Understanding Marijuana: A Biblical Perspective on Sobriety
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Satan has, has, has made the goal to be neutrality. And the goal is not neutrality. So when you're dealing with issues, whether it's alcohol, it's same-sex marriage, it's, it's, it's unprofessional, the goal is not neutrality. That's from the devil. Because if God's goal was neutrality, he wouldn't have gave us his word that was not neutral. So God's word, God, God takes definitive positions because God's, God is not pro-neutrality. He talks about being hot and cold, talks about being black and white, talked about being saved and unsaved. He doesn't talk about this whole idea of the gray zone and neutrality." [05:20]
2. "So when it comes to issue, God's goal is not neutrality. God's goal is objectivity. And so it's impossible for you to be authentically neutral. Are we together? Because why? Because everybody in here has experiences. And so whenever you come to an issue, you bring your experiences, you bring your exposure, you bring your hurts, you bring your pains, you bring all that to bear on an issue. And to, and to, and to, and to, and to convince yourself that those things are not present, or those things don't influence you in some kind of way, is to suggest that you're not human." [06:37]
3. "So the question in any of your activities does it glorify God so when it comes to marijuana usage would you be good if Christ sat next to you so if you're at your house and you got your kids there would you be good asking God to roll a joint while you go change the baby's diaper would you be good in the corporate board room when they passing out diet coke coke fruit fruit tray would you you know what y'all ought to put some joints on that fruit tray would you be good with that all activity number two he talks about accountability do you recognize the accountability of your actions back to God so in your heart of hearts are you really good saying you know what God I know you're good with this or do you just say that see sometimes the loudest person is the most insecure person and so what happened you know what he says here he says here he says in verse 31 so whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do do all to the glory of God we have accountability back to God so at the end of the day forget your mother forget your father forget the police forget the teachers forget your peers you are you good with standing before God one day and say God I thought this activity was fine based upon your word based upon your spirit based upon your righteousness God this is good with you" [31:31]
4. "So what happens is many times people don't stop using drugs they just begin to to to boy use the drugs of choice based upon their class and what they can afford and so now I ain't got to go on the street no more and buy some old cheap marijuana I can go get some masculine I can get some um um um amphetamines I can go and get some prescription drugs and abuse those I ain't got to be no old cheap person I've I've got better resources now so I can I can I can now go and intentionally impair my mind unnecessarily with a different drug see boy discussion just not marijuana it's the gateway then lastly guys and the primary thing is the glory of God and all this stuff the real issue ought to be how does this glorify God are we tracking together" [28:28]
5. "So boy, what are the facts that need to be? Because see, sometimes if you just take one factor, so you know what, pastor, if we legalize marijuana, it'll get rid of the black market. That can be true, but that's not the only factor. That's not the only issue. So what I put together here was I put together a, um, a, um, some factors that, you know what, when you consider the legalization of marijuana without giving you a position, you're not going to get rid of the black market. You're not going to get rid of the black market. Here are some factors you want to take into account. You guys good? Number one, you got to take God into account. Hello? You got to take, you have to intentionally say, God, what is your perspective? What is your viewpoint?" [22:51]
### Quotes for Members
1. "So my goal today was kind of lay out what's the landscape what are the what are the general arguments people have for using marijuana my goal was because you know what yeah you know what pastor you know what I can't accuse you because you've never used the boy you don't understand kind of what the big scope issue is marijuana is destroying our community marijuana is destroying our kids it's destroying our families it's destroying our economy now I was meditating upon this driving that I thought about I thought about the casinos when they bring casinos and they talk about how you know what consumer we're going to tax that money but that that tax money is going to interfere with I mean but it's going to impact positively schools this then what they don't tell you are the people who end up homeless and losing their jobs who live in the local communities where casinos are and it ends up destroying the people who don't even need access to it" [34:34]
2. "So when it comes to this issue of marijuana, most of the time when people are dealing with marijuana and, and marijuana legalization, they're not primarily dealing with, they aren't primarily dealing with the issue of, okay, then what's the medical evidence? What's the overall benefit? What's the, what's the, what's the, what's the, what's the, what's the, what's the, most times people when it comes to marijuana are speaking emotionally, okay? Here is what I think about marijuana. There's, for those who use marijuana on a regular basis, they want it legalized so they don't have to go to jail for their usage. Smile at me, all right? Now here's the reality. I'm preaching on this topic because, watch this now, I was studying, I said, you know what, it was my thought, it was my impression that African Americans use marijuana more than other cultures. And so I want to go back and I want to, I want to make sure I'm statistically accurate so I went and researched it. And statistically, African Americans and Anglos use marijuana at about the same usage rate. So there's not a disparity between the number of African Americans, percent of African Americans using marijuana as percentage of Anglos who are using marijuana. They somewhere are close to one another. But then when you go and look at the arrest rates for the use of marijuana, it is disproportionate and there's great disparity among African Americans who are now in the penal system because of marijuana use as it relates to their counterparts and their usage and then them being caught up in the penal system." [08:04]
