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Worldliness

Worldliness. Worldliness. Smoking. Smoking Is A Problem. Common among men & women Restrictions in public places Warning labels on packages Kick the habit “kits” Age restriction on buying tobacco. The Question Is:. Is There Anything Wrong With Smoking? Is it a sin?. Smoking.

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Worldliness

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  1. Worldliness

  2. Worldliness Smoking

  3. Smoking Is A Problem • Common among men & women • Restrictions in public places • Warning labels on packages • Kick the habit “kits” • Age restriction on buying tobacco

  4. The Question Is: Is There Anything Wrong With Smoking? Is it a sin?

  5. Smoking I. It Is Harmful To The Body

  6. It Harms The Body • Smoking Is Harmful To The Body

  7. Evidence of the Harm of Smoking Every time a cigarette is smoked, it is like putting a clamp on the blood vessels. It has been shown that smoking even one cigarette will constrict the arteries, veins, and capillaries, and to that extent will slow down the blood circulation in all parts of the body, including the brain. - Alton Oshsner, MD International Society of Surgery

  8. Evidence of the Harm of Smoking “Cigarette smoking is now as important cause of death as the great past epidemics of typhoid, cholera and tuberculosis.” - British Royal College of Physicians

  9. Evidence of the Harm of Smoking “The good news is that we know the cause of at least 80% of the cases of this leading cancer killer -- cigarettes.” - Harvard Medical School Health Letter (Vol. III, No. 6, April 1978)

  10. Evidence of the Harm of Smoking “Cigarette smoking is a major cause of emphysema, chronic bronchitis, lung cancer, heart disease….Just one cigarette speeds up your heart beat, increases your blood pressure, upsets the flow of blood and air in your lungs, causes a drop in the skin temperature of your fingers and toes.” - American Lung Association

  11. Evidence of the Harm of Smoking “Nicotine raises the smoker’s blood pressure and speeds up his pulse.” - Dr. Authur H. Cain “Smoking one pack or more a day will shorten one’s life on the average by 12 years.” - Curtis Torno, MD (Christian)

  12. Evidence of the Harm of Smoking “Smoking is the predominant cause of bronchitis and emphysema.” - T. Mark Loyd, MD (Christian) “Both Nicotine and carbon monoxide contribute significant increase in heart attacks and in sudden death from coronary heart disease in cigarette smokers.” - Dr. Wilbert S. Aronow

  13. Evidence of the Harm of Smoking Survey of 10,000 physicians: Question: “Do you consider cigarette smoking as hazardous to your health?” 98% - Yes! 2% - Weren’t sure 0% - No!

  14. Evidence of the Harm of Smoking Warning Labels on Package: - “The Surgeon General has determined that cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health.” - May cause birth defects. Health & Life Insurance Rates: Higher for smokers

  15. Evidence of the Harm of Smoking Dipping & Chewing Mouth & Gum Cancer Nicotine is a drug / poison

  16. It Harms The Body • Smoking Is Harmful To The Body • It Is Sinful To Deliberately Harm The Body

  17. Must Not Harm The Body 1 Cor 6:19-20 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. • Body is not yours - but God’s • Have no right to abuse your body (context) • Wrong to destroy the temple (cf. 1 Cor. 3:17) • If not true - Then not wrong to use hard drugs!

  18. Smoking I. It Is Harmful To The Body II. It Is Addictive

  19. It Is Addictive • Smoking is addictive • Hard to quit. Many try and fail. • Can’t go a day without it. Many - an hour. • What if same true of cornbread? 2 Peter 2:19

  20. It Is Addictive • Smoking is addictive • An addiction is a sin 1. 1 Cor. 6:12 - “to nothing will I become enslaved” (Weymouth) 2. Violates Temperance / Self Control - 2 Pet. 1:5-10

  21. It Is Addictive • Smoking is addictive • An addiction is a sin • An addiction is not a habit • Habits can be good • Even bad habits - not sinful • Addiction = Dependence

  22. Smoking I. It Is Harmful To The Body II. It Is Addictive III. Affects Other People

  23. It Affects Others • Smoking affects others around the smoker • Smoke off the burning end - just as dangerous • Harms the family - Children, mate, etc. • Affects one’s breathing, voice, etc. • Smell gets in other’s hair, clothes, car, etc.

  24. It Affects Others • Smoking affects others around the smoker • Must treat others respectfully • Matt. 7:12 • Phil. 2:4

  25. Smoking I. It Is Harmful To The Body II. It Is Addictive III. Affects Other People IV. Arguments To Justify Smoking

  26. Arguments Used To Justify • “Some doctors say it is alright” • “Coffee, cokes, candy, etc. just as bad.” • “Matt. 15:11 - What goes into the mouth doesn’t defile the man.” • “It is my body to do as I please.” • “God made tobacco. So, it is good.” • “Tit. 1:5 - all things are pure.” • “Rom. 14:14 - nothing is unclean.”

  27. Smoking I. It Is Harmful To The Body II. It Is Addictive III. Affects Other People IV. Arguments To Justify Smoking

  28. Quitting • Can quit! - If not, no self control! • Others have quit - Never regretted it • First, admit it is wrong - then quit!

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