Posted on 07/19/2014 4:26:54 PM PDT by WXRGina
Excellent! Thanks for the link, Dynachrome.
Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end. And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
A true child of Christ does not center his life on violence (two swords are enough) but is willing to use deadly force as needed in God's work (go and buy a sword). There are times and places in this world when Christians need to "sell their garments".
The Bible is much more than a single script for living our lives. It is a tapestry woven from the several Godly options we may face (as in Ecclesiastes 3: To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven). It is not always the time to reach for a sword, but there are times when that is the right answer. The trick is correctly identifying those times, and that is what prayer is for.
> As our Founders themselves understood - you CAN NOT APPEASE TYRANNY BY CIVIL MEANS.
PERIOD.
Truth. When it comes down to it the use of force is the ultimate law of the land. You cannot reason or bargain with tyrants. They are worse than cancer and will never be appeased. The only solution because of their very nature is either lifetime confinement or death.
Thanks, O W S.
Amen.
It’s kind of interesting that before Pres. Lincoln and CW1 we had Pres. James Buchanan in office who was most likely light in the loafers.
Today we have Bath House Barry who most likely is, also. Maybe CW2 will begin during the next President’s time in office.
Ping — excellent piece.
Ping to a great read.
Interesting observation.
Thank you for the Ping Finny! =^.^=
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan
After Coleman’s death, Buchanan never courted another woman or seemed to show any emotional or physical interest; a rumor circulated of an affair with President James K. Polk’s widow, Sarah Childress Polk but it had no basis.[72] It has been suggested that Anne’s death in fact served to deflect awkward questions about his sexuality and bachelorhood.[71] While Buchanan may have been asexual or celibate, there are many indicators that suggest he was homosexual. The argument has been put forward by Shelley Ross, biographer Jean Baker, sociologist James W. Loewen, Robert P. Watson, and historian John Howard.[73]
A source of this interest has been Buchanan’s close and intimate relationship with William Rufus King (who became Vice President under Franklin Pierce). The two men lived together in a Washington boardinghouse for 10 years from 1834 until King’s departure for France in 1844, after which point they never again shared a residence. King referred to the relationship as a “communion”,[72] and the two attended social functions together. Contemporaries also noted the closeness. Andrew Jackson called them “Miss Nancy” and “Aunt Fancy” (the former being a 19th-century euphemism for an effeminate man[74]), while Aaron V. Brown referred to King as Buchanan’s “better half”.[75] James W. Loewen described Buchanan and King as “siamese twins.” In later years Kat Thompson, the wife of a cabinet member, expressed her anxiety that “there was something unhealthy in the president’s attitude”.[72]
Buchanan adopted King’s mannerisms and romanticised view of southern culture. Both had strong political ambitions and in 1844 they planned to run as president and vice president. One historian has found them both to be soft, effeminate, and eccentric.[72] In May 1844, Buchanan wrote to Cornelia Roosevelt, “I am now ‘solitary and alone,’ having no companion in the house with me. I have gone a wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any one of them. I feel that it is not good for man to be alone, and [I] should not be astonished to find myself married to some old maid who can nurse me when I am sick, provide good dinners for me when I am well, and not expect from me any very ardent or romantic affection.”[72]
King became ill in 1853 and died of tuberculosis shortly after Pierce’s inauguration, four years before Buchanan became President. Buchanan described him as “among the best, the purest and most consistent public men I have known.”[72] The length and intimacy of their surviving letters illustrate “the affection of a special friendship.”
I'm guessing you're referencing Jesus' words in Matthew 5, where He is instructing us on personally relating to other people, matters such as: making vows (swearing), divorce, how you speak ("yes" and "no"), lawsuits, not repaying evil with evil. If you consider the entire context of that chapter, Jesus is not telling us to not resist lawless rulers. Jesus is a God of order and lawfulness, not anarchy and oppression.
Maybe when, the next time some sourpuss atheists use the law to disable a Christian display of lights, a cross, whatever, on public property such as a Veterans' park, we stand post at the site to keep them from disabling it, and say, "Not on my watch."
I think Americans are already on that page, we just don't hear about it. Remember 9-11 in 2013, when an estimated 800,000 to 1.2 million Americans on Harleys -- bikers -- showed up in Washington, D.C.? Probably not, because it was reported as "thousands" or "hundreds of thousands" of bikers. Not "well over half a million," or anything like that. But they were there in very large numbers, and they were ticked.
...when it comes my guess is Christians will rise up and the government will back down. I pray I am right.
I pray you are right, too.
Amen.
Steve, you know what? Ultimately, they are right. Prayerful, yes. But also more.
Actually, I don't give a rip what "some think." I read the Word of God and trust His Spirit to illuminate its meaning, which He does to those who seek Him. Most people don't do that and therefore do not understand the meaning of God's Word--the Bible is clear on that point.
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