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NASB | Deuteronomy 7:2 and when the LORD your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them and show no favor to them. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Deuteronomy 7:2 and when the LORD your God gives them over to you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall not make a covenant (treaty) with them nor show mercy and compassion to them. |
Bible Question:
Yes I know. There are a lot of different arguments out there "for" war. I think it is a "reasoning" that is taking place. It is what we humans do to justify our actions when they do not line up with the word of God. What surprises me...is the number of Christians who are doing this, when clearly as you say...we are under a new covenant...and also when Jesus was so against any kind of revenge or fighting back theology. The whole Jesus story says..."you can count on our Father in heaven, you do not have to avenge yourself". For some reason, people seem to be having a hard time applying this to our current situation. I stand that...God is a MIGHTY God, and perfectly able to defend those who stand with Him, against terrorism. It is only those who are not standing on the word of God, that need to fear and there for, want hopelessly to try and defend themselves. Our war is a spiritual war as Christians and that is where we will find victory. How do we open the eyes of fellow Christians to this truth? Where do we begin? coop1 |
Bible Answer: From reading everyone's note I can see we are all very confused and war is a very touchy subject. From reading the bible and from learning from Christ's teachings. This is what I have come up with: To answer your question "How do we open the eyes of fellow Christians to this truth? WE CANNOT. It is God's job to teach and instruct each and every single one of us to do the job that he wants us to do. He has taught you and I and a few others that war is not permissible for us but he has taught something different to the rest of the people arguing with you. He will open our eyes to the truth at his own appointed time. Then we will know who was right and who was wrong. We don't know who is blind right now, it could be us or it could be them, but both sides cannot be right. One of the sides is wrong and the other one is right. Only God will fix this. Wait until he returns and each one of us stands in front of him. In the meanwhile, I say war is okay for the government and for the rulers of this earth including satan. War is not okay for us Christians to whom God has opened their eyes to not war, because then we would be sinning and would have to answer to him. If we are ever at war, here on our land, we will be right in the middle of it and we will have to choose to kill or not to kill. I for one, know not to kill and will not. If the govenment demands for me to get involved I will join the Red Cross and help the victims on both sides of the war. I will be just like the Red Cross, neutral and helping all the needed ones. They are helping in Afghanistan right now. They are in the middle of the war and they are not killing, they are helping the dying. The government does not kill them, they praise them and give them what they need. The people in Afghanistan whom have joined the Red Cross should be praised for as well. Let the war subject be at ease. Let us be Christians and concentrate on God and Christ. Martha, |