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I take it as a given that men not restrained will retreat from a whipping. This is an important portrayal of a masculine Jesus standing his ground using violence to force others to yield, who is our model to follow. Our demanding savior replaced with a fatally empathic IDOL, tolerating and...

Then why are there so many verses to the contrary? Jesus talked about salt and branches being set afire or thrown out when they don't function as intended. That's us (losing our salvation) he's talking about! He also talked repeatedly about actually doing what God commands is what makes one...

Self-preservation + selfishness. I recall he was a few weeks from retiring. Despite dereliction of duty leading to death. What do you make about the thread suicidal empathy?

Agh huh. What they mean is different what they are and their primary purpose. Literal, physical, fleshy, carnal fish given to nourish Christian’s bodies.

Agreed. I believe anger is a tempting pathway to sin if not embraced with the fruit of the spirit. Before I came to Christ, I let anger control me. Like you said, there is righteous anger that can motivate us toward justice but can also tempt us to wrath, which is not righteous.

You cannot believe we have a 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms but this lacks any practical application. Just because YOU haven’t seen self defense cases prevail, doesn’t mean there are no such cases. https://www.federalpremium.com/partners-in-protection/true-stories.html...

Embrace exigency and discernment! Praying for an enemy takes time that the situation doesn’t always afford to use the sword as necessary. Both are true.

Discernment and Context. Because spiritual war is the primary war, the context of not resisting an evil person is the danger to you in being tempted by the evil person to do evil yourself. The analogy I use is a sail; don’t let the evil be like wind in your sail taking you where you don‘t want...

the king of Heaven just wants us to have dust collectors? LOL

Proverbs 22:3 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. No need to make this personal. 100% wrong. When seconds count, the police are minutes away. I agree with layers of defense, including lethal and non-lethal force. Recently got me, my...

We’re on the same page. I agree and often think about the young lady first killed at a school massacre. (I’m not sure if this story is from Columbine, but I believe so.) Anyway, as the story goes, the killer approached her first and gave her a choice: die or deny Christ. She choose martyrdom...

In the book of Acts - it never happened on a Tuesday. You got me there. Also, things may have occurred during the time of Acts that are not recorded. Once one accepts DEFENSE is morally justified, the means and ways of achieving it become secondary. Does the Armor of God contain weapons? Well...

It is. Again, Matthew 10:28.

I believe you are in denial of the destructive implications of 2 Peter 3:9; God may not want anyone to perish but they will perish at his hand for NOT coming to repentance. Otherwise, universalism is correct doctrine.

apocalyptic symbolism? It’s not literally Second Death? Matthew 10:28

Does there have to be a command in addition to buying a sword and the implications of that?

Address my point about tooth brushes. Where do we even read of such an entity as a "tooth brush" in the Bible? Yet, most Christian’s brush their teeth. Taking Scripture out of context, refusing to apply principles to today’s issues is what you’re doing, as well as ignoring 2 Corinthians 3:17...

Again, the purpose Jesus told his disciples to be armed was NOT to stop Jesus completing his work on the cross. @MatthewG, I’m interested in your lack of response to God’s ultimate solution to the problem of evil - violently annihilating all evil people who don’t believe, even resurrecting...

No one said the swords were to use against the Roman soldiers attempting to arrest Jesus. Not sure how you allocate buying sword fully for prophecy sake. Jesus telling the disciples to buy a sword implies using violence as necessary. Why would anyone tell someone to arm themselves? It’s not a...

Never have I heard that the truth is what blasphemy hinges on. By definition, blasphemy is accusing a character of God. For instance, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is asserting a negative attribute the God’s Spirit. Saying God is love is claiming a character of God but is not claiming a...