What about a Christian sex addict?
2007-11-14 09:03:26 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My friend says she is a Christian yet she smokes and is addicted to sex (she admits this) and doesn't try to stop. She knows it's wrong but doesn't seem to care.
2007-11-14 09:09:49 · update #1
She's divorced.
2007-11-14 09:11:25 · update #2
I think a smoker has a better chance of making it than the people who sell it to us...
2007-11-14 09:14:43 · answer #1 · answered by Da Mick 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Smoking isn't a sin.
As long as the sex addict is having sex with their spouse, I see nothing in Christian dogma that would prevent that person from entering heaven. Of course, I'm not a Christian, I could be wrong.
2007-11-14 09:07:23 · answer #2 · answered by Eiliat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, we can't know the status of another's salvation, but I would say that smoking shouldn't have an effect on a person's salvation.
On the other hand, I would say that sex addiction would be more ambiguous. In particular, I would consider it likely that the person might tend to exploit others in the process of attempting to satisfy the addiction, which is definitely a sin.
2007-11-14 09:15:11 · answer #3 · answered by Sxeptomaniac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at the end of the day only God decided who does/doesnt goto Heaven. As far as smokers & sex addicts the Bible talks about taking care of the temple & sex outside of marriage respectfully. Only true repentence will pave a path to Heaven...then again tehre is never a gaurranty that anyone will goto Heaven.
2007-11-14 09:08:49 · answer #4 · answered by *D* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can they - yes.
But remember Christians must believe that Jesus paid the price for their sins with their hearts, not just say so. One outward way to see what is on ones hearts is through the works that flow out of that person. God will look at her heart and if her sins are indeed paid for, she gets to enter heaven, otherwise she pays the price for her sins herself.
Man can't decide yes or no, only God, so theoretically everyone "can" get into heaven.
2007-11-14 09:15:39 · answer #5 · answered by doug 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a question for you. Is not smoking and not being addicted to sex going to help you get into heaven? If you believe it will then you are on your way to splitting Hell wide open.
2007-11-14 09:13:14 · answer #6 · answered by Matthew P (SL) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup. Remember what makes a Christian a Christian!
"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son."
( John 3:17-18 )
We are not perfect! And we will not be while down here.
Also, there was a time when some thought that you would go to Hell for eating certain foods. Paul knew better and so did Jesus! What did Jesus say?
Matthew 15:11
What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' "
And Paul was blessed with this knowledge:
Romans 14
1 Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. 2 One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3 The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him. 4 Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
2007-11-14 09:19:02 · answer #7 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Christian is someone who acknowledges their own sin and believes that Christ died for them and rose from the dead.
Since part of the equation is believing that everyone sins, the answer is yes, of course they can.
Of course, there would have to be additional circumstances for either of those situations to even be sins. As someone here mentioned, smoking isn't mentioned in the bible, and they could be sleeping with a wife.
2007-11-14 09:07:47 · answer #8 · answered by slinkywizzard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your sins are not counted against you, you are made righteous when you are born again, and as you grow in Christ, the divine nature you received when you were saved, convicts you to turn from such behaviors, and repent and receive total forgiveness The thing is to keep praying for her and ministering to her (if you are a Christian)... and the she has the ability turn from these things before her life ends.
Take care, God bless
2007-11-14 09:18:44 · answer #9 · answered by AngieMama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all about relationship with Christ, not whether or not we smoke. The sex addict thing - if she is married and having sex within a marital relationship, that is okay.
2007-11-14 09:13:43 · answer #10 · answered by John 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smoking is a venial sin-- purgatory.
Impurity is mortal sin -- unless repented hell.
But you are still alive so quit the sex addiction NOW and you can come to heaven.
And there are plenty of saints who smoked. There are a lot of saints also who were addicted to sex but they gave it up for JESUS.
There's hope for you so keep on struggling.
2007-11-14 09:07:33 · answer #11 · answered by carl 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