Message from @Stahlgewittern
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Even Christ was driven to violence
@Stahlgewittern That verse is taken way out of context ngl
Did Christ not fashion a whip and drive money changers from the temples?
Matthew 5:38-39 refers to personal offense
but we should not accept offense to God
When he talks about bringing a sword, reading the entire chapter clearly shows that he is taking about in that time when 1 Christian in a family would be outcast and he specifically mentioned brother vs brother and father vs son in reference to the fact that being Christian would see you be persecuted - and to not abandon your faith
Matthew 10:34-36
I’m aware
I do not clearly remember where in the Bible is speaks of it unfortunately, but there was an instance where a man talked ill of Jesus and oke of the apostles cut the man's ear for it but Jesus rebuked the apostle for it
I don't have that specific instance bookmarked so I don't remember where it talked about it
That was during the arrest of Jesus
John 18:10-11
Ah
Thanks
I do believe in defense of the Lord by less peaceful means just making that clear tho
I'm not a pacifist
I believe we have been pacifists for too long
I think we should forgive and help those in need who are willing to receive help
If they truly want help
I'm not talking about forgiving offense to God
There is no morality in Christian World anymore
People have forgotten God
For the most part, yes
and care not for help
I would even go as far as to say many recognize God, but sin out of nothing but hatred.
How would we go about fixing this?
Or is this a mark of the end times?
I believe our faith should never just give up
We are overdue for a cleansing of sin on a global scale
Similar to the great flood
I’m opposed to calling these days the end
We still have a chance to restore traditional Christian values back into our society.
Even if it means going against our own families
We must strive for righteousness
It will involve going against our families
Inevitably
Maybe not for all
But for most
My family is very religiously divided