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 How do you respond when people mistreat you?

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 What's your general way of responding?

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 Well, you know, the answer really depends on how we're mistreated.

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 As I'm going to point out as we go through this message this morning,

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 we live or we have been going through over the past several weeks now

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 Romans chapter 12.

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 We've been studying that chapter of Scripture.

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 We've learned how God wants us to live in a right relationship with Him

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 and how He wants us to live in relationship with other people.

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 When we got to Romans chapter 12 verses 14 through 21,

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 we found that we are expected, called by God,

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 to do everything that we can to live peacefully with people.

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 Do everything that we can to avoid conflict, if possible.

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 I want you to note some examples.

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 We'll look at them quickly.

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 This is from Romans 12.

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 Bless those who persecute you.

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 Bless and do not curse them.

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 Repay no one evil for evil,

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 but give thought to do what is honorable or right in the sight of all.

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 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

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 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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 Where in the world would Paul get something like that?

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 Well, he learned it from Jesus.

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 That's what Jesus taught.

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 As we looked at last week in Matthew chapter 5, verses 38 through 42.

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 I want us to look at it quickly.

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 What Jesus said.

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 You have heard that it was said,

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 an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

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 But I say to you, do not resist the one who is evil.

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 But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek,

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 turn to him the other also.

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 If anyone would sue you and take your tunic, your shirt,

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 let him have your cloak, your overcoat as well.

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 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.

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 Give to the one who begs from you,

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 and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.

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 Next week, we're going to look at Matthew chapter 5,

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 beginning in verse 43, where Jesus told us to love our enemies.

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 Now, in light of all this,

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 in light of what we've just read,

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 we need to be thinking,

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 is God telling us we've got to give up

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 on the idea of justice in this world?

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 Is Paul and Jesus telling us

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 that a Christian could not serve in the military,

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 could not be a law enforcement officer,

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 are these verses,

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 are they actually saying

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 that we could never defend our families or ourself?

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 Well, the answer to all three questions is no.

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 That's not what's being said.

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 Christians may and we should seek justice.

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 We can and should defend our families

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 and even our own lives

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 when they're threatened under certain circumstances.

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 Christians may certainly serve in the military

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 or be law enforcement officers.

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 God not only allows,

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 but He expects us,

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 as we live in this world,

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 as Christians,

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 as faithful Christians,

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 He expects us to seek justice,

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 to protect our families,

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 even our own lives,

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 just make sure we do it in appropriate ways.

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 That's what we're going to be looking at

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 as we go through this message.

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 But first,

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 I want to do a little quick reminder from last week.

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 First of all,

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 God prohibits us from seeking revenge

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 or retaliating against our enemies.

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 If you weren't here last week,

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 I'd encourage you to go online

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 and listen to that message.

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 God prohibits us from seeking revenge

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 or retaliating against our enemies.

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 God expects us to treat people better

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 than they treat us.

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 And what He wants us to do

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 is learn to exercise restraint.

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 Don't just have a mindset,

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 whatever somebody does to me,

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 I'm going to do it back.

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 I'm going to do it worse.

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 I'm not going to get mad.

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 I'm going to get even,

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 as I said last week.

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 That's not how we are called to live as Christians

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 in our relationships with other people,

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 even our enemies.

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 That doesn't mean we've got to let the bad guys win.

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 That doesn't mean they're going to win

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 because they won't.

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 Paul stressed

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 that God will make sure

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 that the bad guys don't win.

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 That justice will prevail.

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 But what we've got to do

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 is learn to trust Him.

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 We've got to learn to trust

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 that God's going to make things right.

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 That's what Paul talks about

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 in Romans 12, verse 19.

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 He says,

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 Beloved, never avenge yourselves,

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 but leave it to the wrath of God.

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 For it is written,

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 Vengeance is mine,

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 I will repay,

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 says the Lord.

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 Here's what we need to understand.

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 There's a lot of bad in this world.

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 There's a lot of evil people in this world.

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 There's a lot of people who will hurt you,

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 who will hurt your family,

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 who will hurt this country,

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 who will hurt people.

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 And the idea is not

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 God's telling His people,

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 well, you don't worry about it.

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 Just let it go.

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 It'll be all right.

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 No.

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 Scripture's telling us,

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 among other things,

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 we need to learn to trust God

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 that He will make things right.

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 He will avenge His people.

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 We can trust Him.

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 And Paul said,

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 elaborated on this

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 in writing to the Thessalonians,

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 that church,

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 as they went through persecution,

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 going through a lot of mistreatment.

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 I want you to look at how he said to respond.

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 We looked at this a few weeks ago,

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 2 Thessalonians 1,

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 but I want us to look at it again,

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 what God is going to do.

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 He says,

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 God is just.

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 He will pay back trouble

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 to those who trouble you

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 and give relief to you

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 who are troubled

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 and to us as well.

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 This will happen

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 when the Lord Jesus

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 is revealed from heaven

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 in blazing fire

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 with His powerful angels.

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 He will punish those

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 who do not know God

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 and do not obey

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 the gospel of our Lord.

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 They will be punished

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 with everlasting destruction

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 and shut out

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 from the presence of the Lord

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 and from the glory of His might

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 on the day He comes

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 to be glorified

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 in His holy people

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 and to be marveled at

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 among all those

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 who have believed.

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 This includes you

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 because you believed

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 our testimony to you.

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 Does that sound like

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 Paul is thinking,

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 well, God's just going to let things go

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 and so should we.

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 Not at all.

