English word translated from pornia which basically means sexual immorality. We can't take what we believe is sexual immorality and insert it into that word we have to take what the Bible defines as sexual immorality and go with that instead. There's actually a lot of assumptions people make that aren't in the Bible. The Bible lists all the sexual sins in Leviticus chapter 18 and premarital sex actually isn't there. Not, that I am advocating premarital sex as it has the potential to create problems, but just saying I can't find anywhere in the Bible that says its a sin.

Wilkin states : The great questions keep on coming. In my mail bag (inbox) today, I had this gem: 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 states, “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple” (NIV). My wife has a relative who has said he thinks about suicide. Would you please explain to her how the verses quoted apply to one who takes his own life (“destroys God’s temple”)? The key to understanding any passage is the context. Verses 16-17 are part of a unit that begins at verse 5 and ends at verse 17. In my Bible the heading for that unit is entitled, “Watering, Working, Warning.” The warning is obviously verses 16-17. The watering refers to verses 5 through 8. The verses in between, verses 9 through 15, refer to working. Paul uses him and Apollos as examples of wise master builders. Clearly verses 9 to 15 look at the Judgment Seat of Christ, the Bema. At the Bema all of our works will be judged. In this passage Paul is thinking specifically of our works in relation to the local church. Any works we will do in and for the church which have eternal value will be rewarded at the Bema. Any works which lack eternal value (wood, hay, straw) will not be rewarded. I do not think the issue here is good works versus bad works. The issue is works that last the test of fire, works with eternal value, and works which are burned up. So going on a ski trip for the youth of your church probably has some enduring value, but a lot of it is just vacation. If your church puts in a bowling alley, don’t expect to get a lot of rewards at the Bema for donating for that or for bowling there either. Verses 16-17 now get to the issue of works that hurt the local church. Paul says, “Do you not know that you [plural] are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you [plural]?” In this context the temple of God is what is being built in verses 9 to 15. Paul then says, “If anyone defiles the temple of God [God’s building, built by wise master builders], God will destroy him.” The word for temple (naos) is used three times in verses 16-17 and three other times in 1 Corinthians (6:19; 8:10; 9:13). The latter two of those uses refer to pagan temples and to the Jewish temple. However, in 1 Cor 6:19 Paul says, “Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?” But to read that into 1 Cor 3:16-17 is a mistake because the contexts are completely different. While commentators often are wrong about interpreting texts, it is noteworthy that nearly all commentaries on 1 Corinthians understand “the temple of God” in 1 Cor 3:16-17 as referring to the local church (or the Church). So, these verses say nothing about smoking, drug abuse, overeating, riding motorcycles, playing Russian roulette, or suicide. Paul is not talking here about things we do that destroy our bodies. He is talking about things we do which can damage and destroy the local church (causing divisions, trying to run off the leaders, trying to split the church, spreading lies, etc.). The point is this: If we destroy the local church, God will then destroy us. That means that He will bring temporal judgment on us, possibly leading to premature death. But it says nothing about eternal condemnation. Paul is writing to believers and believers cannot be eternally condemned. While this text has nothing to do with suicide, since you raise the issue I will respond to that point as well. Once. We. Are. Saved. We. Are. Always. Saved. “He who lives and believes in Me shall never die” (John 11:26). “He who comes to Me shall never hunger; he who believes in Me shall never thirst” (John 6:35). “He who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life” (John 5:24). If suicide could undo the new birth, then so could any sin (murder, adultery, drunkenness, apostasy, etc.). But there is no sin, suicide included, which can undo the new birth. When I was growing up my parents told me not to cross my eyes because they could get stuck like that. That isn’t true. But it kept me from doing that. Many preachers think if they threaten people with hell for suicide that will keep people from taking their lives. Well, whether that keeps people from committing suicide or not, that is not true. What such teaching does, however, is contradict the good news of Jesus Christ. Such teaching makes it more likely that the person who hears that will never come to faith in Christ for everlasting life. Ironically one is more likely to be eternally condemned by hearing such teaching than by not hearing it. If I think that my eternal destiny hinges on me not committing some big sin, then I do not believe in the free gift of eternal life by faith in Christ, apart from works. If you want people to avoid eternal condemnation, proclaim the message of everlasting life to them (John 3:16). Suicide is terrible. It not only takes a life, it hurts the immediate family, the extended family, friends, coworkers, and so many others. Suicide is not a victimless crime. But no sin can undo the promise of everlasting life to the believer. One closing note. Suicides are often committed by people who are not in their right minds. They may have mental illness or may be high on drugs at the time. In some cases they might not even be culpable for that action because they were literally insane at the time. We are not God. The Lord Jesus will judge every believer at the Judgment Seat of Christ (the Bema). If you have a believing loved one who took his own life, rejoice that he or she is with the Lord now. And realize that there will be much grace and much understanding at the Bema. We all will need a lot of grace and understanding at the Bema, don’t you think?"

"Called to perfection" , in what sense ? Discipleship Sanctification , or in order to be born again with Everlasting Life ?

how?