Smoke, Drink, and Enjoy Life (Don't UNDERindulge or overindulge)!

Overindulgence will affect you negatively, but UNDERindulgence will affect you negatively as well! So, strive to find balance and do not condemn yourself if you find it "right" for yourself to have a beer or smoke a cigarette as these acts are only "sinful" if you allow these acts to control you and your thoughts!

Romans 14: 22 NIV

²²Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

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“Eternal (Aiṓnios) Life” or “Happiness, Peace, and Joy” can be attained RIGHT NOW!

Eternal, everlasting, and forever are all English words that replaced the Greek adjective, aiṓnios.  Aiṓnios is an adjective that is used to describe a period of time by the quality of an age that it relates to.  Aiṓnios does not in any way refer to an “unending period of time that does not have an end” as the English words “eternal” and “everlasting” that replace it do!

[166 (aiṓnios) does not focus on the future per se, but rather on the quality of the age (165 /aiṓn) it relates to. Thus believers live in "eternal (166 /aiṓnios) life" right now, experiencing this quality of God's life now as a present possession. (Note the Greek present tense of having eternal life in John 3:36, 5:24, 6:47 and Romans 6:23.)]
http://concordances.org/greek/166.htm

Here are four instances in which “everlasting” or “eternal” life is described in the present tense of having “everlasting” or “eternal” life right now!  The Greek word, aionios, is used to describe the quality or characteristics of a period of time and not the length of a period of time.  So, aionios is really being used to describe the “fruits of living in spiritual life” or “living in happiness, peace, joy, abundance, and prosperity" as Galatians 5: 22 states, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, and faith."  Aionios is not being used to describe “a time period that has no end” as the English words, “everlasting” or “eternal,” are commonly defined.

John 3: 36 KJV
³⁶He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting (aiṓnios) life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him

John 5: 24 KJV
²⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting (aiṓnios) life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

John 6: 47 KJV
⁴⁷Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting (aiṓnios) life.

Romans 6: 23 KJV
²³For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal (aiṓnios) life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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