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1 | Christ and war | Is 9:6 | proffitt_79 | 107090 | ||
In Isaiah's prophecy, Jesus is called the Prince of Peace. Christians refer to his as the Gospel of Peace, and indeed, Christ's sermon on the mount promotes meekness and patient suffering in the face of threats to one's own personal security. As followers of Jesus, I would think that we would find Christians more often than liberal ideologues protesting war in the streets. Why does it seem that Christians are the most supportive of the United States' preemptive war? |
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2 | Christ and war | Is 9:6 | TommyS | 107098 | ||
As Norm stated, Matt 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet." Jesus words instruct us not to protest war. Do a word study on the clue words "not be troubled" and discover that word means "to cry aloud, make a noise by outcry." "Must come to pass" words mean "it is necessary. it right, it is proper." God's ways are higher than ours and although we think of "war" as from the devil, many have already come to Christ BECAUSE of the present war in Iraq. Both our soldiers and the Iraqis. We should be protesting against what the news media declares rather than fighting against what God is doing there. During the Iranian and Iraqi 'crisis' many from both sides began their walk with the King of Kings and the Prince of Peace. An American missionary friend of mine actually entered into Iran DURING the embassy hostage situation, many times. Prior to that crisis, he hadn't been allowed. TommyS |
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3 | Christ and war | Is 9:6 | proffitt_79 | 107158 | ||
Thank you for your reply. Truly your testimonies of God working through man's atrocities are encouraging, for "...we know that all things work together for good to those who have been called according to his purpose."(Rom 8:28) I did not necessarily mean Christians "should protest in the streets", although I guess that is exactly what I said. I will be more careful in the future. My mistake. What I should have said is I would think we would find Christians taking an anti-war position and, as a major constituent to Bush's policies, voice our opinion to him. I do not doubt that these things (wars and rumors of wars) must come to pass, but I do question whether or not we as Christians should rally behind a Christian man who(who receives much money from the Christian Coalition) who hastily leads a Christian nation to war against a country who has not attacked us or anyone else. |
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4 | Christ and war | Is 9:6 | Morant61 | 107160 | ||
Greetings Proffitt 79! May I interject? It is by no means agreed among all that God is anti-war. By this I simply mean that God ordained and ordered wars in Scripture. War can be morally and Scripturally justified at certain times. So, while I would not expect all Christians to be in agreement with the war in Iraq, neither would I expect all Christians to be opposed to it either. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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5 | Christ and war | Is 9:6 | proffitt_79 | 107252 | ||
Thank you, Mr. Moran I see your point. Surely there are issues that Christians can agree to disagree about. |
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6 | Christ and war | Is 9:6 | Morant61 | 107255 | ||
Greetings Proffitt 79! Please, just call me Tim! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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