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Should Christians take up arms ?
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Jesus said to Peter 'Sell your cloak and buy a sword'.
This is presumably because, on the road, they would need to protect themselves from highwaymen or those who opposed their messiah.
God does not say one cannot carry arms. However, with arms comes a lot of responsibility and accountability if they should ever be used.
To say the obvious, if you read the Bible, God is NOT a pacifist. To say the least.
This is presumably because, on the road, they would need to protect themselves from highwaymen or those who opposed their messiah.
God does not say one cannot carry arms. However, with arms comes a lot of responsibility and accountability if they should ever be used.
To say the obvious, if you read the Bible, God is NOT a pacifist. To say the least.
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nope can't kill wild animals either not for food or to protect you self you must buy them already killed in the store like everyone else.
lol
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I believe God provides everything I need. But I still go to work every day.
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This sounds like the person sitting on top of a house with the water rising praying for God to protect them. A boat comes by and the person says, "God will protect me" and doesn't enter the boat when the flood waters begin overtaking the house. I guess if a person wants to say, well it was my time to go, fine. I'll take the boat and you can tell me how much I must not trust God to protect me.
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I'll help you out Paul was beaten many times during his ministry, beaten unconciseness even and never hit back or protected him self. God may have protect him from being killed but not beaten, yet Paul took it. Some are strong enough to take a beaten and go right back in and preach again as Paul did, and yet some are not strong enough to do that. Do not tell the weak they are wrong or the strong, they are of the same body no? God says there is a season for everything. So there is a time to protect and time not to and take the beating. Seems so silly like those who follow the food laws telling those who are strong and don't they are wrong. A child of God is wrong when he believes he should not do it. One Mind
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So maybe change that "but" to "so"
James 4:14-15 New International Version (NIV)
14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”
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I think you miss the connection. The Lord said He will provide for all of my needs. But just because He said that does not mean I do not have to go to work every day.So maybe change that "but" to "so"
James 4:14-15 New International Version (NIV)
14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”
He also said He is our protector. But does that mean I don't buy a house? Does that mean that I don't wear a seatbelt, or make my kids wear theirs? Or if someone is attacking my family, I just let them?
I would say that in the same way God provided my job, he also provides my house, seatbelts, and the means to defend my family.
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No, I understand the connection you're trying to make, but understanding that the Lord provides opportunities does not remove His Sovereignty. He knows if you're going to take an opportunity before it's even presented to you
I think we need to draw some lines here. There is a big difference in "protecting your family from an attacker" and "protecting your family from an attacker with deadly force."
What if the attacker was your drug fueled son or daughter? How would you react then? Would your first instinct be to use deadly force, or another method of deterrence?
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i'd throw a net over them and then confuse them with cold water.
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And just in case anyone forgot, Israel had an army to protect it against its enemies. And they were God's chosen people.
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ahahahahha you just happen to have nets handy around the home huh?
LOL! no, but in the interim it would be a huge sheet or something and then we'd all jump on 'em
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