Tobacco Using Contrary to Godliness
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are enlightened upon this subject continue to rob God in tithes and
offerings used to sustain the gospel, while they offer on the altar of
destroying lust, in the use of tobacco, more than they give to relieve the
poor or to supply the wants of God’s cause? If they are truly sanctified,
every hurtful lust will be overcome. Then all these channels of needless
expense will be turned to the Lord’s treasury, and Christians will take
the lead in self-denial, self-sacrifice, and in temperance. Then they
will be the light of the world....
Natural Sensibilities Are Deadened
To a tobacco user, everything is insipid and lifeless without the
darling indulgence. Its use has deadened the natural sensibilities of
body and mind, and he is not susceptible of the influence of the Spirit
of God. In the absence of the usual stimulant, he has a hungering and
yearning of body and soul not for righteousness, not for holiness, not
for God’s presence, but for his cherished idol. In the indulgence of
hurtful lusts, professed Christians are daily enfeebling their powers,
making it impossible to glorify God.