{"id":764,"date":"2011-10-17T06:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T10:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/?p=764"},"modified":"2011-10-17T06:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T10:20:00","slug":"are-christians-forbidden-from-defendig-themselves","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/?page_id=764","title":{"rendered":"Are Christians forbidden from defending themselves?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Question:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Luke 6:29-30, does Jesus mean do not defend your life under any circumstances, and does He mean give whatever the person\/people ask of you regardless of who it is and no matter the reason?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No, Jesus is not saying that you cannot defend yourself.\u00a0 He\u2019s merely stating that you should try to avoid confrontation; Rom. 12:18, \u201cif it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.\u201d\u00a0 Sometimes a fight is unavoidable, but a fight should only be for purposes of self defense; Ecc.3:8, \u201ca time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When it comes to asking and giving, one has to use wisdom.\u00a0 Yes, we are to give to those who has a genuine need; James 2:15-16, \u201cif a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food\u2026..you say unto them, depart in peace, be <em>ye<\/em> warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body\u2026..\u201d\u00a0 On the other hand, you are not to give to those who are taking advantage; 2 Thess.3:10, \u201c\u2026..this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.\u201d\u00a0 You have to use wisdom and discern whether or not the request is an actual need.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Luke 6:29-30, does Jesus mean do not defend your life under any circumstances, and does He mean give whatever the person\/people ask of you regardless of who it is and no matter the reason? \u00a0 Answer:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No, Jesus is not saying that you cannot defend yourself.\u00a0 He\u2019s merely stating that you should try [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-764","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=764"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":766,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/764\/revisions\/766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}