... I can see it from another angle ...
It seems to me that there is ABSOLUTE TRUTH, and subjective truth. And where Scripture offers the Former; men offer the latter. So Jesus tells us that HE's no longer going to be on earth and that we should
NOW use a
PURSE, and a
BAG, and sell our Cloak to buy a
SWORD.
And if we considered that our "Cloak" shelters us from Wind, Rain, and Cold, -- and we should sell our most VALUABLE Cloak to buy a SWORD?!? It seems that Jesus places a HIGH VALUE on a SWORD, so who is it that thinks Jesus is an IDIOT, and that THEY KNOW BETTER??? Keep the CLOAK, don't waste your energy buying a SWORD, it will be useless in any and every circumstance???
So if you think GOD is STUPID, then also ignore Rev. 18:
Rev. 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,
“Come out of her, my people,
lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
Don't just stay in the cities, but MOVE INTO THE LARGEST CITIES. Nothing bad will happen in the cities, and nothing bad will happen to you. In fact, walk down the worse parts of the city at night, because "
Jesus will protect you". And have your wife go alone, because "
Jesus will protect her". -- Go ahead and be FOOLISH!
OR, -- Be WISE and Obey Scripture:
Luke 22:35 And he said to them, “When I sent you out with no purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.” 36 He said to them, “But now, let him who has a purse take it, and likewise a bag. And let him who has no sword sell his mantle and buy one.
We all choose,
Bobby Jo