Not when the other cheek will be met with violence proliferated by a madman worshiping a false idol. Not when your neighbor is an Islamic fundamentalist bent on killing you and the rest of the world.
We who believe in God and our Saviour Jesus Christ must stand and fight for our beliefs. Look at the sate of of Godless world right now;
This is your lot, the portion I have declared for you, declares the Lord. Because you have forgotten me and trusted in false gods (Jeremiah 13:25 NIV)
So what we have now is a direct result of tolerating those who worship false gods and use their 'faith' to try to persecute us. So what should we do? Should we turn the other cheek and simply let these primitive savages persecute us?
The Bible is pretty clear on this one...
Cursed is he who does the Lord's work remissly, cursed he who holds back his sword from blood (Jeremiah 48:10 NIV)
It would be too easy to say 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth' but the passage above is so much more than that. Yes, we should fight, we should draw our swords and fight for the one true God. We should prepare for battle and not be afraid of what is to come. But the real indication is in the first part, with the use of the word 'remissly'. We need to have a care for what the Lord wants, how he wants us to promote his love.
To lead by example is a start, to love thy neighbor is fine, in theory. But what if your neighbor believes their false god is telling them to kill you? Are they really going to listen as you tell them that they MUST stop and repent before it is too late?
The truth is that, as well as setting the example, we have to preach the message, tell those facing damnation that Christ can save them and be prepared to FIGHT for ourselves. To do the Lords work is fine, but we should be prepared to do it WELL, to the BEST of our ability.
So therefore, we should be prepared to be militant. Just as our enemies, the worshipers of false gods are prepared to be militant towards us, we should be prepared to fight back, to not be afraid of drawing our sword. Just as Christ won for us as place in Heaven, so we should win for him those who would stand against us.
Meet love with love
Meet war with war
Love your your neighbor as your neighbor loves you
Are you saying we should literally fight?
ReplyDeleteI am NOT advocating pointless violence, or even the instigation of violence.
ReplyDeleteA Christian leads by example but is not afraid to Evangelise the word of God, especially when others do not want to hear. Christ is the son of God, There is only one Son and only one Father. There can be no other.
So as contentious as it seems, if you believe in Christianity, you HAVE to believe that all other religions are 'false'.
The way to change those beliefs is not with the sword but by showing the love of Christ, in Jesus name. But, at the same time we should be ready to meet head-on those who would actively attack us with physical violence.
There is such a thing as a 'just' war and, as a last resort we should not be afraid to stand out ground.
Be the last to draw your sword and the first to put it away, but do not be afraid to use it in between.