Is Smoking Marijuana A Sin? Christian Perspective!

First off before anyone reads this! I am a christian and Jesus is my Savior! I am sorry if you don't share my beliefs and i don't mean to offend anybody! Just looking for an answer and if you are not a christian you can still read this and answer! Thank you everyone!

Is smoking marijuana a sin? First off let me tell you a little about myself! I am 22 years old and I love Jesus with all my heart, hes the reason i live and have the urge to continue to live! I am patiently waiting for his return to gather us up to be with him! Over the last 2 years of my life I made a complete U turn, basically I was clubbing 3-4 times a week, having pre-marital sex, getting smashed 3-4 times a week (goes along with the clubbing) you know basically the life that we are all told is the fun and cool life to live! I was born into the church and attended my whole life but never took it seriously at all, Just basically thought o well if this Jesus guy is real then ill just go to church once a week and be ok! I thought i was safe but was really living no better than anybody else and not being an example to others. I started smoking week at 19 years old and would say i smoke about 1-2 joints a day (usually at night cuz it relaxes me and i like to munch out lol) So basically to cut this story short, took a step back at my life and changed it! I started reading the bible for the first time in my life at 20 years old and it changed my life! I felt the spirit of god and it was the greatest feeling ever! I got baptized about 6 months ago and it was great, I always put it off because i was embarrassed of going to the front and getting baptized in front of a church attendance of around 500 people! So basically through this whole experience and even though i have been raised in the church my whole life and knew almost every story in the bible I found my newly found faith and Found Jesus my savior!

I live my life to the best of my ability and have cut off basically everything in my life that was sinful! including the hardest thing Sex! Keep in mind i am in a 4 year relationship with my girlfriend and I wasn't living as a christian for about 3 of those years! so it was very hard to cut the sex out until marriage! It was hard but it felt wrong and i knew i was sinning intentionally!

So to the question! I still smoke weed, i enjoy having a joint before bed and i dont feel like i am sinning when i am doing this at all! God created all things good and i see nothing wrong with marijuana!

pretend the media never existed, and you never heard of marijuana before! If you were to see somebody roll up this plant and smoke it would you look at them and be like o my you sinner! how could you smoke that plant! I see nothing wrong with it as long as you use it properly, the bible states nothing is wrong with it and it doesn't affect my life negative at all!

Nobody can give me a concrete answer and I am always left wondering and praying for god to let me know if this is a sin! please help! any fellow Christians out there with any thoughts on this? thank you!!

If you're still a Christian you haven't smoked enough.

I think that you really know the answer to this question, but I will give you the short and long version.

1. Short version. Yes, smoking marijuana is a sin. The definition of "sin" is "missing the mark". Using any mild-altering substance (alcohol, pot, any other non-prescribed medication) is altering your brain chemistry and by definition "a sin".


2. Long version. Why is altering my brain chemistry missing the mark? Doing anything that harms your body is missing the mark. Your body is the temple of Christ.

When did my body become the temple of Christ?
Under the old testament, animals were sacrificed for mankind's "missing the mark or sin". People brought animals to the temple and the priest went into the "holy of holies" and sacrificed these animals to God so that mankind could be forgiven. (OLD TESTAMENT WAY)

Under the new testament, Christ did away with the sacrifice process and BECAME our eternal sacrifice, for our past sins, our present sins and our future sins. So we went from having animal sacrifice to Christ being our eternal sacrifice. (that is why he had to die on the cross).

Now, since we don't sacrifice animals anymore, Christ also did away with the idea that we had to go to the holy of holies temples and pray through a priest. With Christ, our body now BECOMES the temple and Christ lives IN us. So because Christ is now residing IN us -- we have to keep the temple as clean as possible. Christ also did away with the idea that we have to pray through priests -- now we have a direct line from our prayer directly to God through Christ -- not through priests.

So -- the reason you cannot smoke pot, smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, or anything else detrimental to your health is because your body, once you accept Christ as your savior, now becomes a holy temple and should not be defiled.

Having said all that -- I think you already knew this answer but you wanted to see it in print.

Here is your sign.

In love.

I think that you really know the answer to this question, but I will give you the short and long version.

1. Short version. Yes, smoking marijuana is a sin. The definition of "sin" is "missing the mark". Using any mild-altering substance (alcohol, pot, any other non-prescribed medication) is altering your brain chemistry and by definition "a sin".


2. Long version. Why is altering my brain chemistry missing the mark? Doing anything that harms your body is missing the mark. Your body is the temple of Christ.

When did my body become the temple of Christ?
Under the old testament, animals were sacrificed for mankind's "missing the mark or sin". People brought animals to the temple and the priest went into the "holy of holies" and sacrificed these animals to God so that mankind could be forgiven. (OLD TESTAMENT WAY)

Under the new testament, Christ did away with the sacrifice process and BECAME our eternal sacrifice, for our past sins, our present sins and our future sins. So we went from having animal sacrifice to Christ being our eternal sacrifice. (that is why he had to die on the cross).

Now, since we don't sacrifice animals anymore, Christ also did away with the idea that we had to go to the holy of holies temples and pray through a priest. With Christ, our body now BECOMES the temple and Christ lives IN us. So because Christ is now residing IN us -- we have to keep the temple as clean as possible. Christ also did away with the idea that we have to pray through priests -- now we have a direct line from our prayer directly to God through Christ -- not through priests.

