Posted on 03/19/2013 3:55:47 PM PDT by ROTB
How long have you been working for obama?
When good men do nothing, evil prevails. Taking up arms against evil and tyranny is not only necessary when there are no other avenues of resistance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W87k64HU9gE
Our liberties are a priceless legacy, paid for in the blood of every man who died in every war, or in the blood of those killed by us in every war. And when Caesar comes to take away that which is NOT his, what then? The Lord did say something about “Thou shalt not steal”, and those who filch our rights are thieves....
As for the Russians and the Chinese, well, if we can’t defend ourselves from godless communist usurpers at home, then we have less chance with godless communist usurpers abroad.
take up the New Covenant defensive and offensive spiritual weapons of God per Ephesians 6:12 and 2 Corinthians 10:3-4 against evil spirits that stir up our elected and appointed officials to do evil
we pray with faith since God can control and guide the hearts of President Obama, Congress, the Supreme Court, government bureaucrats, governors, mayors, state legislators, city councils, the Police, and our Armed Forces per Proverbs 21:1, and we are commanded to pray for them per 1 Timothy 2:1-3. We pray that many witnesses of the Gospel be sent to them per Matthew 9:37, they be convicted of sin like in Acts 2:37, and that God grants them repentance per 2 Timothy 2:25
Prayer isn't always enough. Sometimes we have to beat our pruning hooks into spears and our plowshares into swords and be Old Testament warriors in the tradition of Joshua, Gideon and Ehud.
Daniel 6:10.
“Give ‘em Watts, boys!” - Rev. James Caldwell
Again and again you felt he need to scream at Conservative Christians with your own particular understanding?
If your stance is biblical - then God blessed Christians who sinned against His Word (and defying Romans 13) in their rebellion against the lawful, legal authority of the Crown by taking up arms against them.
Historically and biblically - your argument is moot except for those who like the Quakers, lectured for over a decade that the Colonists needed to simply submit to tyranny because they deserved it, rather than take a stand against it.
I’ll take Franklin’s admonition over your insistences: “Disobedience to tyrants, is obedience to God”. Our own history proved that out.
Submitting to the authority of tyrants, is breaking the First Commandment , something you are unwittingly advocating.
You are a coward and a fool.
If you actually care why I label you as such, reply and I’ll elaborate.
Your posts and interpretations of the Bible seem like a regular call to surrender to Obama and whatever policies the left wishes to impose on the people. That is bad advice and a poor reading of the Lord's word.
Also, this is a political site and the vast, overwhelming majority of folks are talking about strategies to defeat the left in the court of public opinion and at the ballot box. It seems like you are trying to bait people with your silly posts.
I’ve never seen anyone try to interpret Luke 22:36 the way you are doing. Every commentary I’ve seen says that Jesus was trying to prepare His disciples for life after He was gone——they would be going out into a very dangerous world, and would need to defend themselves.
Your tone seems to indicate you believe you’re instructing morons here, but your interpretation of the passage is wrong.
Sometimes Caesar is due an ass kicking.
Good point.
Looks like I'm not the only one who has read the Prophet Joel.
The gov’t has decloaked and it’s plain to see they are involved in an organized criminal operation on steroids. What should the Christian do when the gov’t classifies Christianity as a hate crime and outlaws it? If you think they’d never do such a thing, read up on the NDAA and ask yourself if there is anything they’re not capable of.
CCC#2264 "Love toward oneself remains a fundamental principle of morality. Therefore it is legitimate to insist on respect for one's own right to life. Someone who defends his life is not guilty of murder even if he is forced to deal his aggressor a lethal blow: If a man in self-defense uses more than necessary violence, it will be unlawful: whereas if he repels force with moderation, his defense will be lawful. . . . Nor is it necessary for salvation that a man omit the act of moderate self-defense to avoid killing the other man, since one is bound to take more care of one's own life than of another's."
CCC #2265 "Legitimate defense can be not only a right but a grave duty for one who is responsible for the lives of others. The defense of the common good requires that an unjust aggressor be rendered unable to cause harm. For this reason, those who legitimately hold authority also (but not exclusively) have the right to use arms to repel aggressors against the civil community entrusted to their responsibility."
God is changeless. He directed Israel in Old Testament times to kill everything that moved when they were attacking their enemies. That’s my interpretation.
Wrong. Government is not Gods work, it is mans. Nazis, NKVD men, Che’, Moslem Brotherhood, Mao,, all are deserving of the sword of resistance. (as approved by our lord)
And should some government buy 2700 MRAPS, a billion 40 hollow points, intercept and store every electronic message we send, claim the entire nation as a “battlefield”, claim a right to kill it’s citizens with drones, and ultimately complete it’s descent into a police state, they will deserve the same courtesy.
Then by your logic, the founding fathers were sinning by not submitting to King George.
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