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Show Not Much Comfort lor Pacifists and Objectors We are fully aware that certain religious leaders in Christian Chris-tian churches teach a doctrine of non-resistance, but Jesus taught and practised militant opposition to evil in all of its manifestations. He could hardly be called a pacifist who took a whip and drove the moneychangers from the Temple, turned turn-ed their tables over, telling them they had made the Temple a den of thieves; counselled the vitrue of armament in His statement, "When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are at peace;" asked His disciples if they had any swords and found two and instead of telling tb'?m to dispose of these said they were enough; who condemned those who take the sword of aggression to be finally overcome by the sword in the hand of the defender and stated that He came not to bring peace but a sword It is true that Jesus went to His death without resisting those who falsely accused Him. But that task completed, com-pleted, He becomes the leader of the armies of heaven and in that capacity John describes Him returning to fight against the agressors in order to establish justice and peace upon the earth. Any true follover of Jesus Christ can not do less than fight for such a cause. Destiny. |