Great comment

Beautifully written

I am on day 3 with no weed.. I put in 5 days last week till I realized that I kinda don't like myself. I realize it as a problem in itself but my mind just works so overtime that I get exhausted. I finally smoked a quarter joint and thought in horror of all the tactless facebook posts I had made. I hurried to the activity log and repented and erased most of them and spent more time in prayer and the word than I had all week. I don't like being high and really didn't use it to get high.. there was a voice that said " that's enough" and I listened.. I gotta say I was told I had to take antidepressants all my life and they made me dead inside and suicidal and hopeless. I do not want to offend God but I am very confused because I function far better and to be honest, I feel able to calm my mind and to talk to God. I am so confused.. i want to be obedient but i also miss how i was. It was working. I'm not arguing for or against, but that's where I'm at..

The key as with all things that we do is: what are our intentions/motivations? Added to what you said Oscar are people who have been through some type(s) of trauma, and try to use substances to cope, rather than speaking to a councelor/minister etc. and getting help.

Me? I just wanna relax after studying or have a chill gaming session with my friends after a long day. I’m not using it to get baked as heck, more so just to enjoy life more, using it like a supplement to my life, like a bodybuilder would use whey protein. There’s animals proteins and plant proteins (other ways to enjoy life), but sometimes using whey (cannabis) is a good alternative when needed. As long as it’s not the lord of your life, and you love God with all your heart, there’s no reason to spark a J after work the same way some people use melatonin to sleep. Intention is everything

Amen!!!

Amen

Mayan Empire Because life is a test, and you can't have a test with only right answers.

Mayan Empire I'm not saying weed is bad, but it definitely can be depending on who is using it and for what reason

Mayan Empire why did God make poison ivy? Do you smoke or eat poison ivy too?

Amanda Brown bad argument. Poison ivy is POISON. Marijuana is not poison. Marijuana is also less toxic than alcohol, so why would we be aloud to drink alcohol but not consume thc? Totally see your point though

William Mosley I'm not going to argue, but I will simply say that I used to smoke marijuana and God took it from me and made me become allergic to it. It is not from God, in my experience with it and in my opinion. He also did the a similar thing with alcohol when I began to use it to cope with the loss of my two children. He set me free from it. Then (finally) last year I allowed Him to take cigarettes me! Unfortunately I'm allergic to it now and can't even be around it, but the benefits far out way the bad. I now maintain the best high one could possibly have that is consistent and has no side effects. I believe that ALL of that stuff is bad and it blocks us from connecting to Our Creator & Christ by causing our bodies to remain in a lower vibration that attracts demonic spirits or at least keeps us enslaved to Satan and blind to the Truth. Sorry that was so long. If you made this far then Thank-You for reading a little bit about my experiences and opinion.

K P if only you knew how Satanists use marijuana as a gateway drug to gain access to your soul, you'd understand why Christians are against marijuana

jajajajaja, what a tool.

@@karabo933 you are wrong CBD has many applications . I bet you think hemp is bad also

I agree. Most Christians don't know what the benefits are or how cannabis even works in our body.

I cracked my skull.. I was saved by God, God then gave me marijuana later in life. Am I sinning suddenyl when Im on weed? no. I agreed 1000% with K P My parents use christianity as entitlement where they can tell me what to do.

You can use cannabis and remain sober.

Nah it was made illegal due to racism

It took away from pharma profits and the textiles companies actually funded "Reefer madness".

@@alecdalziell7128 ot was not racism, it was the companies making paper by chopping down trees would of gone out of business due to hemp paper being so easy to make and recycleable. so they made anyone who smoked it look crazy, by aslo using racism, but its foundation was not racism.

Because these receptors were made for endocannbinoids which the body produces on its own. THC and CBD mimics these endocannabinoids. Did you really think these receptors exists exclusively for weed?

industrial hemp that has high levels of cannabidiol (CBD) but very very low THC does not achieve drunkenness in moderation, but also helps the mind and body as a natural medicinal. But cannibus having high levels of THC can in low dosages/moderation cause drunkenness/psychoactivity of which is spoken against in scripture. So industrial Hemp is ok wherever it is legal to have and consume, but cannibus is not legal nor ok with God because of it's psychoactivity in low dosages/moderation that will lead to be passive to debauchery. Regardless of ones subjective objections or tolerance, God knows better and speaks against drunkenness for our protection.