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 Paul is assuring us

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 we can trust God

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 to make things right,

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 to settle scores,

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 to do what needs to be done

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 in the lives of evil people

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 who cause harm

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 to God's people

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 or to just people in general.

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 Paul personally trusted God

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 to do that

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 when someone harmed him

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 and what he was trying to do

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 in his ministry.

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 I want you to look at

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 2 Timothy chapter 4.

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 Look at it.

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 Listen to it.

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 Alexander the coppersmith

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 did me great harm.

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 The Lord will repay him

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 according to his deeds.

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 Beware of him yourself

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 for he strongly opposed

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 our message.

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 Paul doesn't sound like

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 a pacifist, does he?

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 Whoever this guy was,

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 Alexander the coppersmith,

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 he did Paul harm.

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 He interfered in what Paul was doing

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 and trying to preach

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 and teach the gospel.

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 Paul's mentality was,

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 yeah, I can't get revenge.

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 I'm not going to retaliate.

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 But I am going to trust God.

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 The Lord will repay him

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 according to his deeds.

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 And Paul took this guy

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 and his

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 trouble making seriously

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 and told Timothy

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 who he's writing to,

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 you watch out for him too.

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 See, Paul's not saying,

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 oh, I'll just let it go.

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 He said, this is a bad guy.

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 God's going to get him.

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 And Timothy,

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 you watch out for him.

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 Don't let him

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 cause trouble for you

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 if you can help it.

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 But he will if he can.

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 That's what Paul's saying to him.

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 Now this doesn't mean that,

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 doesn't mean that Paul didn't

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 pray for his salvation.

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 But at the same time,

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 Paul didn't have this

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 unrealistic understanding

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 of life and evil

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 and evil people.

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 He knew that people could be evil.

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 He knew that he was done wrong.

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 And he knew that

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 somewhere along the line,

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 God would settle the score.

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 God would make it right.

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 But in the meantime,

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 he warned Timothy,

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 his associate.

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 He warned him

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 about this guy.

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 He's a troublemaker.

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 Every New Testament writer

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 warns us

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 that Christians will experience

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 persecution in this world.

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 We have been blessed

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 in our country,

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 throughout the history

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 of our country,

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 where we have been able

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 to live out our faith,

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 attend, worship,

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 live like we want to live

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 as Christians,

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 and not be persecuted.

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 We've had the privilege,

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 historically,

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 of even having laws

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 that protect

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 all of these rights,

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 all of these privileges

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 to worship

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 and live out

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 the Christian life.

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 But in the big picture

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 of the history of the church,

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 most Christians

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 experience persecution.

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 Most Christians

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 suffer

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 for the mere fact

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 that they believe in Jesus

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 and seek to live

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 a Christian life.

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 We're warned

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 that's going to happen.

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 We're warned

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 to expect that.

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 But we're not supposed

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 to retaliate

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 or seek revenge

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 when it happens to us.

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 Instead,

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 we need to trust God

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 to deal with our enemies.

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 We have to trust God

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 to deal with our enemies

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 in His way

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 and at His time.

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 But one of the ways

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 that God works

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 to right wrongs

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 and bring about justice

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 in this world

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 is through human government.

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 That's the second thing

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 we're going to look at.

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 God provides

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 for our protection

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 through governmental authority.

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 Paul writes

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 in Romans chapter 13

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 about this.

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 God has assigned

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 government

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 the responsibility

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 of providing justice

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 in our society.

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 Rewarding right

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 and punishing wrong behavior.

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 I want you to look with me

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 at verses 3 and 4

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 of Romans 13.

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 It's on the screen.

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 He says,

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 For rulers are not

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 a terror

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 to good conduct

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 but to bad.

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 Would you have no fear

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 of the one

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 who is in authority?

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 Then do what is good

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 and you will receive

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 His approval.

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 For He is God's servant

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 for your good.

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 But if you do wrong

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 be afraid

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 for He does not

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 bear the sword

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 in vain.

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 For He is the servant

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 of God

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 and avenger

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 who carries out

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 God's wrath

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 on the wrongdoer.

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 Paul is telling us here

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 that governmental authorities

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 are God's servants

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 to the world

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 to ensure that justice

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 take place.

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 Right now,

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 think about it this way.

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 our elected leaders,

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 judges,

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 law enforcement officers.

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 They are unconsciously

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 and imperfectly

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 serving God's purpose

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 of administering justice.

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 Right now,

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 for our benefit.

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 Paul is emphasizing

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 the authority

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 of government here

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 to punish lawbreakers.

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 even to the point

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 of administering

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 deadly force,

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 including the death penalty

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 when needed.

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 I want you to note

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 in verse 4

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 the phrase,

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 bear the sword.

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 For He does not

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 bear the sword

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 in vain.

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 When Paul says

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 that the government

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 is authorized

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 to bear the sword,

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 he means that

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 the government

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 has been given

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 authority by God

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 to use the sword

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 for the purpose

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 that people used

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 swords for

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 in the first century,

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 which was to put

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 people to death,

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 which was to

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 protect themselves.

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 This would apply

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 to the government

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 having authority

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 to wage war,

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 to carry out

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 capital punishment,

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 and to use

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 lethal force

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 when necessary

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 in enforcing laws.

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 Our government

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 has the God-given

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 right and authority

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 to wage war

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 against terrorism.

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 Our government

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 has the God-given

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 authority

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 to be engaged

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 in the fight

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 against ISIS

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 right now.

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 If you read

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 the front page

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 of this week's

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 newsletter,

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 I put an article

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 in there by

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 Russell Moore

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 from the Ethics

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 and Religious

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 Liberty Commission

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 of the Southern

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 Baptist Convention.

