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Give honour to whom you owe it, pay taxes/tribute to whom you owe it. Submit to governing authorities. Yes. But it is surely not a mandate to violate the teachings of Christ and the apostles. You are stretching it way too far and looking for something that is not there.

Providing for the needs of your family as an individual has nothing to do with thinking it is the God-given mission and responsibility of the church to be enmeshed in the political arena and take up arms on behalf of earthly kingdoms.

Sorry if I read too much into your post....it sounded as if you went and hurt the boy. The way people are talking around here. I don't believe there is anything wrong with simply restraining someone if that is what is needed. We can exercise common wisdom without hurting or killing someone.

Taxes, that's all Jesus was talking about. And not because it is necessary from heaven's point of view, the sons are exempt. But in order to not offend people of the world who couldn't possible understand......in submitting to government we are submitting to God's will. Doesn't mean you can't...

Whatever the situation requires, I believe....either to die to ourselves and life in this world in a spiritual sense or to lose our life physically...... rather than deny or disobey Christ. Either way, it means not loving our lives unto death. The point is that the bible is not teaching that...

It is foolishness to the natural man, yes indeed.

You mean your flesh rose up and you briefly stopped being a Christian....? I know what it feels like when the mother bear/father bear rises up and takes over. I had to protect my little boy from a big aggressive dog once. Not a doubt in my mind I was going to kill that dog with my bare...

NO. Jesus never promised us a rose garden. He was very clear that we would have tribulation and persecution in this world. We're not here to fight for a comfortable life but to lose our lives that we might keep it unto eternal life, and if we seek to save our life we will lose it. What bible...

Amen. His kingdom is seen and received by faith, not by sight. Jesus went around preaching that the kingdom was nigh - it is part of the gospel.....it is the gospel of the kingdom - and as you pointed out, that it had already come with the first coming of Christ. The flesh craves something...

We may be wise as serpents, as long as we are being harmless as doves. You do know that in the old testament, God was very displeased with His people trusting in the arm of flesh, yes...?

Yes, He has not changed and is the same, showing mercy to a thousand generations. There is a lot of mercy in the old testament but you completely overlook that. And He is the same in wrath too. But this is not the day of wrath, but the time of longsuffering and grace which we are to account...

Yes, it tells the story that I can't keep up with every question and comment, lol. Not young anymore and am thankful I've kept up this much. Lord willing, I've been saying enough that it covers enough generally. You want to reason logically with the carnal mind, but Jesus gives us spiritual...

We are instructed PERSONALLY to be just and fair in our dealings and to personally help and advocate for those who need help, the vulnerable, widows and orphans for example. That is not the same thing as making and enforcing laws and executing justice as a legal body. The calling of the church...

Luk 10:17-20 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy...

Mat 21:43 “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.

The old testament is very relevant.........for instruction in righteousness and being richly laden with spiritual lessons which we need spiritual eyes to see and spiritual ears to hear and understand them.

Amen. Looking for an earthly kingdom that is of this world is what tripped them up and cause them to miss Christ the Messiah in the first century, and unfortunately they are still looking for and working towards an earthly kingdom. Jesus tried to correct that wrong belief when He told them His...

I don't believe government should be pacifist, only the body of Christ, His church/ekklesia.....who have been called out of the world. Our warfare is spiritual, not carnal. Law was added because of transgressions.....it is a practical necessity in this world for the unrighteous, not the righteous.

I believe good deeds can either be a work of the flesh (self-righteousness) or they can proceed from faith (righteousness of Christ). In any case, how can you equate doing what sustains life to that which takes away life? We are to love our enemies, not kill them. It's not a difficult...

Strange how signs still follow the preaching of the gospel then. I assume you've never seen any. No idea what you mean by this........I'm not a universalist.