3. "So our budget don't work well because of the amount of money we are spending that's going up in smoke. Literally. Are we tracking together? To the past, did it feel good when it's going up in smoke though? All right. Um, number two is the overall health. Is marijuana really healthy for you? Number three is that, boy, um, education. So what happens is marijuana kills brain cells. We ain't got that many. It kills brain cells, the ones that we do have left. And then what ends up happening is that when people are on drugs, they are mentally impaired. When they are mentally impaired, they're not functioning at their peak intellectual potential, which now impacts them educationally, academically, which there in turn impacts their employment at some point in time. And then it indirectly impacts your ability to secure scholarships. If you can't get as good grades as you get, it also leads to crime. There are some people, who they use so much marijuana, it results in them getting caught up in a criminal system to maintain their habit. And then it also influences work and money." [09:32]
4. "So you can put hair in there, you can put alcohol there, you can put sniffing pine saw there, you can do vaporizing there. Anything that impairs the mind is a subcategory to the primary core issue of what does God say about intentionally impairing the mind. What's the core? Number two is place it next to a parallel question or parallel passage in the Bible. Guys, I promise you, when you get this down, you can do Bible study and address issues for the rest of your life. Are we tracking together? And most Christians cannot address the issues that show up in life because they don't have a... template to go and address the issue. Y'all together? I ain't mad, I'm just excited. Number one is identify the question. Number two is place it next to a parallel question or a parallel passage that directly or indirectly addresses the issue." [20:02]
5. "So what I did was I went to this um this um website that's in support of legalization of marijuana it's called leafly.com l-e-a-f-l-y.com leafly.com sets forth ten arguments why marijuana ought to be legalized so I don't want you all leaving saying well pastor you against marijuana but you don't understand the issue pastor you against marijuana but you ain't never got high it made me have a time when I was um this is about 20 something years ago and one of my frat brothers brought his brother by the by the house and so you know back then I was still witnessing people and stuff so we're talking or whatever and his brother smoked crack and so I say man why you smoke crack I mean you shouldn't smoke crack he said well I'm a christian but I still smoke crack I said man you could be more effective if you if you if you didn't smoke crack and you were a christian so the crackhead began trying to tell me that let's see man when I go in there and man I hit the pipe with him I'm good I ain't making this stuff up when I go in there pastor boy I hit the pipe with him and then I witnessed christ it gave me credibility spoken like a true crackhead right all right so anyway um so boy people have crazy arguments all right anyway here's their top 10 argument number one is the world would not collapse into chaos if people use marijuana" [13:29]
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1. "Satan has, has, has made the goal to be neutrality. And the goal is not neutrality. So when you're dealing with issues, whether it's alcohol, it's same-sex marriage, it's, it's, it's unprofessional, the goal is not neutrality. That's from the devil. Because if God's goal was neutrality, he wouldn't have gave us his word that was not neutral. So God's word, God, God takes definitive positions because God's, God is not pro-neutrality. He talks about being hot and cold, talks about being black and white, talked about being saved and unsaved. He doesn't talk about this whole idea of the gray zone and neutrality." [05:20]
2. "So when it comes to issue, God's goal is not neutrality. God's goal is objectivity. And so it's impossible for you to be authentically neutral. Are we together? Because why? Because everybody in here has experiences. And so whenever you come to an issue, you bring your experiences, you bring your exposure, you bring your hurts, you bring your pains, you bring all that to bear on an issue. And to, and to, and to, and to, and to convince yourself that those things are not present, or those things don't influence you in some kind of way, is to suggest that you're not human." [06:37]
3. "So the question in any of your activities does it glorify God so when it comes to marijuana usage would you be good if Christ sat next to you so if you're at your house and you got your kids there would you be good asking God to roll a joint while you go change the baby's diaper would you be good in the corporate board room when they passing out diet coke coke fruit fruit tray would you you know what y'all ought to put some joints on that fruit tray would you be good with that all activity number two he talks about accountability do you recognize the accountability of your actions back to God so in your heart of hearts are you really good saying you know what God I know you're good with this or do you just say that see sometimes the loudest person is the most insecure person and so what happened you know what he says here he says here he says in verse 31 so whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do do all to the glory of God we have accountability back to God so at the end of the day forget your mother forget your father forget the police forget the teachers forget your peers you are you good with standing before God one day and say God I thought this activity was fine based upon your word based upon your spirit based upon your righteousness God this is good with you" [31:31]
4. "So what happens is many times people don't stop using drugs they just begin to to to boy use the drugs of choice based upon their class and what they can afford and so now I ain't got to go on the street no more and buy some old cheap marijuana I can go get some masculine I can get some um um um amphetamines I can go and get some prescription drugs and abuse those I ain't got to be no old cheap person I've I've got better resources now so I can I can I can now go and intentionally impair my mind unnecessarily with a different drug see boy discussion just not marijuana it's the gateway then lastly guys and the primary thing is the glory of God and all this stuff the real issue ought to be how does this glorify God are we tracking together" [28:28]