@Austin Friedner the debate boils down to drunkenness/psychoactivity and I would even add mental addiction that can occur even though there is no physical property that causes physical addiction as nicotine. God opened our eyes to the reality that drunkness/psychoactivity leads to being passive to debauchery. It does not matter if a substance has a positive property as it's negative property being drunkenness in moderation outweighs the benefits and why it is spoken against by God. But Hemp being a variety of the sativa kind is non psychoactive, which has similar beneficial properties as cannibus but with moderation does not cause psychoactivity when consumed. Your assuming I'm being arrogant or even ignorant even though in my discussion I did not say that cannibus has within it's properties only negatives. You assumed this because I was debating against the negative properties of cannibus without providing information of it's benefits. That is not being arrogant or ignorant. strategic? yes, in keeping people focused on why God is against cannibus vs Industrial hemp but not arrogant or ignorant. So i pointed out why it should not be used being that what is negative of it, is spoken against by God which out wieghs any benefit it does have. TABACCO has beneficial properties too as an sedative that suppresses hunger,anxiety and stress but its negatives of addiction, cancer, stroke,heart attacks, cardiovascular issues, weakening the immunity out wieghs any beneficial properties especially sense it damages the body in low dosages. But ultimately because God speaking against addiction and consuming something that in moderation could damage His temple being our body that He owns. So just because an plant or synthetic has beneficial properties does not mean it is ok to consume if it does damage in moderation, causes addiction and causes drunkenness in moderation.

@@josephkuzara2609 fuk outta here now u making up your own rules you ain Gods Speaker STFU

@Evangelist Baptist Johm Worley one sip of alcohol is not sin, as God had allowed alchohol in moderation both old testament and new testament. We are to not become addicted to booze nor a drunkard. There is no talking against drinking it, just the dissipation of it which leads to drunkenness and addiction.

True that!!!Amen

This is a great Christian response.

Exactly. Smoking weed might be a sin for someone who God is convicting to stop. However if someone is using it responsibly and doesn't feel convinced to stop i think it might not be a sin

Like a fat guy that is being convicted to stop eating fatty foods its a sin. However a healthy person it might not be a sin to occasionally eat unhealthily food

Anthony Lombardo fatty foods doesn’t alter your mind friend.. This is how I got convicted about smoking weed , According to Gal 2:20 where Paul says he crucified with Christ and it’s Christ that now lives in him so with that being said , would Jesus be smoking weed? And we were saved to be conformed into the image of Christ.. Will Jesus Christ be smoking weed? If you’re really being conformed into the image of Jesus you wouldn’t wanna do the things He wouldn’t do and if it’s Christ that is working in you both to will and to do His good pleasure, will Christ give you the will to smoke weed? Let’s examine ourselves again lest we let the flesh dictate for us

@@brandedforchrist do you eat sugar foods daily? Do you drink coffee or caffeine daily?

Cannabis was made illegal because Nixon hated the hippies and it gave him a reason to throw them in jail and make everyone hate them...he hated the hippies because he wanted a war in Nam' and the damn tree huggers were stopping the napalm from flowing. That's why marijuana was truly made a schedule 1 drug.

Romans 13:1-2: "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation." I see nothing here that says obey the only the laws you agree with.

@@thrills120 it was made illegal 30+years earlier. Look up Harry Anslinger and the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937

Shutup

That could be the case indeed for YOU personaly, doesn't have to be for everyone.

Somebody tell this dude shut the fuck up

TRUTH.

Lol. THis made me laugh so fucking hard 😂

You can't compare apples and oranges, chemo saves lives, cannabis doesn't

@@cathyhamlin3611 that's funny... And disingenuous. We know chemotherapy kills thousands every year. How many bodies does cannabis account for?

@@cathyhamlin3611 It helps people eat sleep also takes away the pain they have to deal with what the hell are you on about????

@@confessjesus-now3606 A good ole zero also no physical withdrawls cannabis seems to be the most safe and effective medication known to man that you can literally grow in your backyard. And big pharma just doesn’t like that

@@cathyhamlin3611chemotherapy violently killed my sister, it melted her from the inside out, she had a year left and was dead in 45 days, kind of bitter at you a bit.