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 He talks about

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 how there is

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 no contradiction

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 for us praying

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 for our enemies

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 that they might

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 come to know Christ,

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 but also

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 when they're acting

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 as our enemies,

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 like ISIS is,

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 for example.

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 It's not wrong

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 to kill them,

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 to inflict

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 major force

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 firepower

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 to take them out,

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 to destroy

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 their lives

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 if possible.

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 That is God's

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 way

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 of enabling

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 civilization

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 to

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 experience

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 the most peace,

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 for justice

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 to prevail,

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 for properly

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 authorized

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 force

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 to be

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 inflicted

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 on evil

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 doers

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 of whatever

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 strife.

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 Paul

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 emphasized

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 that God

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 intends for

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 government

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 to be his

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 instrument

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 of justice

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 to make

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 things right

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 in this world.

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 Now I want to

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 reiterate,

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 we are not

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 to seek vengeance

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 for personal

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 offenses.

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 Look again,

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 verse 19,

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 beloved,

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 never avenge

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 yourselves,

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 but leave it

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 to the wrath

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 of God,

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 for it is

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 written,

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 vengeance

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 is mine,

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 I will

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 repay,

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 says the

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 Lord.

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 Instead,

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 as a general

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 rule,

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 we are to

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 look to the

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 government

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 to provide

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 police

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 and a

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 court system

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 in order

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 to do this.

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 Look at

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 verse 4,

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 for he is

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 the servant

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 of God,

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 that is,

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 he's embodying

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 government,

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 personifying

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 government here

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 as he writes,

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 for he is the

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 servant of God,

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 an avenger

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 who carries

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 out God's

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 wrath on

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 the wrongdoer.

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 This is the

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 general way

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 that we're

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 supposed to

00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:06.980
 seek justice

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 in the world.

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 The police

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 and judges

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 are called

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 by God,

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 put in place

00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:14.159
 by God

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 to be the

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 good guys

00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:16.539
 of society

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 who enforce

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 laws,

00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:20.580
 who

00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:22.440
 administrate

00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:24.120
 justice.

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 Therefore,

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 it's not only

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 acceptable,

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 but it's

00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:29.580
 ideal for

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 Christians to

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 fill these

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 roles.

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 It's good

00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:33.779
 when a

00:16:33.779 --> 00:16:34.460
 Christian serves

00:16:34.460 --> 00:16:35.080
 as a police

00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:35.720
 officer,

00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.580
 when they're

00:16:37.580 --> 00:16:37.820
 in the

00:16:37.820 --> 00:16:38.320
 military,

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 when they're

00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:40.639
 serving in

00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:41.799
 some way

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:42.340
 in our

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 court and

00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:44.580
 legal system.

00:16:46.139 --> 00:16:46.879
 They're the

00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:47.600
 best ones to

00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:48.460
 administer God's

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 justice.

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 And we need to

00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:51.060
 respect everyone

00:16:51.060 --> 00:16:51.740
 who serves in

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:53.080
 these roles,

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 everyone who

00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:55.259
 serves in

00:16:55.259 --> 00:16:55.980
 these offices,

00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:56.899
 by virtue of

00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:57.320
 what they're

00:16:57.320 --> 00:16:57.639
 doing,

00:16:57.779 --> 00:16:59.399
 God's agent,

00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:00.820
 God's servant.

00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:01.639
 We should

00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:02.379
 respect the

00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:02.659
 office.

00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.039
 We should

00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:04.360
 respect them.

00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:06.000
 We as a

00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.480
 society,

00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.019
 and especially

00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:09.759
 here in our

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.160
 country,

00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:11.579
 we need to

00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:12.140
 hold all

00:17:12.140 --> 00:17:12.559
 governmental

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.380
 officials to

00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:13.940
 a high

00:17:13.940 --> 00:17:14.480
 standard.

00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:16.400
 We need to

00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:16.740
 hold them

00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:17.240
 accountable.

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:17.839
 We need to

00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:18.120
 have the

00:17:18.120 --> 00:17:18.980
 expectation that

00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.360
 they're going

00:17:19.360 --> 00:17:20.079
 to do what

00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:20.799
 they do in a

00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:21.640
 fair and

00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:22.660
 impartial kind

00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:23.000
 of way.

00:17:23.080 --> 00:17:23.279
 That's the

00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:23.580
 only way you

00:17:23.580 --> 00:17:23.800
 can have

00:17:23.800 --> 00:17:24.180
 justice,

00:17:24.320 --> 00:17:24.640
 isn't it?

00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:26.900
 But no

00:17:26.900 --> 00:17:27.180
 matter how

00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:27.560
 many law

00:17:27.560 --> 00:17:27.900
 enforcement

00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:28.700
 officers we

00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:31.259
 have, they

00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:31.740
 can't be

00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:32.180
 everywhere.

00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:34.220
 So sometimes

00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:35.560
 we, as

00:17:35.560 --> 00:17:36.460
 private citizens,

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.480
 sometimes we're

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:38.880
 faced with

00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:39.660
 situations where

00:17:39.660 --> 00:17:40.920
 our lives or

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:43.240
 our health is

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.660
 threatened.

00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:46.240
 Our families

00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:46.860
 are threatened,

00:17:47.860 --> 00:17:48.920
 and there's no

00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:50.240
 time to call the

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.720
 police.

00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:52.539
 what are we

00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:53.339
 to do then as

00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:53.720
 Christians?

00:17:54.460 --> 00:17:55.019
 That's the third

00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:55.339
 point.