5. "So boy, what are the facts that need to be? Because see, sometimes if you just take one factor, so you know what, pastor, if we legalize marijuana, it'll get rid of the black market. That can be true, but that's not the only factor. That's not the only issue. So what I put together here was I put together a, um, a, um, some factors that, you know what, when you consider the legalization of marijuana without giving you a position, you're not going to get rid of the black market. You're not going to get rid of the black market. Here are some factors you want to take into account. You guys good? Number one, you got to take God into account. Hello? You got to take, you have to intentionally say, God, what is your perspective? What is your viewpoint?" [22:51]
### Quotes for Members
1. "So my goal today was kind of lay out what's the landscape what are the what are the general arguments people have for using marijuana my goal was because you know what yeah you know what pastor you know what I can't accuse you because you've never used the boy you don't understand kind of what the big scope issue is marijuana is destroying our community marijuana is destroying our kids it's destroying our families it's destroying our economy now I was meditating upon this driving that I thought about I thought about the casinos when they bring casinos and they talk about how you know what consumer we're going to tax that money but that that tax money is going to interfere with I mean but it's going to impact positively schools this then what they don't tell you are the people who end up homeless and losing their jobs who live in the local communities where casinos are and it ends up destroying the people who don't even need access to it" [34:34]
2. "So when it comes to this issue of marijuana, most of the time when people are dealing with marijuana and, and marijuana legalization, they're not primarily dealing with, they aren't primarily dealing with the issue of, okay, then what's the medical evidence? What's the overall benefit? What's the, what's the, what's the, what's the, what's the, what's the, what's the, most times people when it comes to marijuana are speaking emotionally, okay? Here is what I think about marijuana. There's, for those who use marijuana on a regular basis, they want it legalized so they don't have to go to jail for their usage. Smile at me, all right? Now here's the reality. I'm preaching on this topic because, watch this now, I was studying, I said, you know what, it was my thought, it was my impression that African Americans use marijuana more than other cultures. And so I want to go back and I want to, I want to make sure I'm statistically accurate so I went and researched it. And statistically, African Americans and Anglos use marijuana at about the same usage rate. So there's not a disparity between the number of African Americans, percent of African Americans using marijuana as percentage of Anglos who are using marijuana. They somewhere are close to one another. But then when you go and look at the arrest rates for the use of marijuana, it is disproportionate and there's great disparity among African Americans who are now in the penal system because of marijuana use as it relates to their counterparts and their usage and then them being caught up in the penal system." [08:04]
3. "So our budget don't work well because of the amount of money we are spending that's going up in smoke. Literally. Are we tracking together? To the past, did it feel good when it's going up in smoke though? All right. Um, number two is the overall health. Is marijuana really healthy for you? Number three is that, boy, um, education. So what happens is marijuana kills brain cells. We ain't got that many. It kills brain cells, the ones that we do have left. And then what ends up happening is that when people are on drugs, they are mentally impaired. When they are mentally impaired, they're not functioning at their peak intellectual potential, which now impacts them educationally, academically, which there in turn impacts their employment at some point in time. And then it indirectly impacts your ability to secure scholarships. If you can't get as good grades as you get, it also leads to crime. There are some people, who they use so much marijuana, it results in them getting caught up in a criminal system to maintain their habit. And then it also influences work and money." [09:32]
4. "So you can put hair in there, you can put alcohol there, you can put sniffing pine saw there, you can do vaporizing there. Anything that impairs the mind is a subcategory to the primary core issue of what does God say about intentionally impairing the mind. What's the core? Number two is place it next to a parallel question or parallel passage in the Bible. Guys, I promise you, when you get this down, you can do Bible study and address issues for the rest of your life. Are we tracking together? And most Christians cannot address the issues that show up in life because they don't have a... template to go and address the issue. Y'all together? I ain't mad, I'm just excited. Number one is identify the question. Number two is place it next to a parallel question or a parallel passage that directly or indirectly addresses the issue." [20:02]
5. "So what I did was I went to this um this um website that's in support of legalization of marijuana it's called leafly.com l-e-a-f-l-y.com leafly.com sets forth ten arguments why marijuana ought to be legalized so I don't want you all leaving saying well pastor you against marijuana but you don't understand the issue pastor you against marijuana but you ain't never got high it made me have a time when I was um this is about 20 something years ago and one of my frat brothers brought his brother by the by the house and so you know back then I was still witnessing people and stuff so we're talking or whatever and his brother smoked crack and so I say man why you smoke crack I mean you shouldn't smoke crack he said well I'm a christian but I still smoke crack I said man you could be more effective if you if you if you didn't smoke crack and you were a christian so the crackhead began trying to tell me that let's see man when I go in there and man I hit the pipe with him I'm good I ain't making this stuff up when I go in there pastor boy I hit the pipe with him and then I witnessed christ it gave me credibility spoken like a true crackhead right all right so anyway um so boy people have crazy arguments all right anyway here's their top 10 argument number one is the world would not collapse into chaos if people use marijuana" [13:29]
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