Jared Drogose this makes me wanna do it more tbh

Doesn't alcohol alter the mind?

Joshua James I recently too gave it up and I was always and advocate of marijuana but the HOLY SPIRIT has been working on me and lead me away from a lot of things that were bad for me. I can't say enough how mercyful God is in Christ Jesus our LORD. Praise HIS MIGHTY name. God bless

Wow!!!!!

it wasn't the Spirit that convicted you... it was your dead and powerless religion.

I’m trying, I have serious sleeping issues as well as issues that marijuana helps me from past trauma in life and mainly the military. I’d say I let it go too far, it was way too much, but if I’m only using it during my worst episodes, I wonder, I believe I feel conviction from the Holy Spirit, so I will attempt to stop completely, right now I’m onllllly doing it when I need it, sincerely, I’ve cut my use down probably 80 to 90 percent. This is a massive grey area that lies heavy on my heart. Which is why I should probably just try and stop.

Same brother

I agree that in some circumstances, medical use in small doses could be helpful, however, it was a negetive substance for me, before I got saved, made me lazy, brain fog, my grades were affected, but I threw away my weed and pipe, Jesus set me free!

It’s from the heart it’s your personal relationship with Christ and I believe he does the Same thing with me not that I smoked it yet but it’s personal between him and I I would do this if I did smoked to thank him but the high addictive feeling I would also like to tell him to take away because we can’t be too comfortable in that sort of situation and acting disorderly it’s the image of God we must represent and the hospitality it’s seeking him with all your heart mind and spirit and pray to him personally what’s going on and what makes you uncomfortable pray for protection Etc. We must set our hearts right for God and come to him about it. Ya know. We can’t rely and let the plant become idolatry in our lives and depend on it more than God. That’s why we come to him if he heals us then it is what it is and we are set free. Praise God hallelujah 🙂🙌❤️

Yeah but THC isn't used for seizures, the CBD is!!! I'd repent if I were you. Plus what are you doing after getting stoned??? Are you watching things you shouldn't be watching? Listening to music you shouldn't be listening to??? All that burnt marijuana with it's high tar content damages God's temple (your body!). Plus if you're using daily, you're depending on it and thus living after the flesh. Not crucifying it with it's passions and desires. Anyone who is smoking weed is on their way to hell. Again CBD is for seizures. THC has nothing at all to do with seizure prevention.

Vapes are extremely potent. They are usually 60-95% thc. So, one hit would get you blasted unless you have some tolerance

You can use cbd. You like getting high

Hey whenever you finish that book I’d like a copy

I wasn't a couch potato, but it made me lazy and unmotivated, the dope friends I knew were going nada with their lives, plus it affects memory, and paranoid with killer anxiety

By the way, are you a christian?

@@cathyhamlin3611 yes I am a christian

I have been a Christian since I was eight and in ministry for decades Smoking pot is not a sin No more than taken insulin I began at 40 Changed my life Weed much safer than the pharmaceutical industry. He is merely given his opinion we all have one. God alone is the judge

The word of God tells us cannabis is there for us to use.

@@Bc232klm Nope. www.equip.org/article/bible-teach-cannabis-plant/

He doesn't tho Lmfaooo

Chia seeds also have nutrients, I don't buy the argument from nature

I would need more convincing evidence of the reality of that, what are your sources

The bible. And the hierarchy used it to get "closer to god"

Not sure if this is the most pressing issue in the church. I thought it was going out in the world and preaching the Gospel so the list can be saved.

Please just look up 1935 marijuana propaganda, and you will see the exact nonsense that was spread about marijuana. The word itself actually comes from Mexican tobacco, they used it because Mexicans were feared and hated by Americans in the early 1900’s

I also wanna add, that I respect you for opening the comments for other points of views, because of this I’ll keep trolling on a minimum

Did you hear his testimony? That's enough for me, marijuana was not a positive substance for me either Became very unmotivated, had panic attacks, paranoia, affected my grades, when I became a Christian, I threw away my weed and pipe, praise Jesus, I was set free!