00:17:55.940 --> 00:17:56.839
 God allows us to

00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:57.640
 protect ourselves

00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:58.620
 and others we

00:17:58.620 --> 00:17:59.420
 are responsible

00:17:59.420 --> 00:18:01.339
 for or have an

00:18:01.339 --> 00:18:02.180
 opportunity to

00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:02.500
 protect.

00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:06.319
 We are not to

00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:08.279
 be pacifists in

00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:10.140
 this world who

00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:11.059
 just sort of stand

00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:13.000
 by and whatever

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:13.700
 happens to us

00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:14.600
 happens to us.

00:18:15.620 --> 00:18:16.960
 It is not wrong.

00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:17.940
 It is not sinful.

00:18:18.140 --> 00:18:19.039
 It is not contrary

00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:20.279
 to Scripture for us

00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:20.920
 to defend

00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:22.099
 ourselves and

00:18:22.099 --> 00:18:22.579
 look to the

00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:23.519
 resources God

00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:24.680
 gives, provides

00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:26.319
 to defend us.

00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:27.799
 First, we can

00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.460
 look to God to

00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:28.879
 help us to

00:18:28.879 --> 00:18:29.819
 defend ourselves.

00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:32.119
 Jesus promised

00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:33.500
 this kind of

00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:34.420
 help to His

00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:35.740
 disciples when

00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:36.779
 they experienced

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.519
 persecution.

00:18:37.859 --> 00:18:38.639
 Look at it in

00:18:38.639 --> 00:18:39.720
 Luke chapter 11.

00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.460
 Jesus said,

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 And when they

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 bring you before

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 the synagogues

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 and the rulers

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 and the authorities,

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 do not be anxious

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 about how you

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 should defend

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 yourself or what

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 you should say

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 for the Holy

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 Spirit will teach

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 you in that very

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 hour what you

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 ought to say.

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 Jesus is talking

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 about here religious

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 persecution.

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 He's talking about

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 when His disciples

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 are brought up

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 before the courts,

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 before the magistrates,

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 before whoever,

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 because they're

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 preaching and teaching

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 about Him.

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 And we read that

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 in the book of Acts.

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 And Jesus is saying

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 when that happens,

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 you can defend

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 yourself and you

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 can depend upon the

00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:15.380
 Spirit of God

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 who lives within

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 you to equip you

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 to know how to

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 defend yourself

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 in those kind of

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 situations.

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 Number two,

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 we can use the

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 legal system

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 to defend ourselves.

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 Paul did this

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 on several occasions.

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 As you read about

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 his life and ministry

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 in the book of Acts,

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 you'll find

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 there are times

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 when the situation

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 was such

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 that he exerted

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 his rights

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 as a Roman citizen

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 to avoid

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 punishment,

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 to avoid being

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 beaten,

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 to avoid death

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 even.

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 You see it on the

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 screen, Acts chapter

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 16 and Acts chapter

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 25.

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 In Acts chapter 16,

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 Paul was improperly

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 imprisoned.

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 He was a Roman

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 citizen.

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 And to make a long

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 story short,

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 Paul required

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 the citizens

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 of that country,

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 the officials,

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 the magistrates,

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 it says,

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 the magistrates

00:20:13.080 --> 00:20:15.100
 of Philippi

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 who had improperly

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 imprisoned him,

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 when they heard

00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:18.880
 about it,

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 they were going to

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 just let him go

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 and hope he'd just

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 go off quietly.

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 Paul said,

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 no,

00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:24.160
 they've got to come

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 and let me out.

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 He made a big

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 deal about it,

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 big to do about it

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 because he was a

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 Roman citizen

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 and they had violated

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 his rights.

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 And then in Acts

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 chapter 25,

00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:35.539
 Paul's life is being

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 threatened.

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 If he stays where

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 he is,

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 he's probably going

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 to be assassinated.

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 There's a plot

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:41.519
 to assassinate him.

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 The only way

00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:42.779
 that he sees

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.480
 to get out of that

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.519
 is to appeal

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 to Caesar

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.700
 as a Roman citizen

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 and he does that.

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 That enables him

00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:50.920
 to be protected

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 and taken to Rome

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 where he'll stand trial

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 before Caesar himself.

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 We can use

00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:58.700
 the legal system

00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.640
 to defend ourselves.

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 That's not wrong.

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.299
 That's not

00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:04.619
 not trusting God.

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:07.019
 use the system

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:10.139
 to demand justice,

00:21:10.679 --> 00:21:12.679
 to protect yourself

00:21:12.679 --> 00:21:13.419
 and your family,

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 your home.

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 We have biblical precedent

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.759
 to do that.

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 Number three,

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:22.639
 we can use lethal weapons

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 to defend ourselves.

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 Peter did

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 and so did

00:21:28.399 --> 00:21:29.519
 some of the other disciples.

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 Look with me

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 at Luke chapter 22

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 verse 35 and 6.

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 Jesus said to them,

00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:40.699
 when I sent you out

00:21:40.699 --> 00:21:42.059
 with no money bag

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:43.279
 or knapsack

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:44.559
 or sandals,

00:21:44.919 --> 00:21:46.000
 did you lack anything?

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:46.979
 They said,

00:21:47.439 --> 00:21:47.859
 nothing.

00:21:49.179 --> 00:21:50.299
 Prior to the end,

00:21:50.379 --> 00:21:50.959
 near the end

00:21:50.959 --> 00:21:51.879
 of Jesus' ministry,

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.739
 he sent his disciples

00:21:53.739 --> 00:21:54.559
 out to preach

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.239
 and teach

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 and they were

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.879
 so well received

00:21:57.879 --> 00:21:58.679
 at that time,

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 people took care of them.

