Addiction

Addiction is not necessarily a biblical topic. But I found it a necessary topic to try to understand because addiction brings confusion to people as to whether they are accepted by God or not.
God gives us things for our good. When we are in control of those things, they benefit us. When they control us, it becomes an addiction.

Addiction is defined by Webster's dictionary as; the condition of being addicted (to a habit) or of being an addict.

Some of the more common examples of addiction;

1 Cor 6:12-13
Everything is permissible for me-but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible for me-but I will not be mastered by anything.
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I think it is a fair thing to say that addictions do not glorify God. I would venture to say, that it is a means for Satan to draw people away from God. I have had my own issues with addiction in my younger days. And now I work with many homeless that deal with addiction. Not to mention the many personal men's group I sat in on. Listening to the testimonies was very sobering to me to hear of their struggles. I have dealt with my own addictions so I was able to feel understand the severity of their issues.
This is probably one area that I know that I lack any real answer. The one thing I believe with my heart are based scripture.

Rom 7:14-23
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. 16 If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. 17 But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. 19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. 20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
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I have met many addicts whether dealing with drugs, alcohol, sexual etc,. Some I have met that did not seem to really want to be "healed". Some have gone through counseling looking for freedom.
I tend to believe it is more a matter of the heart. There is nothing in the Bible that says you have to be fixed before calling on the Lord. But I would never want anyone to think that they can remain in their addiction and find freedom in Jesus, when their heart is not seeking freedom from the addiction. When your seeking freedom, but it is not coming easy, and your heart is repentant, that is when I believe the Lord brings liberty and freedom.

Ultimately, God is the Judge. He is the one whom we will all stand in front of and either be accepted or not. My opinion or the opinion of the person who does not agree with me will not matter.

Isa 66:2
For all those things My hand has made,
And all those things exist,"
Says the LORD.
"But on this one will I look:
On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
And who trembles at My word.
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