Smoking Pot for Jesus? Don’t use God’s name in vain…
And, just when you think you’ve heard everything, in walks Rev. Craig X Rubin, the pot smoking pastor. He’s been arrested because POT IS ILLEGAL, but is claiming that his arrest is breaking his freedom of religion saying, “Our congregation mandates members study the Bible, have faith in God and regularly burn the herb cannabis (The Tree of Life mentioned in the Bible) as sacrament,” (click here for the article).
Some of you might be temped to condemn this guy for using the name of Jesus to serve his own interests and addictions. You would be right in doing that. However let me challenge you here. How often are we guilty of doing this same thing? Not that we do drugs “for Jesus”, but how often do we use the name of Jesus as an excuse to be lazy? Or, as an excuse to be comfortable?
We say things like, “Jesus wouldn’t want me to be seen in the bad area of town”, as an excuse because we are afraid or unwilling to go there. I’ve counseled men that said, “Jesus says my wife should do as I say”, as an excuse to act like a jerk to his family and still have them treat him with respect.
Too often we lie to ourselves and use the name of Jesus to justify our actions, rather than refine our character.
This is using the name of Jesus in vain. It is sin. This should not be.
I encourage you to test your heart, I’m certainly testing mine.
March 26th, 2007 at 9:59 am
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March 26th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
how do you “mandate” faith in God?
and we all know that wine is God’s drug of choice!
just kidding … kinda
peace.
March 26th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
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April 3rd, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Yes, it is true that I smoke marijuana, but we don’t require that of members of our Temple, nor do we have any ceremonies where people are asked to smoke marijuana.
Our congregation simply teaches the Old and New Testaments to both Jewish and Christian people. We have come together in community and fellowship to do good things in the world. And, yes, our members think that cannabis is the Tree of Life mentioned in the Bible.
I just wanted to give you the scoop straight from the horses mouth. If any one has questions they would like to ask me directly my email is craigxrubin@hotmail.com thank you for the space and having an open mind. At our temple we teach faith in God and the way to know God is through the Bible.
God bless,
Rev. Craig X Rubin