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I noted this Rev. Scotty's reply to a humor post:
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->I would think one could surely weed out the fence sitters that way, but one would also find out who takes thier CCW permit seriously!
Our little congregation seems to be pretty well armed on any given Sunday.
I guess I would have to suggest a different strategy for seperating the sheep from the goats....
Scotty [/quote]
This reminds me that while I was recently in the hospital, that my physical therapist, him being a Christian, and me in the business I'm in what my opinion was of Christians being armed.
His family, all Christians chastised him for wanting to get a short-barrelled pump shotgun for bear protection while taking his family huckleberry picking. They said he didn't trust the Lord or he wouldn't feel the need of a weapon.
He asked what my reply would be.
I gave hime three examples from the scriptures.
1. When young (before being annointed king) David went to the front lines to see his brothers where they were confronting the Philistines, came to the camp and in due course came before King Saul, pleaded his case, then eventually faced off against Goliath in mortal combat. The interesting thing is that David faced Goliath with his own weapon: A sling. He was a shepherd, and the sling was a weapon and tool necessary to his occupation. He did not go on his journey to see his brothers unarmed. He had the fear of the True And Living God, but also went prepared for the unexpected with his armament: His sling.
2. David is described in the Bible as a "man after God's own heart", and yet we see him being armed in many places in the scripture. Memorably is the passage where David is being pursued by Saul, and while in a cave in the Wilderness of En Gedi, Saul went into that very cave to releive himself.
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->1Sa 24:4
And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. [/quote]
It's evident that David was once again armed, with a blade of substance. A weapon.
3. Finally for a new testament instance, when Jesus was in the Garden, before his betrayal, we recall this scene:
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->John 18:10
Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. [/quote]
Now, admittedly, this isn't the course of action that Jesus wanted to happen, but it underscores the fact that even Peter, one of Jesus' desciples, while walking, and traveling with Jesus, our Lord, was packing iron (the weapon of choice in his day). From this I deduce that it wasn't an uncommon practice, yet nowhere do I see it condemned by our Lord.
In each case, the person in question, packing the weaponry of the day were secure in their position with God, and trusted God.
I just wondered what other views might be shed on the subject from a Biblical perspective?
God Bless,
Marshall
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->I would think one could surely weed out the fence sitters that way, but one would also find out who takes thier CCW permit seriously!
Our little congregation seems to be pretty well armed on any given Sunday.
I guess I would have to suggest a different strategy for seperating the sheep from the goats....
Scotty [/quote]
This reminds me that while I was recently in the hospital, that my physical therapist, him being a Christian, and me in the business I'm in what my opinion was of Christians being armed.
His family, all Christians chastised him for wanting to get a short-barrelled pump shotgun for bear protection while taking his family huckleberry picking. They said he didn't trust the Lord or he wouldn't feel the need of a weapon.
He asked what my reply would be.
I gave hime three examples from the scriptures.
1. When young (before being annointed king) David went to the front lines to see his brothers where they were confronting the Philistines, came to the camp and in due course came before King Saul, pleaded his case, then eventually faced off against Goliath in mortal combat. The interesting thing is that David faced Goliath with his own weapon: A sling. He was a shepherd, and the sling was a weapon and tool necessary to his occupation. He did not go on his journey to see his brothers unarmed. He had the fear of the True And Living God, but also went prepared for the unexpected with his armament: His sling.
2. David is described in the Bible as a "man after God's own heart", and yet we see him being armed in many places in the scripture. Memorably is the passage where David is being pursued by Saul, and while in a cave in the Wilderness of En Gedi, Saul went into that very cave to releive himself.
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->1Sa 24:4
And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. [/quote]
It's evident that David was once again armed, with a blade of substance. A weapon.
3. Finally for a new testament instance, when Jesus was in the Garden, before his betrayal, we recall this scene:
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->John 18:10
Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. [/quote]
Now, admittedly, this isn't the course of action that Jesus wanted to happen, but it underscores the fact that even Peter, one of Jesus' desciples, while walking, and traveling with Jesus, our Lord, was packing iron (the weapon of choice in his day). From this I deduce that it wasn't an uncommon practice, yet nowhere do I see it condemned by our Lord.
In each case, the person in question, packing the weaponry of the day were secure in their position with God, and trusted God.
I just wondered what other views might be shed on the subject from a Biblical perspective?
God Bless,
Marshall