Christian Combatants
Response to comment [from a Christian]: [Buzzword quote: Christians who enter combat sports are treated by their Christian brethren as confused neophytes who have strayed from the path (at best), or apostate psychopaths (at worst)...]
That has not been our experience.
"From a different thread..." [Jefferson quote: What could possibly be immoral about the manly art of self defense?]
A
non-issue.
Lk 22:36
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "God can come to athletes in combative sports. I think Muhammad Ali is the greatest athlete of all time and he too gave credit to God and is a most marvelous role model for any man. Muslim..."
The
god
of Islam is not the God of scripture.
See:
Islam
"Sports is the way I think God is weaning humanity off the male violence tit so that real peace on earth can happen."
You're not
going to find utopia here.
Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare
war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the
weak say, I am strong [Joel
3:9–10].
"“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears.” Someone
will say, “I thought the Bible said to beat your swords into plowshares.” It
does say that, but the time to do that is when the Kingdom is established on the
earth (see
Isa. 2:4;
Mic. 4:3). When Christ is
ruling you can get rid of your sword, but until then you’d better keep your
ammunition dry and you’d better be prepared. I do not agree that we should get
rid of guns today. I think we need to protect our homes, our loved ones, and our
nation. You and I are living in a big, bad world in which there are a lot of
wild animals loose—they are human beings and they are two–legged, but they’re
mean and ferocious and they will destroy you. Also there are nations which are
like that. In fact, that is the way God describes nations; He calls one a lion,
another a bear, another a panther, and another a nondescript beast. Believe me,
my friend, the nations of the world are like wild beasts, and we need to keep a
few atomic bombs in our arsenal. Paul said, “For when they shall say, Peace and
safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them …” (1
Thess. 5:3). I am afraid we are going to have
our teeth jarred out one of these days by the falling of a bomb, and we won’t be
able to retaliate because we have had too many soft–hearted and soft–headed
leaders. The United Nations has as its motto the verse in Isaiah which says to
beat your swords into plowshares; I think they ought to have this verse from
Joel: “Beat your plowshares into swords.” We need to be prepared today—we live
in a bad, bad world." McGee, J. V. (1991). Vol. 27: Thru the Bible commentary:
The Prophets (Hosea/Joel) (electronic ed.) (174–175). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "...[N]owhere does Christ tell you to take up the sword or gun or try to protect yourself--just the opposite if you read the Gospels..."
Lk 22:36
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "I was hoping you were going to correct him on the "sir" address as well. (or have I had it wrong all along?)."
Latty (Alate_One)
and I get this all of the time. We disregard it and focus on the issue at hand.
She works for the kingdom of darkness
and I work for the kingdom of light (Col
1:12-13).
Understand the spirit of antichrist (1
Jn 4:2-6).
See:
The Jesus test, the gospel test, and the fruit test
Are you opposed to Christians training in martial arts?
If so, why?
"...Understood. For the longest time the former Satanist? and his band of TOL gossip queens said that I was a woman. It's that gender confusion issue that's prevalent amongst the heathens."
They say a lot
of things (2 Cor 11:12-15). They're going to hell and you are going to
heaven.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor
life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things
to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from
the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord [Rom.
8:38–39].
"“For I am persuaded” means that he knows.
“Death” cannot separate us—in fact, it will take us into His presence. The
response of many of the early Christian martyrs when they were threatened with
death was, “Thank you, you will transport me right into the presence of my
Savior.” You can’t hurt people like that.
“Life”—often it is more difficult to face life than to face death. But life’s
temptations, failures, disappointments, uncertainties, and sufferings will not
separate us from the love of God that is in Christ our Lord.
“Angels”—and I think he means fallen angels—“principalities and powers” are
spiritual enemies of the believer (see
Eph. 6:12).
“Things present” means present circumstances.
“Things to come” refers to the future.
“Nor height, nor depth” may refer to the space age in which we live.
“Any other created thing” would include anything else you want to mention.
Absolutely nothing can separate us from the love of God which is centered in
Christ.
My friend, salvation is a love story. We love Him because He first loved us.
Nothing can separate us from that. We entered this chapter with no condemnation;
we conclude it with no separation; and in between all things work together for
good. Can you improve on this, friend? This is wonderful!" McGee, J. V. (1991).
Vol. 42: Thru the Bible commentary: The Epistles (Romans 1-8) (electronic ed.)
(164). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
[Are you opposed to Christians training in martial arts?] "Not at all,
but again, as I mentioned in my first post, it's the mentality of the people
that watch these "cage sports" that I have issues with.
If it wasn't all about blood and guts..."
Those that
watch it for the blood and guts.
I've met some men who train in a most unusual way.
Now, did you hear that Chuck Norris got pulled over? He let the officer off with
a warning.
