The right to bear arms is God-given. As such, it cannot be taken away, except by execution. A living person has the right to protect themselves, unless they forfeit the right to be alive by committing and being convicted of a crime that carries with it a sentence of death.
Luke 22:36
Let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one.
You can own a gun without trusting in it just as you can eat your dinner without trusting in it. The gun may help you stay alive and so may the pot roast, but you do not trust your life to shotguns or your soul to potatoes. So, carry a sword and know how to use it and when to use it. Protect your loved ones and eat your supper like a solider of Christ.
2 Timothy 2:3-4, 7
Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him...Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
A Christian must shoulder the weight of his weapons, both the responsibility of bearing them well and of carrying them with him wherever he goes. A Christian who is not much interested in the Word of God should not be overly interested in the swords of men
Judges 7:20
They cried, "The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon."
If you don't know how to carry the Sword of the Lord, you should not try to compensate by carrying the swords of Gideon. It is both/and, not either or. The Lord is our weapon. Her permits us to carry.
2 Corinthians 6:7
The weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left.
Every man must know how to wield the weapons of strength and the weapons of meekness. He must know how to use his dominant hand to dominate and his off hand to facilitate. He must know how to land the ol' one-two, using jabs as well as round-houses in order to knock evil down.
“A man is not only to wield the plow but also to bear the sword.” — Richard Phillips
A man needs to provide his people with supper and security. He must know how to plow in hope and how to punch in good faith.
"We need a theology of fist fighting... A time will come when spears are beaten into pruning hooks. A time will come when men no longer study war. This is the end result of the Gospel's fruitfulness in the world. But until the time when men will learn war no more, they must still learn it." — Douglas Wilson, Future Men
We must wage the good warfare and fight the good fight until there is no evil left to fight. To stop fighting before then is to surrender.
“Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.” — anonymous
For all of its flaws, evil does not forget that it is in a fight. It will not let up. It enjoys the enmity and leans into it. It will not stop until it is stopped by God.
"It is absolutely essential for boys to play with wooden swords and plastic guns. Boys have a deep need to have something to defend, something to represent in battle. And to beat the spears into pruning hooks prematurely, before the war is over, will leave you fighting the dragon with a pruning hook” — Douglas Wilson, Future Men
So, the end of the matter: farm and fight and know which tools are best for both. You can fight with a plow if you have to, but a sword is better. You can use a shovel as a sword in a pinch, but those plotting against you surely won't. They have swords for a reason. So should you.
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