11/13/2017

GUNS and CHRISTIANS do NOT MIX ... CHRISTIANS, How Do We ARM Ourselves ?




Who said this ?

" . . . for ALL THEY that take the sword
shall perish with the sword . . ."




A Call to Arms

In the wake of the massacre of Christians worshipping in a Texas church, Christian pastors and writers have been issuing a Call to Arms to their congregations and fellow Followers of The LORD JESUS CHRIST , Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+.

The internet has been full of such exhortations, even from normally conservative, fundamental Christians.

In utmost sincerity these Christian pastors and writers, to a man, are calling their flocks to arm themselves with the weapons OF THIS WORLD . . . with guns, with training on how to use them, with all the sophisticated technology available . . .

in order to protect the congregation.

And, the people love to have it so.

The prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests bear rule by their means;

and My people love to have it so:
and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Jeremiah 5:31

Somehow, they --- to a man --- do not hear the Words of CHRIST JESUS, Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+.

Then said JESUS unto him,

Put up again thy sword into his place:

for ALL THEY that take the sword
shall perish with the sword.
Matthew 26:52


Was the LORD lying to us ?
No.  NEVER.

Did HE+ mean what HE+ said ?
Yes. Always.

This was an out-right statement, meant EXPLICITLY for correction to His+ disciples, His+ Beloved, His+ Chosen.  In this event brought about by His+ own need of  protection --- and how much MORE RIGHTEOUS could a situation possibly be ? --- The LORD told His+ Followers exactly what to do with man's earthly weapons.

Exactly WHAT war are WE Christians fighting?  WHICH Kingdom are we protecting ?

For though we walk in the flesh,

we do not war after the flesh:

(For the weapons of OUR warfare are not carnal,
but MIGHTY through GOD
to the pulling down of strong holds;)

Casting down imaginations,
and every high thing
that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of GOD,

and bringing into captivity

EVERY THOUGHT

to the obedience of CHRIST;

And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience,

when your obedience is fulfilled.
2 Corinthians 10: 3 - 6

We have MIGHTY weapons at our disposal, weapons that are able to bind the wicked spirits which push wicked men to do demonic acts.

We have the MIGHTY name of the LORD JESUS CHRIST Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+ to use to come against those evil doers.  His+ Name can stop them in the act.  His+ Name can paralyze the trigger finger.  His+ Name can deflect the knife and the machete.

We have the MIGHTY weapon of the WORD+ of The LORD, which is the SWORD of the SPIRIT ... our sword. 

So... WHY don't we USE them ?

Why don't we use these MIGHTY and very effectual WEAPONS ?

The LORD gave them to us at Pentecost, at The Resurrection, and at our own Baptism into His+ Death &  Resurrection.  Why do we neglect to use them ?

Why do we so quickly cast them aside and run to the world's arsenals when tragedies occur ?

This is WHY: our obedience is LACKING.  

Our OBEDIENCE Needs to be Fulfilled ...

Our TRAINING Needs to be Embraced ...

Our DISCIPLESHIP Needs to be Exercised ...

DAILY.

Then --- and only then --- will we be prepared to protect our loved ones, our family, our friends, our brothers and sisters in our places of worship. 

Measuring Rods

Let us measure ourselves, then, to see if we are truly READY for such onslaughts from the devil's camp. Here are just a few measuring rods to start us.


1. Are there any areas of disobedience willfully operating in our lives ?  In our flocks' lives ?

Does our manner of dress reflect Christian standards of modesty and shame-of-face ... or rather, does it reflect the lastest Walmart fashions ?  

Does how we spend our time individually and in the family circles  and in our assemblies warrant the approval of our LORD ?

Is there a GREAT DIFFERENCE in HOW we spend our time versus how our worldly neighbors and relatives spend their time ?

2. Is the call to SERIOUS PERSONAL discipleship omitted from our assemblies, in our family circles, and alas... in our own lives too ?

Are we calling our families and friends and our own flesh into a somber time of  daily prayer and quietness before The LORD ? Or rather, are we filling up our daily schedules --- churches , hear this ---  with so many activies ( all "good" , of course ) that there is no "down" time for  QUIETNESS before The LORD ?

3. Are there corporate and personal times of SOMBER fasting EQUAL to the days of our corporate and personal times of FEASTING and celebration ?

For every fellowship dinner, is there a day set aside to fast and have fellowship with HIM+ alone ?

For every Holiday feast, is there a PREVIOUS DAY set aside to seek The LORD, to enquire how to give a feast that HE+ honors ... bringing in those unfortunate ones we know who can never repay us ?

Or , do we let the Union Missions take care of that responsibility "for us" ?

But when thou makest a feast,
call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

And thou shalt be blessed;
for they cannot recompense thee:
for thou shalt be recompensed
at the resurrection of the just.
Luke 14: 13-14

When our obedience is fulfilled, when our training is embraced daily, when our discipleship in the prayer closet is daily put into practice . . . then we will REMEMBER to call upon The LORD DURING THESE TIMES of greatest need and HE+ will answer.

Do NOT BE MIS-LED, Brethren.

Empty words have no power over the forces of evil. We say words; the devil says them back and mocks. 

Remember :  the sons of Sceva could NOT trick the demons controlling the wicked men.

But when we PICK UP THE CROSS and die DAILY to our flesh by means of these obediences, for starters, the devil is RESISTED in our hourly, daily walk. He will flee from us when we use the Sword of the SPIRIT. 

His+ sword is MIGHTY through GOD.

However, if we DO NOT EMBRACE these obediences, our armor is lacking its pieces and we are incompletely covered.

Let us move our hearts AWAY from our daily temporal duties and fix our hearts on proclaiming the Kingdom of GOD , in season and out, in daily work and during our Assemblies. 

THEN WE WILL BE EQUIPPED to deal with demonized assassins with weapons more powerful, more accurate than their earthly guns.

And perhaps, 
a pitiful soul will be saved in the process.  
   




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