Donna Danna (10 July 2026)
"TO FAY:   "What We Do With Our Souls & Our Spirits Isn't The Only Thing That Counts"


This is in reply to your 7/01 post Gino re Most Christians will be Ashamed at the Rapture in which you stated the following:

"I believe ALL believers carry some shame. Some more than others.  None of us are perfect and we all have some sin or another that we cannot shake.  Addiction to a substance is evil when it affects others, as well as the addict.  Addiction to any substance is a profound weakness but is not evil unless it causes misery to others.  Cigarette smoking is unhealthy but is not evil. It's what we do with our souls - our spirits - that counts.  The 10 Commandments do not even mention substance abuse. The commandments are all about spiritual health. They are all about lying, stealing, coveting, keeping the Sabbath Holy to God etc."  

As for your statements "what we do with our souls - our spirits - that counts," and "the commandments are all about spiritual health," I think it also counts as to what we do with our bodies because making graven images with our hands and bowing down to them is something that is done with the body. Taking the Lord's name in vain (swearing) is something we do with the speech that comes out of our mouth and so does lying (bearing false witness). We are to guard the tongue by what we say (1 Peter 3:10, James 1:26, 3:5-8). Not doing any work on the Sabbath day has to do with resting our body. Killing with the hands or stealing with the hands also have to do with the body, and so does committing adultery with the body.  So that covers 7 of the 10 commandments that have to do with the body; these 7 commandments aren't just about our soul and spirit.  Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you according to 1 Corin. 6:19 so we should guard what we do with our body as well.