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Can Christians smoke weed? No, and yes smoking pot is indeed a sin. This new
generation of professing Christians does not care for God�s Word. They will make so
many different excuses and twist words to justify sin. Before I became a Christian
I was a pothead. It was my idol.

Although it is extremely rare, you can die from marijuana. Contrary to popular
belief, cannabis can indeed trigger heart complications. I personally know someone
who died while smoking a joint. It kills your lungs. It increased my anxiety.

This world is cannabis crazy. Medical marijuana is a complete joke. Weed is a

gateway drug that is making many people broke. Even though people try to deny it,
weed is addicting and many people have to go to rehab for it.

People are spending 20 dollars a gram for a few hours high. Is it really worth it?
People are making extremely poor decisions and the devil is promoting this through
worldly music. If you�re a teen you must not try to fit in with the bad crowd.

God�s ways are higher than our ways. I used to always make excuses and Satan was
deceiving me, but God showed me and convicted me and I couldn�t lie to myself
anymore. Stop making excuses! You know it�s a sin! Repent and turn to Christ! Click
this link to learn how to be saved.

Can you smoke weed, which is hurting your body for the glory of God? No!

1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all

to the glory of God.

Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name
of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

What did Paul say? With marijuana you are yielding up control to an external force
and releasing self-control.

1. 1 Corinthians 6:12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not
expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power
of any.

We must obey the law federal and state.

2. Romans 13:1-4 All of you must yield to the government rulers. No one rules
unless God has given him the power to rule, and no one rules now without that power
from God. So those who are against the government are really against what God has
commanded. And they will bring punishment on themselves. Those who do right do not
have to fear the rulers; only those who do wrong fear them. Do you want to be
unafraid of the rulers? Then do what is right, and they will praise you. The ruler
is God�s servant to help you. But if you do wrong, then be afraid. He has the power
to punish; he is God�s servant to punish those who do wrong.

1 Peter 2:13-14 For the Lord�s sake, respect all human authority�whether the king
as head of state, or the officials he has appointed. For the king has sent them to
punish those who do wrong and to honor those who do right.
�God made weed to enjoy dude!�

He also made poison ivy go try it! He made the tree of knowledge, but commanded
Adam not to eat from it.

Genesis 2:15-17 The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to
work it and watch over it. And the Lord God commanded the man, �You are free to eat
from any tree of the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.�

Before

Genesis 1:29-30 God also said, �Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on
the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This food
will be for you, for all the wildlife of the earth, for every bird of the sky, and
for every creature that crawls on the earth�everything having the breath of life in
it. I have given every green plant for food.� And it was so.

For food not for smoking, not to be in a bong, not to be put in a blunt, but for
food.

After Adam sinned

We always forget this. Not everything was good after the fall.

Genesis 3:17-18 To Adam he said, �Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit
from the tree about which I commanded you, �You must not eat from it,� �Cursed is
the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the
days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat
the plants of the field.�

How does God view weed smoking?

The Bible warns against intoxication and altering your mind. You might say that�s
for alcohol, but intoxication is not only for alcohol. You can drink a glass of
wine and you will be fine, but the purpose of smoking is to alter your mind. You
smoke for the purpose of getting high.

Proverbs 23:31-35 Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the
cup, when it goes down smoothly. Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a
viper. Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.
And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who
lies down on the top of the rigging. You will say, �They have struck me, but I am
not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for
another drink.�

The world promotes it.

Worldly people like rapper Wiz Khalifa influences this filth to kids. That is a big
red flag when the world promotes it. Just like the world promotes promiscuity,
covetousness, and drunkenness.

Romans 12:2 Don�t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God
transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn
to know God�s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

James 4:4 Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means
hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world�s friend makes himself
God�s enemy.

Drug use is forbidden. Sorcery � translated pharmakeia which means drug use.

Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, moral
impurity, promiscuity, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of
anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and
anything similar. I tell you about these things in advance as I told you before
that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Smoking hurts your lungs and pot use has many hidden harmful effects.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 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.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye
present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your
reasonable service.

People die for it and get robbed over it.

Ecclesiastes 7:17 Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool; otherwise you
might die before your time.

It is not spending money wisely.

Isaiah 55:2 Why do you spend money on what cannot nourish you and your wages on
what does not satisfy you? Listen carefully to me: Eat what is good, and enjoy the
best foods.

James 4:3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your
passions.

Idolatry in pot.

I need this to relax, I need this to help my stress, to sleep, to eat. No, all you
need is Christ. He is enough.
1 Corinthians 10:14 Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

Satan says, �it�s not a sin did God really say you can�t smoke it?� Sounds
familiar!

Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD
God had made. He said to the woman, �Did God really say, �You must not eat from any
tree in the garden�?�

Reminders

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around
like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Ephesians 5:17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord�s will is.

Romans 14:23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating
is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.

Is weed harmful?

There are many people who will deny and gloss over the harmful effects of
marijuana. You might even hear people say, �drinking and cigarettes are much worse
for you.� Since when did two wrongs make a right? Studies conducted on college
students have shown that weed use has affected memory, attention, and learning in a
negative way. Studies have also shown that postal workers who have tested positive
for marijuana had over 50% more accidents and a 75% increase in being absent from
work. Not only does marijuana harm your health, but it also harms your career and
your aspirations. Continuous weed use lowers your IQ, increases the likelihood of
having chronic bronchitis, increases dropout rates, increases addiction, can create
sexual problems, lessens your coordination, increases anxiety/depression, and
increases your risk of having a heart attack.

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