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God also conquers all evil. Nobody is going to get away with anything in this life. There will be a judgment and all men will pay for their evils, too. The wicked will be destroyed. God and His goodness will reign supreme in the end. But without evil, there is no good to conquer and put under...

I would recommend checking out the Christian film called Polycarp. It will help give you an idea of what the early church went through. Watch Polycarp | Prime Video

What is the purpose of evil? Well, evil exists because God gave us free will choice to choose either good or evil. There is no darkness in GOD (1 John 1:5). God cannot be tempted to do evil, neither does He tempt any man (James 1:13). When every man is tempted, he is enticed and drawn away...

It is written: “If any man doesn't love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come, Lord!” (1 Corinthians 16:22) (WEB). The apostle Paul basically says that any man who does not love Jesus is accursed. Obviously accursed people do not go to Heaven. So loving Jesus by keeping His...

But this testimony of your life does not align with what you actually believe. You said in your very next sentence about how to ignore the Old Testament is ridiculous and how there are many wars and defenses in it. So you are implying that believers can go to war, and use self defense by...

Hebrews 12:14 says: “Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:” So Romans 12:18 is in view and context to following after peace with all men. So I don’t think Romans 12:18 is talking about how we should not make peace with all men. I believe Romans...

It does not do any good to rant against the US not having guns. That's most likely never going to happen. Again, what is good is preaching the truth on Non-Violence in the New Testament to other believers. Let the seeds fall into the hearts who are able to receive them with joy. Most just...

So then... if you believe Jesus taught Non-Violence, then how does this apply to the life of a Christian? It's not a moot point because there is the very distinct possibility that Jesus meant to not even have any weapons because we don't read about the apostles having swords in the book of...

You are most welcome. May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you greatly.

You also said, Jesus gave new instructions to the church (Which would have been Luke 22:36). This is not possible because the church did not exist until Pentecost. This is common knowledge that is accepted by most Christians. Check out this article here: Did the church begin in John 20:22 or...

The primary existence of the two swords was to fulfill prophecy. This fact is not under dispute because that is what Luke 22:37 says in context to Luke 22:36. After the incident of Peter using his sword at Jesus’ arrest, we see no existence of any swords by any disciples. There are several...

#1. The main purpose of the swords was to fulfill the prophecy of Jesus being numbered with the transgressors (See: Luke 22:37). #2. The disciples technically did not obey this instruction in the moment. They did not each sell their garment for them to each have a sword, but they brought forth...

Your argument is a misconnect. This is not the point I was making. Nowhere did I say that the disciples did not have swords when Judas and the others came to arrest Jesus. Again, the point of the disciples having the swords was for Jesus to fulfill the prophecy in being numbered with the...

Again, my point is not moot. Your view here is illogical because we learn that the main reason for them having the two words was to fulfill prophecy and that when Peter did use one of these swords two swords (and not swords for each of them), Peter was rebuked in 4 ways by the Lord Jesus Christ...

The issue is two fold here. #1. In Matthew 26:47-56: We learn about how Jesus gave a multi-point rebuke of Peter using his sword in “Violent Self Defense” in protecting his family (i.e. Jesus); Note: Please refer back to my point #5 in post #953). #2. When we read the New Testament: We learn...

“Coca Cola is better than Pepsi. Yeah, bro, you don’t know what your talkin’ about. Pepsi is better because…” This is how dumb politics sounds to me. Folks just choose a team (like their own home sports team), and they rant for one side because they like the guy and some of his policies but...

We are told to love not the world, and neither the things in the world. Politics is a part of the world system, and it’s not a part of the teachings of Jesus Christ.

We are pilgrims who are just passing through this world. We should not get tied down to its ways. Believers should trust in His Word and hold tightly on to that as the light and guide and way to pleasing the Lord Jesus. Getting involved in politics is a never ending cycle of how the world...

Longsuffering (Patience) is a fruit of the Spirit (See: Galatians 5:22). So we should try to cultivate this fruit so that no faithful believer would ever lose patience (Because of the Spirit abiding in them). First, 1 John 2:3 is the acid test for a person in having an assurance that they...

How quickly people forget the Bible and Jesus when a tragedy happens. Follow the Lord Jesus Christ no matter what happens in this life. For this life is but a vapor and is gone. Do not get distracted by the troubles of this life. Focus on Jesus and His Word and love Him, and all others.