12/27/23 WARRIORS OF THE FLESH

12/27/23 WARRIORS OF THE FLESH

Not only did His servants not fight physically, with carnal weapons, against other humans when Jesus was betrayed, tried, crucified, buried, resurrected and ascended to heaven; His servants, His followers, His disciples, His learners, His people have not taken up the sword of steel against anyone, ever, in the history of the Church. Whenever the supposed Church, whenever supposed Christians have taken up the sword for national, personal, religious warfare, it was not the Church, it was not Christians, it was worldly religion stealing the dignity, the name, the honor, the valor, the identity of God and His people. Men of God can no more take up arms against our enemies than men of God can murder the unborn. Just because it has been "sanitized" by warped "Christianity" does not mean that we should fall into its devious trap.

Worldly religions (Roman religion, Islamic religion, Reformed religion) will wage war, carnal war, "holy war," but followers of Christ live by His revelation in the New Testament.

Choose your spiritual model carefully. Don't settle for a counterfeit. Don't swallow the lies of false teachers and false Christs. The way of the cross is blood stained, but it is not stained with the blood of violence, shed by followers of Christ. It is stained with His blood and for all of His people who walk in His steps of sacrifice and obedience.

This is a strange message in today's world, but it is the same message of God, since the New Testament. Because a "woke" generation is reinterpreting and repackaging the teachings of Christ, there are many today, and many more tomorrow, who will believe a lie, thinking that they are believing Biblical truth. This is what has happened concerning supposed, "Christian violence." It may be the norm for today, but it is still the same old lie.