Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.
No no , many people trust in God aswell , the God of this world which is Satan so they aren't actually being hypocrites .In guns we trust, in technology we trust, in the military we trust, in money and power we trust, but in God we don’t really trust at all. When trouble is at the door Christians are the first to stockpile guns, ammo, and food, and then they sit in their little groups and talk about love, peace, and charity. Is this hypocrisy!!?
Do you lock your door? Why or why not?
Of course not. But remember the old saying, "When seconds count, the police are only minutes away."do you believe it to be wrong for believers to call the police if someone breaks into someone's home?
Yes, and I take aspirin for headaches and see a doctor once in a while, and I have been healed miraculously also. In none of these things was I in disobedience to God.
True peacemakers – Christians – do not put their trust in an arm of flesh, i.e. attempts and alliances for self-preservation. God has promised to care for them, and in Him they trust as the Bible states – “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit saith the Lord.” They do not simply profess to believe that God will protect them from suffering, but that He is really able to do so, if it is His will; and if it is not His will then man cannot prevent it. If God wills it, He has a purpose in it, and we should pray to the Lord that His purpose may be accomplished in us, and that we may be made worthy to suffer for His name and not to do anything impulsive whereby God may be dishonored. Mindful Christians know that “the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong;” they glory neither in their wisdom, in their might, nor in their riches; but they glory in this, that they know the Lord, who exercises loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. Their life, liberty, and worldly goods are in the hands of the Lord; He gave them and He has many ways by which to take them away again. Christian concern is not so much how they may preserve these, as it is to preserve the life that is begotten in the soul by the power of the incorruptible seed of the Word of God. Christians look upon the upheavals in the world as being in the hand of the Lord, who controls them according to His good pleasure. The interest they might take in those events, or the ineffectual efforts they make to control them can have no effect except the effect it will have on their own hearts, to draw their minds and affections away from the more important objects of love and trust, as the Bible states.
I don't think it's hypocritical to defend those you care about.In guns we trust, in technology we trust, in the military we trust, in money and power we trust, but in God we don’t really trust at all. When trouble is at the door Christians are the first to stockpile guns, ammo, and food, and then they sit in their little groups and talk about love, peace, and charity. Is this hypocrisy!!?
God often uses secondary causes to achieve His will. That includes His defending me by allowing me to acquire a firearm and the skill set to use it.
He even commands similar actions on the part of the original disciples. Luke 22:36 Then he said to them, “But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword."
So, if a criminal broke into your home and threatened to rape and murder your wife and daughter you would consider it a sin to call the police?The interest they might take in those events, or the ineffectual efforts they make to control them can have no effect except the effect it will have on their own hearts, to draw their minds and affections away from the more important objects of love and trust, as the Bible states.
I agree.
In addition, it's an egregious sin not to.
Let's look at it from a different perspective. Can God use me and my skill set to protect one of his children whose life is in immanent danger? I think so.
I did. You dismissed it as irrelevant.Please use Scripture to support your theory. Unless your skillset is loving and doing God's will nothing else matters.
The reason Jesus gave this order is revealed in the same verses if the complete passage is read. He said that "All prophecy must be fulfilled in Me." What was that prophecy? He reveals that also, that He was to be associated and accounted with criminals. When His disciples told Him that they had two swords Jesus said: "That is enough." In the very next verses, we see Peter attacking the High Priest's servant and cutting off his ear, prophecy fulfilled. Christ has given a direct order to "turn the other cheek", and to "Overcome evil with good." His own example was to allow Himself to be crucified and from the cross, he forgave His enemies and commanded us to do the same. There is no "secondary causes" escape route, and to state that Christ is defending you by allowing you to kill your enemy when He commands you to do just the opposite is one of the worst cases of Scripture twisting I have heard recently. I don't mean to be disrespectful but please don't use that excuse at the judgment seat.
Then what would be the problem with procuring a gun, ammunition, and food?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?