Worldliness

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Worldliness
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Worldliness
Smoking
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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

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The Question Is
Is There Anything Wrong With Smoking? Is it a sin?
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Smoking
I. It Is Harmful To The Body
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It Harms The Body

• Smoking Is Harmful To The Body

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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
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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
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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)
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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
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Evidence of the Harm of Smoking
Nicotine raises the smokers blood pressure and
speeds up his pulse. - Dr. Authur H.
Cain Smoking one pack or more a day will
shorten ones life on the average by 12
years. - Curtis Torno, MD (Christian)
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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
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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 - Werent sure 0 - No!
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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
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Evidence of the Harm of Smoking
Nicotine is a drug / poison
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It Harms The Body

• Smoking Is Harmful To The Body
• It Is Sinful To Deliberately Harm The Body

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Must Not Harm The Body
1 Cor 619-20 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 Gods
• Have no right to abuse your body (context)
• Wrong to destroy the temple (cf. 1 Cor. 317)
• If not true - Then not wrong to use hard drugs!

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

• Smoking is addictive

• Hard to quit. Many try and fail.
• Cant go a day without it. Many - an hour.
• What if same true of cornbread?

2 Peter 219
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It Is Addictive

• Smoking is addictive
• An addiction is a sin

1. 1 Cor. 612 - to nothing will I become
enslaved (Weymouth) 2. Violates Temperance /
Self Control - 2 Pet. 15-10
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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

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

• Smoking affects others around the smoker

• Smoke off the burning end - just as dangerous
• Harms the family - Children, mate, etc.
• Affects ones breathing, voice, etc.
• Smell gets in others hair, clothes, car, etc.

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It Affects Others

• Smoking affects others around the smoker
• Must treat others respectfully

• Matt. 712
• Phil. 24

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

• Some doctors say it is alright
• Coffee, cokes, candy, etc. just as bad.
• Matt. 1511 - What goes into the mouth doesnt
  defile the man.
• It is my body to do as I please.
• God made tobacco. So, it is good.
• Tit. 15 - all things are pure.
• Rom. 1414 - nothing is unclean.

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