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Becky:
Ray or Mike wrote something like that:  They said that if a woman was being raped, to step in and save her but then to not go to the courthouse and demand that the guy get the death penalty.  I agree with you Kevin.. I would want to protect my family.  This is definately a tough decision to make if it came your way.

Kevin:
Becky it really wouldnt be a tough decision for me. Without a doubt I would do everything in my power to protect my family and friends. I just pray Im never put in that situation. If I am wrong in this, then only God could change my mind.

lilitalienboi16:
This is a very tought decision.

However Jesus was an EXAMPLE for all of us who are to pick up our crosses and follow Him.

What did Jesus do? what WOULD Jesus do is the question?

For me i look at it like this; Since God is in complete and total controle, whatever happens is because He has allowed it.

SO then what are we to do?

All i can know is what scripture tell us.

Jesus said those who live by the sword shall die by it.

Jesus never fought back.

Kevin:
If someone tried to harm my family I wouldnt use a sword, I have a gun though :shock:
Jesus laid down his own life on his own. He did that that we may have life. If I choose to lay down my own life for my family so they may have life so be it.
Those that live by the sword shall die by it. Yes I live by the sword(the word of God) since I live by it I die(flesh) by it.
If someone tries to kill my family they shall reap what they sow.

Steve Crook:
I've posted this before, but for those of you who havent seen this, here it goes.

ALL OF US would protect our families if possible, usually by any means necessary to get the job done. Now, if a person has Christ in them, Christ ALONE will keep you from doing what the beast, on it's thrown, will command be done.

The only thing we can do, as servants to our Father, is PRAY...PRAY...PRAY...that the Lord keep us from the evil that we could face. Without His Mercy, we would all do the worst of worst because we all are of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Fact is, we can talk all day but our beastly instincts will always take control in the heat of the moment. We can either BEG the Lord that we do not face those evils, or we don't have to do anything. For me, Ill pray.

Think about how us humans operate. Training. Practice.

I'm a soldier. I go to boot camp, place myself in various situations, train my senses to operate on a level that is responsive instantly to any given stimuli.

I'm a warrior. I train in martial arts and weapons. I train my body daily in order to be reactive instantly in any situation I am physically put in. THINKING about the situation is not fast enough. I must ALREADY KNOW the situation to react, and to react I must not THINK. I must take the most effective, shortest, route from the superior position, and deliver the most effecient blow within any given space, time, and distance. Remember being told we must strive for the prize AS IF as a FIGHTER preparing for a fight????????(spiritual of course)

If your life is threatened, and you are of a sane mind, you will try to protect it by clawing, sratching, hitting, biting, kicking, etc., to save it. Anything to protect it. Add in family members and love, and well, you'll do a lot of things. That's your most BASIC REMEMBERED ANIMAL INSTINCT.

Christ, on the other hand, understood that every SINGLE breath he took was given from our Father. So, every situation is from our Father, and we are to "resist not evil".

Tell you what. I'll give you a small quiz, and it's easy. Ready?

Hold your breath and stop breathing. Go ahead, and take as long as you like. WILL YOURSELF to stop breathing and see if you can maintain your FREE WILL?

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In case you just woke up from passing out, I've let you know where I've continued typing at. You can not will yourself to stop your life...naturally that is. Why? The Lord's Design and Will.

Same with a man slapping me. ALL THE SAME.

Easy to type and say, but without Christ in Steve Crook, I will never be able to de-throne the beast and do what is proper when evil is in my presence. I'll just continue to pray.

God Bless

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