Originally posted by Sam
View Post
So why don't we see examples of the disciples using their weapons to defend themselves? Because they were being persecuted for the gospel. We don't have any stories about them where personal self-defense would have been a proper course of action.
Then you say, "... one should preference the explicit commands of Jesus over the inferred allowances one takes form Paul's commendations in any serious exegesis."
Are you claiming that there is a disagreement between Jesus and Paul? That one passage of scripture genuinely contradicts another? I can't accept that.
And are you also telling me that you would not lift a finger to protect someone else from violence? That you would stand aside and allow evil to be done when it was in your power to intercede? That strikes me as its own sort of evil. Sure, there's a chance that a guy shooting innocent kids and teachers in a school can be redeemed later in life, but what about the innocent kids and teachers that are being slain while you do nothing to help? Isn't their blood on your hands?
Ezekiel 33:6, "But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone's life, that person's life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.'"
Leave a comment: