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Thank you for appreciating the contributions.
Your example of a loved one being assaulted is worthy of discussion so as to avoid any confusion. I am certainly not advocating the same response given the situation.
Jesus’ decision to ‘resist not’ in his execution was part of the path he chose to walk out and was not necessarily imposing it on anyone else. At the same time, he intervened in the Garden of Gethsemane for the Roman soldier who temporarily lost his ear, in the stoning of the woman caught in adultery, and on behalf of the unsuspecting folks that the disciples were considering barbecuing.
Once again it is important to make the distinction between ‘enemy’ and someone who ‘knows not what they do’. We are assisted out of ‘temporary insanity’ by correction, not punishment.
Given a scenario where harm could come to myself and I could do something about it, I would evade and escape where possible in order to LOVE another day.
Thank you for appreciating the contributions.
Your example of a loved one being assaulted is worthy of discussion so as to avoid any confusion. I am certainly not advocating the same response given the situation.
Jesus’ decision to ‘resist not’ in his execution was part of the path he chose to walk out and was not necessarily imposing it on anyone else. At the same time, he intervened in the Garden of Gethsemane for the Roman soldier who temporarily lost his ear, in the stoning of the woman caught in adultery, and on behalf of the unsuspecting folks that the disciples were considering barbecuing.
Once again it is important to make the distinction between ‘enemy’ and someone who ‘knows not what they do’. We are assisted out of ‘temporary insanity’ by correction, not punishment.
Given a scenario where harm could come to myself and I could do something about it, I would evade and escape where possible in order to LOVE another day.