@@cathyhamlin3611 Yes but personal experience does not change facts of what something is. He stated what he felt about it and how God convicted him. Not questioning his personal conviction, that is different everyone, as it is personal. But how you feel about something doesn't change what it actually is. You could think dogs are all bad because you got bite by one, but that doesn't mean it's true. I can't go around saying every dog in the world is bad, cause it's just simply not true. As here some of the scientific facts listed are simply not true. Now you could come up with a different conclusion on what is good for you, but shouldn't that conclusion be come from something true instead of a lie? Is this case miss information about what cannabis actually is and does to your body.

Further more is it a glory to God for His children to suffer and be unable to function?? Absolutely not. Jesus did a complete work on the cross. All the necessary suffering ended there with Him. Jesus died so that we may have fullness of life. There is no glory to God through us by us being a martyr of sickness and pain.

As Christians my main issue with using pot. Is that it may be a matter of confusion for folks on both sides of the matter. For example a young Christian may think its fine for them if an older Christian smokes. But, as with everything we do it should bring us closer to God or atleast not farther away. If my use of pot caused new beleivers to stumble then its a sin for me to use it. Lets not be an offense to Gods young ones.

You have to focus on Jesus, and everytime you fall get back up and try harder, grow in repentance, and grow in trust of the Lord. Especially when it comes to sexual immorality.

God loves you. Never forget that. Let Lord Jesus Christ be your foundation. 1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

Ct how ypu doing now

10:40 Because my mind is really noisy and it's chaos, when I smoke I can clear my mind in a way. I've been trying to listen to the bible and follow Jesus every day, so I came across this: Because of my noisy mind I Went to a doctor and he gave me medicine, The medicine made me have suicidal thoughts as a side effect, I almost killed myself, Now I found Jesus and have being trying to be like him, When I smoke I feel closer to him, A doctor didn't gave me a paper allowing me to use it, But a friend gave me and said that it would be good for me, And that it has been helping him a lot (he is also a Cristian) So... I don't use it to stay in the couch stonned or to go to parties, But to help me clear my mind and be productive, Btw.. Where I live is Legal to use it

But the thing is, when I use it I start to doubt if I'm sinning or not, and that alone seems to be a solid reason to don't do it

That's why I go to the bible, And it seems to be in a grey area 🤔

televmj .......he’s lying to your face. So confident in your beliefs? Let’s talk

Yeah like I see no danger in pot I make good decisions unlike alochol which makes me a damn psycho. And I know I will live to see another day an exception pill addicts just don’t have

Also sugar as it is more addictive and deadly then cannabis.

We might as well not stop there fry’s especially at fast food chains have chemicals far more deadly then cannabis

Be careful with that verse brother. I personally use cannabis to help deal with stress and anxiety. But that verse in genesis was before the fall of man so the world wasn’t cursed yet. But this pastor is pretty clueless especially claiming that the ONLY reason people use it is to get high.

Isai Flores I AGREE

Isia Flores You disagree with the statement that marijuana makes people lack motivation? I know from personal experience that it does make people lazy and dumb downed, including myself. . I am 59 years old, and I smoked weed for over 40 years, I wanted to be a professional athlete growing up, but I got involved with the wrong group of friends and started getting high on all kind so drugs, and my aspirations of being a sportsman were blown by my choices. I started with marijuana and went on to many harder more dangerous drugs. It is a gateway drug, and that is a fact/jack.

1003003 dl “...who i would consider...” Thank God you’re not God.

Amen, we are to be sober minded

Weee isn't a drug its the opposite of what drugs do to people!!!

The eyes could be red because of allergies-your mood could be altered by prescription medications or drinking wine. Lol.

VLAD THE IMPALER what did it do to you?

Amen, I had paranoia, and extreme anxiety, no fun

Keith Thompson I hope they keep them open but with a heavy ban finger like James White! Hope your studies are going well brother!!