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 people provide them

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.320
 with a place to stay,

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:05.160
 food to eat.

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.779
 But now,

00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:09.200
 public opinion

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:09.740
 has turned.

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:12.039
 Jesus is about

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.720
 to be arrested

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.340
 and crucified.

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 It's a different world.

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 And so look

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.140
 what he says.

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:20.620
 He said to them,

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.779
 but now,

00:22:22.439 --> 00:22:23.079
 let the one

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.719
 who has

00:22:23.719 --> 00:22:25.099
 a money bag

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:26.000
 take it

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:27.059
 and likewise

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:28.459
 a knapsack.

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:29.859
 Let the one

00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:31.099
 who has no sword

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:33.000
 sell his cloak

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:34.639
 and buy one.

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.719
 There's a lot

00:22:36.719 --> 00:22:37.379
 of controversy

00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:38.299
 among New Testament

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:39.139
 scholars over

00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:40.360
 was Jesus

00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:41.320
 literally talking

00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:42.480
 about telling

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.100
 his disciples

00:22:43.100 --> 00:22:43.360
 to go out

00:22:43.360 --> 00:22:44.200
 and buy a sword

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.500
 or is he just

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.180
 using that

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:46.640
 as just sort

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.400
 of a figure

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:48.240
 of speech

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.040
 to prepare

00:22:49.040 --> 00:22:49.860
 yourself

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:51.259
 for coming

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.860
 opposition.

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.160
 The truth is,

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.740
 it doesn't matter.

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.680
 Look at what

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.320
 Jesus said.

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:01.000
 He used

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:03.360
 a money bag,

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.780
 a knapsack,

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:08.019
 and a sword

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:11.000
 in positive

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.819
 ways

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:13.639
 to describe

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:14.740
 how they

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.160
 needed to

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:16.599
 prepare themselves

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:19.339
 for the future

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.940
 and how people

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.279
 were going to

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.019
 persecute them

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:22.160
 and oppose them.

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:24.000
 Jesus had no

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.680
 problem using

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.819
 that sword

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:27.559
 along those

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.279
 other items

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:29.639
 in a positive

00:23:29.639 --> 00:23:30.160
 way.

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.720
 Peter not only

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.359
 kept the sword

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:32.980
 on his side,

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.859
 but Peter

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:35.599
 used his sword

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.339
 on one occasion.

00:23:36.639 --> 00:23:37.219
 Look at it.

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.719
 And when those

00:23:38.719 --> 00:23:39.379
 who were around

00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:39.939
 him saw

00:23:39.939 --> 00:23:41.699
 what would

00:23:41.699 --> 00:23:42.119
 follow,

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:42.980
 they said,

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.240
 Lord,

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:43.719
 shall we

00:23:43.719 --> 00:23:44.519
 strike with

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.099
 the sword?

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.419
 And one

00:23:46.419 --> 00:23:46.759
 of them

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.319
 struck the

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.639
 servant

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:47.959
 of the

00:23:47.959 --> 00:23:48.699
 high priest

00:23:48.699 --> 00:23:49.839
 and cut

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.319
 off his

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:51.119
 right ear.

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.679
 That was

00:23:52.679 --> 00:23:52.980
 Peter.

00:23:53.179 --> 00:23:53.480
 Other

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.459
 gospels

00:23:54.459 --> 00:23:54.819
 tell that

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.500
 same story.

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.639
 They tell

00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:57.419
 more details.

00:23:57.679 --> 00:23:58.000
 That was

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.339
 Peter.

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.139
 But Peter

00:23:59.139 --> 00:23:59.619
 was wrong

00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:00.159
 to do that.

00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:01.740
 Peter

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.500
 should not

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.139
 have used

00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:03.839
 his sword

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.679
 like that

00:24:04.679 --> 00:24:05.079
 on that

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.539
 occasion.

00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:06.459
 Jesus

00:24:06.459 --> 00:24:07.039
 rebuked

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.219
 him.

00:24:08.219 --> 00:24:08.480
 Jesus

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.019
 restored

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.299
 that

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.839
 man's

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.240
 ear.

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.519
 See,

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:11.759
 it was

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.179
 God's

00:24:12.179 --> 00:24:12.619
 plan.

00:24:13.439 --> 00:24:13.659
 This

00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:13.980
 was the

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.399
 time

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:15.699
 when Jesus

00:24:15.699 --> 00:24:16.059
 was going

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.279
 to be

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.839
 arrested,

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.679
 when he

00:24:18.679 --> 00:24:19.039
 was going

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.519
 to be

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.179
 condemned

00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:22.379
 and executed.

00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:23.279
 This

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.859
 was God's

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.459
 plan for

00:24:24.459 --> 00:24:24.939
 when Jesus

00:24:24.939 --> 00:24:25.359
 would die

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:25.619
 on the

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.079
 cross

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:27.559
 in order

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.240
 to save

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.899
 us,

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.559
 provide for

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.339
 our salvation.

00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:32.819
 And so

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:34.579
 it was not

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:34.939
 going to be

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.380
 stopped.

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:36.720
 But the

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:36.960
 point I

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.120
 want to

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.720
 make is,

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:38.640
 I want you

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:38.840
 to listen

00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:39.160
 to this.

00:24:40.120 --> 00:24:40.860
 Jesus did

00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:41.820
 not prohibit

00:24:41.820 --> 00:24:42.580
 his disciples

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:43.559
 from carrying

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.460
 swords.

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.840
 And the

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.160
 only reason

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.480
 people would

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:47.779
 carry the

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.240
 sword was

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:50.420
 for self-defense.

