Me: So I've Decided to start smoking.
Myself: What? Why?
Me: Why not?
Myself: Because it's wrong.
Me: No it's not! The Bible doesn't say anything specifically about smoking.
Myself: So?! It's still wrong.
Me: Why is it wrong?
Myself: ...That's a bummer, man.
Me: Why? It's no big deal...You can't show me one place where Jesus says it's wrong, so I don't see what your problem is.
Myself: ...I don't know what to say. You're right, man, you're right.
Me: You shouldn't judge people.
Myself: I'm sorry, man. I don't mean to. You can go ahead and smoke, man. You're right.
I, along with Myself and feeling defeated, walked away. Soon all my friends started smoking. Everyone in the church started smoking. Then they, along with Me, started drinking. And then they, along with Me, started cursing. They, along with Me, started watching whatever movies they wanted to because I, along with Myself, couldn't tell them, along with Me, where it says not to watch whatever they want, in the Bible.
Over time, the smoking and drinking started aging our faces and bodies, we started quoting movie lines, some that involved racy humor and some that involved foul language.
We were still saved and Christians. And we were able to get closer to people, too, inside their circles and what not. We looked like them and we sounded like them.
And it was all because I, along with Myself, didn't have tangible proof that it was wrong.
So then everything is cool and everyone else was right. Right?
(*I have NOT started smoking.
When someone asks me "Why not?", someone or something inside of me is screaming "BUT WHY?!!!"
The scream echoes in my blood. I look down at my body and then turn to a mirror to find that my entire body is covered in blood. Someone else's blood.
I run. I run because the blood inside me is guilty. But I don't stop running because the blood that covers me is innocent.)
This was intense. I see your point and maybe I can help you. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says, "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own, you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." Smoking causes serious damage to your lungs and even significantly increases the risk of lung cancer, and other diseases. Phillipians 1:20 then states, "I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death." If there were no rhyme or reason as to why we do the things we do as Christians then our faith and the love we try so hard to show is nothing. Now while I agree that there may be nothing physically wrong with drinking; drinking in abundance in damaging to your health. Paul speaks quite a bit on the matter. (Ephesians 5:18, 1 Corinthians 6:10, 1 Timothy 3:3, Galatians 5:21, 1 Peter 4:3; as well as Luke 21:34) There's proof, you just need to look for it. Great post though. Very creative.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the awesome comment, Seth. I totally agree! =~)
ReplyDeleteGood stuff Zac! It's always tough to justity certain things that are not specific in the Bible. I wish people would stop looking the Bible as a list of rules and having the attitude "well it doesn't say this, so it's ok" but where is the heart behind intentions. I dunno lol..i really liked this though :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Monica. I agree. =~)
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