DoveSpirit05
Active Member
I find it interesting that Jesus
A) Told His disciples to buy weapons (Luke 22:36)
B) Told them not to use them (John 18:11)
It's as if God allows his sheepdogs to bear their teeth, but doesn't want them actually biting.
God has allowed me to own guns, and I used them to protect people and myself by showing the attackers my weapon, which always was enough to scare them away (Praise God!). But now God has taken them away and I cannot own them.
As I read Foxes Book of Martyrs, I find it amazing that none of them took up weapons. They had decided beforehand that they would not fight with weapons to save their own lives or even the lives of their loved ones.
It's an interesting subject to me, as I believe we have a right by God's Law to defend our lives and other's lives with weapons, but Jesus and all the early Church show us the greater Way of yielding up our lives and the Right to defend ourselves for the sake of God.
What do you think? Would you as a Christian be willing to lay down your weapons and follow Christ even knowing they will kill you and even though you have the God-given right to defend yourself? Would you STILL be willing to lay down your life for Christ?
All guns have done in modern society is just bring more sin and death. now in those 2 verses u brought up (Luke 22:36) he's talking about a means of detarent, go buy a sword so dat people wud see u and think twice of robbing you! but not 4 u 2 actually use it. and (John 18:11) he's pretty much warning peter he who lives buy the sword dies by it like saul Samuel 31:4
as in don't go looking 4 trouble. now du know the reason why guns were 1st introduced in America? maybe has something 2 do wiv the civil revolution right? and after dat guns have been slowly intergrated into society. now guns have become the make up of society. but how did it get to dis point? well just look around, it started off with guns being used 2 hunt animals, then guns being used at shooting ranges, then guns being used at shows and conventions then people grew fascinated wiv guns.
then guns were shown on tv, in movies, ads and then cartoons. And now their in video games and just about everywhere now! u see wats going on here? its called pre-empted programing. its been usherd into society and slowly and spread everywhere and now we've become accustomed 2 it and also de-sensitised to guns threw the movies and video games etc. So ask urself why do u carry one?
I believe its all been one big plan by the enemy, satan. he purposley created guns so dat we'd kill each other, simple as dat. knowbody needs 2 carry a gun, but man chooses 2 carry one. u don't need a gun 2 protect urself or ur family dats a false paradime dat the devil has created 2 lure us into. lets all just get rid of guns altogether and let God be our protector instead of ourselves, " the lord is our strength and he will protect us against the wicked because we call on him " psalms 37:39-40