[Salvation]

Monsignor Pope Ping!

[bunkerhill7]

What a stupid question.

[Bigg Red]

Excellent explanation of this. Thanks for the ping.

[elbook]

No.

That’s a way to teach a lesson to your enemies but doesnt apply to weapon wielding enemies.

Neither does ‘forgiveness’ apply to actively stopping criminals from committing their evil upon others.

[Elsie]

Does Jesus Forbid Self-Defense?

No...

 

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Can plunder be taken from warriors,
or captives rescued from the fierce?

But this is what the LORD says:
"Yes, captives will be taken from warriors,
and plunder retrieved from the fierce;
I will contend with those who contend with you,
and your children I will save. (Isaiah 49:24–25NIV)

 

 

 

Matthew 12:29
... how can anyone enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man?

Then he can plunder his house.

 

 

Luke 11:21
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.

But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.

 

 

Luke 22:36
He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.