Can we smoke it since God made it?
Those who are advocates of recreational use of marijuana will often say that God's okay
with you smoking marijuana since the Bible says that God gave us every green herb of
the field for meat.
But this is an assumption based under the false pretense that because God created something
that automatically that makes it permissible to use.
But whether something is permissible or not in the Bible should never be based upon whether
God created it, but rather if he commanded it.
For example, the tree of knowledge of good and evil was created by God, but he commanded
Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit thereof.
Not only that, but smoking marijuana would immediately violate the clear, consistent
and undeniable command to be sober.
The Bible says in 1 Peter 1-13 to gird up the loins of your mind and be sober.
1 Peter 5-8 says, Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.
God requires our minds to be alert, to be vigilant, and to have the mental acuity effective
enough to serve him, which cannot be done under the influence of mind-altering drugs.