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:51.840
 See, the

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.480
 disciples were

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:52.940
 with Jesus

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.460
 for three

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:53.940
 years.

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.580
 He taught

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:56.660
 them about

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:57.140
 all the

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:57.559
 things they

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.960
 need to be

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.380
 and do

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.740
 as his

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.140
 followers,

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:01.100
 but he

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.720
 never taught

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.080
 them you

00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:02.560
 can't carry

00:25:02.560 --> 00:25:02.980
 a sword.

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.460
 He never

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.860
 taught them

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.080
 to be

00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:04.860
 pacifists.

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.560
 He never

00:25:05.560 --> 00:25:06.100
 taught them

00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:06.620
 they couldn't

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.360
 be armed.

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:08.920
 In today's

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.920
 terms, he

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.240
 would not

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:11.000
 have prohibited

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.620
 them from

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.140
 having a

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.580
 concealed

00:25:12.580 --> 00:25:12.920
 weapons

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.220
 permit.

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.880
 They didn't

00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.360
 need one

00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:16.880
 back then.

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.440
 They carried

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.740
 for self-defense.

00:25:20.360 --> 00:25:21.060
 Jesus never

00:25:21.060 --> 00:25:21.740
 said a word.

00:25:22.300 --> 00:25:22.640
 He even

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.320
 spoke about

00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:25.120
 swords in a

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:26.000
 positive way.

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:28.160
 I really

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.579
 believe that

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.059
 what Jesus

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.519
 and Paul

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.059
 taught about

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.700
 loving our

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.319
 enemies and

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.339
 overcoming evil

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:33.460
 with good

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:35.500
 was usually

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.619
 directed at

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.160
 people who

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:38.160
 were persecuting

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.579
 Christians.

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.180
 They weren't

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:41.039
 describing how

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.859
 to deal with

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.779
 evil people

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.279
 who were out

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.980
 to kill,

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:44.859
 rape,

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.740
 rob,

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:47.240
 or terrorize

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.940
 whoever crossed

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.640
 their path.

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.099
 Theologian

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:52.140
 John Frame,

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.799
 very respected

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.519
 theologian,

00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:55.559
 writes a lot

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.359
 about ethics.

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.980
 He points out

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.659
 this distinction.

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.159
 Look at what

00:25:59.159 --> 00:25:59.619
 he says.

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.119
 He says,

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.659
 what Jesus

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:02.319
 prohibits in

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:02.980
 Matthew 5,

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.720
 38-42,

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.099
 is not

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:06.179
 self-defense,

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.619
 but vengeance.

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.339
 Jesus was

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.859
 talking about

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.619
 our response

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.679
 to an insult,

00:26:12.419 --> 00:26:13.240
 a lawsuit,

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.839
 forced labor,

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:16.179
 and a request

00:26:16.179 --> 00:26:16.940
 for a loan.

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.539
 If someone

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.500
 seeks to kill

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.399
 you or a

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:21.139
 family member

00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:21.980
 and there's no

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.740
 help available,

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:24.240
 it is right

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.980
 for you to

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.539
 ward off

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.279
 the attack

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.519
 by force

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.779
 if necessary.

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.279
 Individuals

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:31.019
 may sometimes

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.180
 fight or

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:33.079
 even kill

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:34.019
 to preserve

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.980
 a life,

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.740
 but they

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.220
 should not

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.779
 use more

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.359
 force than

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:38.279
 is necessary

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:39.420
 in a given

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.000
 situation.

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:42.059
 Two other

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:43.319
 respected theologians,

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.319
 Norman Geisler

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.819
 and J.P.

00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:45.240
 Moreland.

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:47.119
 Geisler has

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:48.000
 written a lot

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.779
 about ethics

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.399
 as well.

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.579
 They're more

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.579
 forceful in

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.659
 emphasizing the

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.379
 importance,

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:54.040
 even the

00:26:54.040 --> 00:26:54.680
 necessity

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:56.020
 of Christians

00:26:56.020 --> 00:26:56.820
 sometimes

00:26:56.820 --> 00:26:58.600
 using force

00:26:58.600 --> 00:27:00.500
 to stop

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.840
 evil.

00:27:01.060 --> 00:27:01.420
 Look at what

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:01.840
 they say.

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.460
 To prevent

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.160
 murder

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:05.280
 when one

00:27:05.280 --> 00:27:05.700
 could have

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.420
 prevented it

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.920
 is morally

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:09.020
 wrong.

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.480
 To allow

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.080
 a rape

00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:11.560
 when one

00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:11.980
 could have

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.660
 hindered it

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.260
 is an

00:27:13.260 --> 00:27:13.720
 evil.

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:15.140
 To watch

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.640
 an act

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:16.280
 of cruelty

00:27:16.280 --> 00:27:16.980
 to children

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.660
 without trying

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.420
 to intervene

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.860
 is morally

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:21.519
 inexcusable.

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:23.220
 In brief,

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:25.000
 not resisting

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:26.220
 evil is an

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.980
 evil of

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.660
 omission.

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:28.800
 And an

00:27:28.800 --> 00:27:29.200
 evil of

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.019
 omission can

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.640
 be just as

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.279
 evil as an

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.759
 evil of

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.240
 commission.

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:34.060
 Any man

00:27:34.060 --> 00:27:34.700
 who refuses

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.320
 to protect

00:27:35.320 --> 00:27:36.220
 his wife

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.120
 and children

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:38.039
 against a

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.580
 violent

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:39.420
 intruder

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:41.340
 fails them

00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:42.380
 morally.