Keith Thompson can’t you listen to any views but your own? You live in the dark

I just want to say that I smoke marijuana and study my Bible now that does not mean that every time I study my Bible I am high what it does mean though is when I do smoke marijuana I study the Bible I feel it allows me to get a better interpretation of the word with prayer asking the holy goes to help me understand you keep Thompson as a man of God should be ashamed of the fact that secretly you are judging the other Pastor that was involved with marijuana you judged and you have no place to judge if the pastor was not promoting marijuana use then his journey with God is his journey see what you don't realize is that God can work through me and if he seems that it is irrelevant then he will let me know about not smoking marijuana and studying the Bible but what I have noticed is that I am able to spread the word of God and reach a different audience for the simple fact I smoke marijuana otherwise I would not be able to relate to these people and then God with a power of the Holy Spirit can touch that person and change his life and reconstruct his heart but it has to begin somewhere and as human beings and children of God we do not judge everybody's relationship with the Lord is different the Lord will handle these issues to me it seems utterly waste of time to concentrate on this can I smoke weed and read the Bible when we can be talkin about what's going on right now with the reality of a spiritual warfare of every time we pray and we ask the Holy Ghost to come into our vessel we declare war with the Enemy we need to be prepared for battle we need knowledge for battle we need knowledge for war we need knowledge to defeat the enemy don't lose sight brother it's okay to be wrong every now and then but as a Christian this is a learning process what you preached about 2 years ago might not necessarily be the same thing for years ahead because you saw answers and God responded to you and answered your questions in the name of Jesus Christ I want to pray for you I love you brother and I feel your heart is in the right place take this issue up with God and not man get your answer and response from God and not man and have confidence and faith that what you believe is the honest God's truth no matter what your fellow man might think no matter what your fellow congregation might think they have no power of judging your relationship with God I just want to say that I smoke marijuana and study my Bible now that does not mean that everytime I study my Bible I am hi What it does mean though is when I do smoke marijuana I study the Bible I feel it allows me to get a better interpretation of the word with prayer asking the Holy Ghost to help me understand you keep Thompson as a man of God should be ashamed of the fact that secretly you are judging the other pastor that was involved with marijuana you judged and you have no place to judge if the pastor was not promoting marijuana use then his journey with God is his journey see what you don't realize is that God can work through me and if he seems that it is irrelevant then he will let me know about not smoking marijuana and studying the Bible but what I have noticed is that I am able to spread the word of God and Richard different audience for the simple fact I smoke marijuana otherwise I would not be able to relate to this people and then God with a power of the Holy Spirit can touch that person and change his life and reconstruct his heart but it has to begin somewhere and as human beings and children of God we do not judge everybody's relationship with the Lord is different the Lord will handle these issues to me it seems utterly waste of time to concentrate on this can I smoke weed and read the Bible when we can be talking about what's going on right now with the reality of a spiritual warfare of every time we pray and we asked the Holy Ghost to come into our vessel we declare war with the devil the enemy we need to be prepared for battle we need knowledge from battle we need knowledge full war we need knowledge to defeat the enemy don't move sight brother its okay to be wrong every now and then but as a Christian this is a learning process What You Preach 2 years ago might not necessarily be the same thing for years ahead because you found answers because God gave you answers I pray for you brother and I love you in the name of Jesus Christ may God bless you amen

Amen! man.

do you pray without ceasing and listen to the Holy Spirit? Otherwise, please keep your stupid and dead religion to yourself.

There are other herbs to use that would help besides weed

I think his testimony speaks volumes about this topic

@@cathyhamlin3611 well 2 years later and I got the answer when I was born again... anything that is unchrist like in my life is a sin... smoking weed is definitely one of them.. in other words if christ didn't do it I don't want to do it..

This is not a testimony

Shalawam. Can we talk?

What kind of rap? Biblical/Christian rap? I do that and write some real deep lyrics of truth

Okay I listened to one of your tracks, definitely not edifying to God at all! I use to rap worldy too, not anymore. You cant serve two masters. What do you think God thinks of those lyrics? Just speaking from what I listened to bro. Ill sent you some of my lyrics....

This is another page in my erra, so much pain and terror when the chains embrace they will scare ya. Let me tell ya' when I stare in the mirror, I see a man with an arrow pierced in His heart. but I wont let up I gotta' keep my head up and continue to march, God let's me see clear through the venues of dark. These days the world makes me feel so eerie I'll barf. The Word of a God keeps me zoned in so hard. I'll deny the devils mark and embark in the bread of life to not starve.This is where destinations starts beyond the earths devistation and scars. Forsakin' the ways of the nation cuz' Satan's at large. I gotta stear clear from paths that man made. yet it's hard to percieve truth while stuck in theese shoes on this landscajpe. Yet I know through Christ I am saved and slay away Demons and rebuke false doctrines. Otherwise I'll be Judged for not talkin', Reincarnation is not real that's our own conscience lost in nonsense. I walk by faith not by sight, I'm cautious.