Pacifists do not believe in the rightto defend ourselves

Absurd claims∙Cannot fight back for self or others∙Cannot serve in military or police∙If wife being raped, cannot stop

Pacifists do not believe in the rightto defend ourselves

“Thou shalt not kill,” Ex. 20:13, KJV∙“Murder” is correct translation∙If to “kill” is always a sin,then God & majority of OT saints wrong

Pacifists do not believe in the rightto defend ourselves

Turn the other cheek, Mt. 5:39∙Not a grave threat∙Minor insult

Life is precious in the sight of God,Gen. 9:5, 6

Man made in God’s image: worthInalienable right to lifeUnlawful killing carries a penalty

Various types of killing in the BibleMurder: intentional, Gen. 4:8; 9:5Manslaughter: unintentional, Ex. 21:12-14Vengeance, Num. 35:9-28Capital punishment, Deut. 17:2-7War, 1 Sam. 15:1-3; 17:48-51

Killing is not the problem, motivation isGod ordered the death of murderers,Gen. 9:5, 6God ordered the death of a nation,Ex. 15:3; 1 Sam. 15:1-3God ordered death for certain sins,Deut. 17:1-7; 21:18-21; Lev. 20; Ex. 22:18-20

Killing is not the problem, motivation isIs the killing justified or not: God determines∙Kill for anger, jealousy, joy…sinful∙Kill for protection of self/others required

Things written before, Rom. 15:4Military service, 1 Sam. 14:52∙John & soldiers, Lk. 3:7, 8, 14∙Peter & Cornelius, Acts 10

Things written before, Rom. 15:4Government to suppress evil, Deut. 17:1-7∙Kings, governors to fight evil, 1 Pt. 2:13, 14∙Capital punishment, Rom. 13:1-7

Things written before, Rom. 15:4Protect life & property, Ex. 22:2, 3∙No guilt for defending home∙Cannot find him later and kill him∙Why did Abraham have trained men?Gen. 14:13-16

NT authorizes self defense, even killingJesus escaped His attackers, Lk. 4:28-30Paul objected to certain death, Acts 25:9-12

NT authorizes self defense, even killingJesus commanded the disciplesto get a sword, Lk. 22:36∙Not a metaphor!∙Not used to advance the cause∙Sword for personal defense & protection∙Sword: machaira, Mt. 26:47, 51, 52;Jn. 18:10, 11; Acts 12:2

Man has a duty to protect self, family, othersFinancial & material, 1 Tim. 5:8; Eph. 4:28Spiritual & emotional, 1 Pt. 3:7; Eph. 6:4Not physical?No greater love than to put your life on the line, Jn. 15:12, 13

Man has a duty to protect self, family, others“...to permit murder when one could have prevented it is morally wrong. To allow a rape when one could have hindered it is an evil. To watch an act of cruelty to children without trying to intervene is morally inexcusable. In brief, not resisting evil is an evil of omission, and an evil of omission can be just as evil as an evil of commission. Any man who refuses to protect his wife and children against a violent intruder fails them morally” (The Life and Death Debate: Moral Issues for Our Time, by Dr. Norman Geisler and JP Moreland, Greenwood Publishing, 1990).