00:27:45.080 --> 00:27:45.840
 We,

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:48.100
 as Christians,

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:51.700
 we have

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.580
 the moral

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.620
 obligation

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:55.680
 to oppose

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.340
 evil

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:57.820
 that we

00:27:57.820 --> 00:27:58.320
 can't

00:27:58.320 --> 00:27:58.960
 oppose,

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.800
 intervene,

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.880
 help

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.500
 someone,

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.320
 prevent the

00:28:02.320 --> 00:28:02.700
 act from

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.200
 taking place.

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.039
 We have a

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.600
 moral

00:28:04.600 --> 00:28:05.360
 responsibility

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:06.180
 to do

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:06.600
 that.

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:07.720
 If that

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.180
 includes

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.720
 using

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.480
 lethal

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.000
 force,

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:10.580
 then so

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:11.200
 be it.

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:12.880
 You know,

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.140
 today,

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.620
 one of the

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.039
 ways our

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.480
 government

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.519
 has chosen

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.259
 to protect

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.900
 us as

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.400
 citizens

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:18.920
 in addition

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.280
 to law

00:28:19.280 --> 00:28:19.780
 enforcement

00:28:19.780 --> 00:28:21.120
 is to

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.360
 allow

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:21.820
 citizens

00:28:21.820 --> 00:28:22.700
 to own

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.560
 and carry

00:28:23.560 --> 00:28:24.360
 guns.

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:25.220
 Now,

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:26.680
 I want to be

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.360
 real fair

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:27.620
 here.

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:28.940
 Every Christian

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.560
 does not agree

00:28:29.560 --> 00:28:30.120
 with this,

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:32.200
 but a

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.820
 logical

00:28:32.820 --> 00:28:33.720
 application

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.080
 of what

00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:34.740
 Paul says

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.180
 in Romans

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.040
 chapter 13

00:28:36.040 --> 00:28:36.519
 verses 1

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:36.980
 through 4

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:38.539
 is that

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.500
 owning and

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.059
 carrying

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:41.240
 guns

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.599
 is a

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.120
 morally

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:44.120
 and legally

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:45.200
 acceptable

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.160
 option

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:47.299
 for

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.700
 Christians.

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.940
 I've

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.440
 always

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.860
 believed

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.200
 that.

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.440
 I have

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.000
 always

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.620
 practiced

00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:54.019
 that

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.860
 my

00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:55.680
 entire

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.519
 life.

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.240
 Now,

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:58.759
 I know

00:28:58.759 --> 00:29:01.420
 accidents

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.819
 happen.

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.720
 Guns are

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.240
 dangerous.

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.759
 So are

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.420
 automobiles.

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.319
 So are

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.180
 drugs.

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.359
 So are

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.140
 knives.

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.640
 You've

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:10.920
 got to be

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.299
 very,

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:11.879
 very,

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:13.099
 very careful

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:14.079
 if you own

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:14.500
 a gun,

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.220
 if you carry

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.740
 a gun.

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.160
 You don't get

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.980
 second chances

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.460
 a lot of

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.960
 times when

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.259
 accidents

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.980
 happen with

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.160
 them.

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:20.819
 That is a

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.180
 fact.

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.980
 The fact

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.379
 that some

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:25.200
 people use

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.839
 guns to

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.700
 commit sinful

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:28.640
 acts does

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.420
 not mean that

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.240
 guns are the

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.720
 problem in

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.240
 this country.

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.259
 The problem

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.720
 in this country

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.319
 is sin.

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:35.799
 the problem

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.059
 in this

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.819
 country is

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.680
 that sinful

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.559
 people do

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.079
 sinful

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.920
 things.

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.539
 The truth

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:42.980
 is since

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.379
 the beginning

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.220
 of humanity

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:45.400
 people have

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.799
 been killing

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.379
 one another

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:47.960
 with and

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:49.079
 without weapons.

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.940
 From a

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.220
 biblical

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.960
 perspective,

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.579
 the ownership

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.619
 of guns for

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:56.240
 protection,

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:59.180
 that's your

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.619
 option.

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.440
 That's a

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.319
 personal choice

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:03.039
 you can make.

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:05.160
 do what you

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.819
 think is

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.519
 right for

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:06.859
 you.

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.720
 Act on

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.400
 conviction.

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.680
 If you

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.119
 think you

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.619
 shouldn't have

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.339
 a gun as a

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.579
 Christian,

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.000
 then you

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.480
 shouldn't have

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:15.720
 one.

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.180
 You're not

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.740
 acting in

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.039
 faith.

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:18.920
 If you

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.519
 violate your

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.079
 conscience on

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.599
 that, that

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.259
 in itself is

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.680
 an act of

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.680
 sin, James

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.420
 tells us.

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.839
 But I also

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.200
 want you to

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.660
 understand there

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.140
 is absolutely

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:28.299
 nothing unspiritual

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.379
 or sinful

00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:30.419
 about owning

00:30:30.419 --> 00:30:30.980
 a gun

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:32.639
 and if

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.180
 necessary,

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.559
 using it.

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.359
 That should

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:36.720
 be under

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:38.019
 very few

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.940
 extreme

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:40.259
 circumstances.

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:42.759
 But gun

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.399
 or no gun,

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:45.579
 it is morally

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:47.039
 right to defend

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.819
 other people,

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:50.019
 to defend

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:51.059
 yourself against

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:52.079
 the actions of

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:53.500
 evil people,

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:55.480
 to refuse

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.599
 to intervene

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.200
 against a

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.579
 would-be

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.240
 murderer,

00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.380
 rapist,

00:30:59.440 --> 00:30:59.859
 or other

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.400
 violent

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:01.839
 attacker is

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.579
 a morally

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:04.259
 evil act

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.940
 of omission.

