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NASB | Mark 16:18 they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 16:18 they will pick up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well." |
Subject: Lack of Indifference |
Bible Note: Hello Tim, I have read many of your posts and you have the patience of a saint, so if there is any one admirable it is certainly you. Little children do not war with one another... they do not hate one another... they do not exert dominion over one another... they may quarrel, but their differences are soon forgotten. They are resilient sponges with the desire to learn and the eagerness to please. "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." Matt18:3 My thoughts are that if the Mosaic laws and history made room for men assaulting other men in the name of God, then Jesus gave us different orders with Matt5:21-26, Matt5:38-48 and Matt18. It seems that if you must do things that are against the teachings of Jesus then you will be subject to judgement. How can we murder our enemies and love them? It's not an easy thing for me. Our freedom has come with a cost. But there is no license in the New Testament for killing in the name of Caesar (government). Though he does say: "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him."Matt22:21 zoe |