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1 | Should Christians practice nonresistance | Lev 26:6 | Brian.g | 15880 | ||
Charis I think the main question which needs to be addressed is: what is the value of human life? Where do we draw the line as to when it is acceptable to end life. Who is right in determining the final answer. If we keep accepting more and more justification for ending a life, does it make taking the life easier - and then devalues life even further. If we never permitted abortion, would we be debating stem cell research today. If we permit stem research today, what will be tomorrow. If today we allow stem cells to be harvested from aborted children on the justification that it helps others, aren't we promoting the possibility of women getting pregnant in order to sell their fetuses to cell harvesting companies. If cell harvesting is permitted and we continue killing criminals - can we then kill any criminal who has murdered 5 people so we can use his organs for transplants - our justification is that he is paying back for his crimes. And if we need more organs, maybe we can pull back that number to include criminals who have killed 3 people. What about older people who are in relatively good physical health, but suffering from Alzheiners - they will not be cured and they will be a drain on our medical resources - but instead they can help others live by letting us euthanize them and donating their organs to sick people. The point I'm making with this, is that in today's world - these scenarios don't seem as far fetched as they would have 10-20 years ago. And that is because human life is rapidly being devalued. Where is the line drawn All life is from God and all life is sacred. It is not our right to end any human life for any reason. By the way, I believe there an Apostle who murdered someone. Thank God he was given the opportunity to repent and follow Christ. I think he made a difference in the world. |
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2 | Should Christians practice nonresistance | Lev 26:6 | charis | 15896 | ||
Dear Brian, Hold on there, pardner! I am not responsible for the woes of all society before God. I have a civic responsibility to uphold the law of the land, and I have a right to protect myself from those who wish to deprive me of my freedom and my life. The land which you are blessed to be living in has laws that can be abused, but for he most part are the best laws available in this complicated, confusing age. You have linked practically every social woe to the death penalty, and that is just plain foolishness. A great deal of the lack of value in human life comes from the lack of faith in God. Those who disregard God's basic laws forfeit all the benefit and protection by them. God is merciful, but society cannot mimic God in this arena. (but they sure are trying!) I live according to the timeless laws of God first, not according to the ever-fickle mores of faddish society. All these complicated things you mention here are not as important as you might think, and I am certain that God is not as concerned about them as you seem to think. The heart and the attitude of mankind toward God is of much more importance. Not one of our mistakes can change God's plan, and not one of His will be stolen from Him by our 'unfair' practices. Serving God is very different from 'social work,' because society today is anti-social and rebellious toward God. A utopian, social state only leads people farther from God, not closer. In fact, all of the things you bring up are a *result* of humanistic thinking and endless human 'causes.' Peace upon you, my friend! Thes are my personal observations and opinions. I am not a 'vigilante' waiting for an opportunity to unleash God's wrath on earth. If I was drafted and given a gun, I would be praying that I would never have to use it! But if it was my country fighting another country, and my family and friends were depending on me, I would shoulder that weapon and that responsibility, and ask God to guide my bullets. In much the same way, the battle against violence and crime are the same thing. In my humble, but fervent opinion. In Jesus' name, charis |
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3 | Should Christians practice nonresistance | Lev 26:6 | kalos | 15900 | ||
Charis: I am in agreement with you, especially when you write: "Serving God is very different from 'social work'." In his devotional classic, "My Utmost for His Highest," Oswald Chambers writes: "Practical work for Christians is greatly overemphasized today, and the saints who are "bringing every thought [and project] into captivity" are criticized and told that they are not determined, and that they lack zeal for God or zeal for the souls of others. But true determination and zeal are found in obeying God, not in the inclination to serve Him that arises from our own undisciplined human nature." |
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