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.519
 I'll just be

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:07.920
 real honest

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.119
 with you,

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.460
 I can't

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:09.259
 understand a

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:11.000
 pacifist who

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.500
 would not

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:13.859
 intervene to

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.500
 save or

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.019
 protect the

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:16.319
 life of one

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.559
 of his

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.480
 loved ones.

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.859
 To me,

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.519
 it is contrary

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:20.819
 to the way

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.740
 God made us

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.220
 as human

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.839
 beings.

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:30.880
 We are

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:31.480
 called by

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:33.380
 God to

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:33.900
 be peaceful

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.319
 people.

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:37.059
 To not

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.579
 have this

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:37.920
 attitude,

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.440
 I don't

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:38.920
 take nothing

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.519
 off nobody.

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.579
 That's wrong.

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.700
 We're

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.480
 called by

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:46.700
 God to

00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:49.240
 not be

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:50.059
 vengeful,

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.759
 to not

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.599
 retaliate,

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.039
 to not

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.259
 always be

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.559
 trying to

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.139
 pay somebody

00:31:54.139 --> 00:31:54.539
 back.

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.759
 Our goal

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.119
 needs to

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.420
 be that

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:58.019
 we avoid

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.700
 violence

00:31:58.700 --> 00:32:00.139
 when possible.

00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:01.119
 That we

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.779
 try to find

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.339
 ways to

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:03.180
 overcome evil

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:04.259
 with good.

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:06.119
 That is our

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.759
 calling as

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.200
 Christians.

00:32:09.399 --> 00:32:10.059
 That's what I

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.399
 want you to

00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:11.359
 remember as we

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:12.220
 leave here today.

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.799
 If we're going to

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.259
 be known for

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:15.200
 just one thing,

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:18.240
 we don't need to

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:19.099
 be known for

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:20.279
 the guns we

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:21.359
 have and the

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.119
 way we conceal

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.599
 them and all

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:22.919
 that kind of

00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.199
 stuff.

00:32:24.679 --> 00:32:25.139
 We're going to

00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:25.619
 be known for

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:26.359
 one thing.

00:32:27.219 --> 00:32:28.659
 Jesus said we

00:32:28.659 --> 00:32:28.979
 need to be

00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:29.599
 known for our

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.339
 love for one

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.619
 another.

00:32:31.959 --> 00:32:32.659
 And we need to

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:33.339
 learn to do the

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:35.019
 loving thing.

00:32:35.479 --> 00:32:36.119
 And sometimes that

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.879
 may be to protect

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:37.299
 someone.

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:39.559
 To resort to

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:42.579
 lethal means to

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:43.179
 protect someone.

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.320
 one.

00:32:43.320 --> 00:32:45.140
 But that will be a

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:47.160
 rare case and

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:48.380
 never happen in

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:48.980
 most of our

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.500
 lives.

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.880
 So let's learn to

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.759
 act in love,

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:55.120
 even loving our

00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:55.560
 enemies.

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.980
 Let's pray

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.279
 together.

00:32:58.080 --> 00:32:58.519
 Dear God,

00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:00.200
 show us now how

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.900
 we should respond

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.820
 to you and your

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.440
 message this

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:02.720
 morning.

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:07.519
 Father, help us

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.120
 all to

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:10.759
 understand that

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.220
 we're not to

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:13.980
 be spiteful,

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.940
 vengeful,

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:16.079
 unforgiving

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:17.039
 people.

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:21.100
 But help us to

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.819
 see, Father, that

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:26.160
 you do hold

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:29.880
 high justice in

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:32.060
 what is right and

00:33:32.060 --> 00:33:32.960
 opposing evil.

00:33:34.820 --> 00:33:35.880
 Help us just to

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:37.560
 be able to do it

00:33:37.560 --> 00:33:38.200
 the right way.

00:33:38.820 --> 00:33:39.640
 Help us to trust

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:39.920
 you.

00:33:40.280 --> 00:33:40.940
 Help us to look

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:42.600
 to government

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:45.320
 authority in a

00:33:45.320 --> 00:33:46.260
 positive way and

00:33:46.260 --> 00:33:47.220
 use that, rely

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.880
 upon that.

00:33:49.760 --> 00:33:50.560
 Help us, Father,

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:52.920
 to pray that there

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.640
 won't ever be a

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.580
 time that we have

00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:58.380
 to use deadly

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:59.060
 force.

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:01.220
 in protecting

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:02.040
 someone.

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.560
 But dear God,

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:05.420
 help us to not

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:08.420
 be inactive,

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:11.640
 passive in the

00:34:11.640 --> 00:34:12.320
 face of evil.

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.880
 Help us to act

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:16.059
 where we need to

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.460
 act.

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.480
 Help us not to be

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.539
 guilty of that sin

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.539
 of omission.

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:24.280
 And just in an

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.880
 attitude of prayer,

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.480
 let's listen to the

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.960
 Lord and respond to

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.180
 Him.

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.360
 I'd be happy to pray

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.940
 with you here at the

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.200
 front.

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.740
 If you want to

00:34:30.740 --> 00:34:31.300
 come during this

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:31.519
 time.

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:31.880
 I'd be happy to

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.380
 pray with you now.

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.960
 Let's pray with you now.

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.599
 Let's pray with you now.

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:33.640
 Let's pray with you now.

00:34:33.640 --> 00:34:34.660
 Let's pray with you now.