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Bring It On-Line: Christains Defending Themselves

Should Christians defend themselves from physical harm or not? Luke 22:25-37 says: "If you don't have a sword sell your cloak and buy one." That says to me until He returns, be prepared to protect yourself and your family. Read Transcript


IT ON. DAVID WANTS TO KNOW,

SHOULD

CHRISTIANS DEFEND THEMSELVES

FROM

PHYSICAL HARM. WE CAN TRY TO

GET AN

ANSWER TO THAT ONE. STAY

TUNED.

REMEMBER BACK IN THE

PRESIDENTIAL

CAMPAIGN, MICHAEL DUKAKIS,

HE SAID

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOUR

SISTER WAS

BEING RAPED. HE SAID -- LUKE

22 SAYS

IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SWORD,

SELL YOUR

CLOAK AND BUY ONE. PAUL SAYS

I FOUGHT

WILD BEAST. YOU NEED A SWORD

FOR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. JESUS

SAID RESIST

NOT EVIL. BUT WHAT ABOUT SELF

DEFENSE.

WE ALWAYS BELIEVE IN SELF

DEFENSE.

THAT'S A LEGITIMATE ACCORD IF

SOMEONE

IS TRYING TO KILL YOU. YOU

HAVE A

RIGHT TO DEFEND YOURSELF. THE

LORD

SAID IF SOMEBODY HITS YOU ON

THE ONE

SIDE OF YOUR CHEEK, TURN THE

OTHER

ONE. THAT'S THE BASES HERE.

DON'T GET

IN A FIGHT AND IF SOMEBODY

OFFENDS YOU

TRY TO IGNORE IT AND DON'T

COUNTER

EVIL WITH EVIL AND COUNTER

EVIL WITH

GOOD. THAT'S THE BASIC RULE

FOR US.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE

DEALING WITH A

NATION. A NATION NEEDS TO BE

ABLE TO

DEFEND IT'S PEOPLE. A NATION

NEEDS TO

HAVE AN ARMED FORCES AND THE

LORD SAID

THAT THOSE THAT WOOELD THE

SWORD IN

JUDGMENT OF THE BAD PEOPLE.

THAT'S

ALL THE TIME WE HAVE. I DON'T

KNOW IF

I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, BUT

IT'S

SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO

TAKE THE

SCRIPTURE AND TAKE IT

SERIOUSLY.

Find Peace with God

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