Christians & The Use of Substances, Part 1 (TMF:2940)
Friday, August 14, 2026
Peace to Live By: Christians & The Use of Substances, Part 1 (TMF:2940) - Daniel Litton
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Moving on. The use of substances was mentioned, and how a Christian is to use discernment when it comes to substances. Does this mean that, say, for instance, smoking cigarettes is wrong? This subject matter can be considered briefly. People probably aren’t going to like the answer to this one, and that is, that fifty or a hundred years ago, it doesn’t seem it would have been wrong. That would be primarily due to the fact that the people back then didn’t know of the harmful effects to smoking cigarettes. Nowadays, we obviously do. And knowing that, the speaker certainly doesn’t see how it could be a regular practice of a Christian. It should also be noted that it would appear that cigarettes could be a ‘gateway drug’, if you will, to other more serious substances. That only seems likely. In that case, it may be best to avoid cigarettes altogether for that reason. Cigarettes, in and of themselves, it is understood do not really cause a change in one’s mental state, like drinking too much alcohol.