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Did You Hear What Spurgeon Said? ‘I Smoke to the Glory of God.’

As to the legalists who would have me turn in my sanctification card, I refer to the exchange that occurred between Dr. Pentecost and C.H. Spurgeon. Pentecost, as a guest of Spurgeon’s was asked to say a few words about sin and took the opportunity, either in innocence or ignorance, to opine against cigar smoking to which, Spurgeon rose up and replied:

Well, dear friends, you know that some men can do to the glory of God what to other men would be sin. And notwithstanding what brother Pentecost has said, I intend to smoke a good cigar to the glory of God before I go to bed tonight. If anybody can show me in the Bible the command, ‘Thou shalt not smoke,’ I am ready to keep it; but I haven’t found it yet. I find Ten Commandments, and it’s as much as I can do to keep them; and I’ve no desire to make them into eleven or twelve.

The fact is, I have been speaking to you about real sins, not about listening to mere quibbles and scruples. At the same time, I know that what a man believes to be sin becomes sin to him, and he must give it up. ‘Whatsoever is not of faith is sin’ [Rom. 14:23] and that is the real point of what my brother Pentecost has been saying.

Why, a man may think it a sin to have his boots blacked. Well, then, let him give it up, and have them whitewashed. I wish to say that I’m not ashamed of anything whatever that I do, and I don’t feel that smoking makes me ashamed, and therefore I mean to smoke to the glory of God.

Now, if you all would excuse me, I’m on my way to have my boots shined and then to view the fireworks with a raspberry Two if by Tea in one hand and a fine Safari Cigar in the other. God go with you. – The Parson

*Two if by Tea can be found here: http://www.twoifbytea.com/ and
Safari Cigar can be ordered here: http://store.safaricigar.com/.

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John Kirkwood

John Kirkwood is a son of Issachar. He is a Zionist, gun-toting, cigar-smoking, incandescent light bulb-using, 3.2 gallon flushing, fur-wearing, Chinese (MSG) eating, bow-hunting, SUV driving, unhyphenated American man who loves his wife, isn't ashamed of his country and does not apologize for his Christianity. He Pastors Grace Gospel Fellowship Bensenville, where "we the people" seek to honor "In God we Trust." He hosts the Christian wake up call IN THE ARENA every Sunday at noon on AM 1160 and he co-hosts UnCommon Sense, the Christian Worldview with a double shot of espresso on UncommonShow.com. He is the proud homeschooling dad of Konnor, Karter and Payton and the "blessed from heaven above" husband of the Righteous and Rowdy Wendymae.

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