So -- the reason you cannot smoke pot, smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, or anything else detrimental to your health is because your body, once you accept Christ as your savior, now becomes a holy temple and should not be defiled.

Having said all that -- I think you already knew this answer but you wanted to see it in print.

Here is your sign.

In love.

Matthew 15:11
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

every substance has a purpose.

Very close to what I was thinking.

I am a Christian who smokes marijuana. I believe that it is a sin because smoking marijuana harms your body. You are supposed to keep your body as healthy as possible. God gave it to you, you are supposed to respect it.

Now, I actually think of marijuana as a herb rather than a drug and I believe that alcohol is worse than marijuana but the Bible mentions that even Jesus drank wine (but of course, Jesus wasn't a drunk).

I believe that marijuana does have health benefits and is a wonder-plant given to us by God to use for things like hemp clothing, eating the seeds (the seeds are very nutritious) etc, and I believe that the plant could solve many of the worlds problems but being someone who smokes it, I know that smoking it does damage your lungs. You should hear me coughing in the mornings. Damaging my body like that isn't good.

Also, and this is going to sound very New-Agey but I am a born-again Christian with a new-age and wiccan background but what I am about to say is true. Marijuana, as well as alcohol and other drugs lower your psychic defenses and attract negative entities (demons?) You need to be aware of that next time you get stoned.

...if you buy Marijuana from a dealer then you are sinning. The reason is because you are responsible for putting money into the hands of murdering swine.
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That's pretty poorly thought out reasoning and part of the problem. I have known 'dealers' that grow and mind their own and just want to hook up a few friends and maked some cash. The reason 'buying from a dealer' would be considered a 'sin' is because you would be braking a law, not because the person you buy from is part of a murderous criminal network.

I think that you really know the answer to this question, but I will give you the short and long version.

1. Short version. Yes, smoking marijuana is a sin. The definition of "sin" is "missing the mark". Using any mild-altering substance (alcohol, pot, any other non-prescribed medication) is altering your brain chemistry and by definition "a sin".


2. Long version. Why is altering my brain chemistry missing the mark? Doing anything that harms your body is missing the mark. Your body is the temple of Christ.

When did my body become the temple of Christ?
Under the old testament, animals were sacrificed for mankind's "missing the mark or sin". People brought animals to the temple and the priest went into the "holy of holies" and sacrificed these animals to God so that mankind could be forgiven. (OLD TESTAMENT WAY)

Under the new testament, Christ did away with the sacrifice process and BECAME our eternal sacrifice, for our past sins, our present sins and our future sins. So we went from having animal sacrifice to Christ being our eternal sacrifice. (that is why he had to die on the cross).

Now, since we don't sacrifice animals anymore, Christ also did away with the idea that we had to go to the holy of holies temples and pray through a priest. With Christ, our body now BECOMES the temple and Christ lives IN us. So because Christ is now residing IN us -- we have to keep the temple as clean as possible. Christ also did away with the idea that we have to pray through priests -- now we have a direct line from our prayer directly to God through Christ -- not through priests.

So -- the reason you cannot smoke pot, smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, or anything else detrimental to your health is because your body, once you accept Christ as your savior, now becomes a holy temple and should not be defiled.

Having said all that -- I think you already knew this answer but you wanted to see it in print.

Here is your sign.

In love.

Personally I feel it's wrong simply because of it's intoxicating nature. If it's okay to smoke weed then it's okay to consume alcohol, even huff glue/paint thinner, or whatever. "Oh, just as long as you do it in moderation, like rape, but only rape in moderation." (please pardon my black & white example, if one thing is wrong it's just as wrong as something else).

But seriously. If you're really concerned about it and are genuinely sincere towards God - then you should set out a fleece before Him. What this means (if you or anyone else is not familiar) is to pray to God/Jesus and ask him to show you if Smoking Weed is okay or is it dangerous (spiritually). And don't lean on the idea of it being okay in moderation. It's either wrong or it's not. You should form your question in a very specific way, and ask to be shown a confirmation to your question also in a very specific way so that when you receive it you'll KNOW that that is the answer. And remember to be humble and thankful to God.

I hope you receive the answer you're looking for. Don't look to man for the answers when it comes to the things that could depend on the destiny of your soul. Seek God!

Poorly thought out? You are completely nuts. That is THE main belief by the majority of God fearing Americans. AND, it doesn't matter if you have a "friend" who grows, yeah, everybody's got a "friend" - they are all selling to people, and show me ONE who is only selling pot. Yes, the majority of these "little guys" are all part of the chain that destroys tens of thousands of young lives across the country. We left that whole "the dealer" is not the problem mentality back in the 80's.

Also, OP, I'd like to point out that the idea of "rendering unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, and unto God that which is God's" is only one supporting scripture for the basic Christian belief that a person should obey the laws in the land he is in. If you are doing something that you could get ARRESTED for, that is not a Christian thing to do.

The only problem we have now in America, is we have an evil ruler who is making evil laws. In some cases then, there may be MORAL justification for breaking those laws - say for instance standing holding a sign in protest where you are not supposed to stand, or perhaps a much bigger issue. There is no MORAL justification to break the laws of the land in your situation however.