OUR MANNER OF LIFE

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>     Fretwell> He was quick to say that the Lord did not say it was sin
>     Fretwell> to smoke cigarettes.
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>     Fretwell>   What the Lord did say was, "They offend Me, and you
>     Fretwell> can not come into a close relationship with Me as long
>     Fretwell> as you use them."
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> It seems to me that your have just given a good working definition of
> sin: an offense unto God.  
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> I find it hard to uphold the precept that it is not a sin to smoke
> cigarettes.  I know you did not say it was not a sin, only that this
> man said that the Lord did not say that it was a sin.
> 
> Just trying to clarify things a bit...
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I just had to laugh...

I remember my pastor stating that someone had come to him suggesting that
it was not a sin to smoke cigarettes, because, "it isn't what goes into the
mouth that defiles a man, but what cometh out of it (paraphrasing Matt
15:11)".  To this my pastor responded, "well, I guess I don't have a
problem with you smoking then... but don't exhale!"

Bradley E. Young   Source Safe Perl script integrator guy
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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.