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I found this short video and transcript that helps bolster the case for Luther. This also reflects what I came to believe about the anti-semitic charges vented against him.
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You cannot be a Christian apart from living it.
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It is not an organization for followers of Christ especially. No more than Planned Parenthood is. Both organizations make possible under law the mass killing of innocents.
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I think the way I understand this best is through OT Israel and the Law. The unregenerate masses kept the Law externally. God manipulated their wickedness into obedience for material gain. And through threat of loss for disobedience.
(Quote)I think it plays a part in some circles. But I don't think it is too well known.
(Quote)To put it mildly, the NRA sets off my "alarm bells". Along with any who support it.
(Quote)I understand what Arms are.... And the Christian's non-violent role in the world.
(Quote)Thanks for answering this. I'm aware that Luther and Calvin taught the Doctrine of Dual Morality, coupled with the doctrine of the Visible Institutional State Church. And this would tend to violence just as it did when the Catholics of…
(Quote)This would be true if Adam did not have a personality. By personality I mean the part of us that says "I" or "Me". And has likes and dislikes. Also a nature that makes us do what people do. Just as cats and dogs have natures that are v…
(Quote)Thanks for helping me clarify this.
Adam naturally wanted to sin upon hearing the Law or he would not have. But he did not sin until he acted on it. James says lust turns into sin when acted on.
Look at the Genesis acco…
(Quote)What should the follower of Christ do in this situation?
Can anyone provide anything from Luther showing that he believed the Jews were a Race? In Which case he would be a racist. I know Luther rejected the Jews as a false religion just as many reject Mormons, or JW's.
(Quote)Perhaps I didn't state my views as precisely as I should have. I'll try again. Adam wanted to sin but did not sin until he ate the fruit. James says sin does not happen until we cave to lust. Even though we have a sinful nature.
<…(Quote)Sorry, I had to leave and edit later on the fly. But here's my final reply along with your questions:
A couple of tests of my logic, Dave:
1) Here you say it's not Adam's fault he wanted to sin. In your previous post you …(Quote)1 = yes
2 = no. Adam wanted to sin by nature but without guilt. (James says we sin when we give in to lust). Adam yielded to lust, not being stopped by God as we are, and incurred the guilt of sin for the act. I'll try to expla…
(Quote)Arms = arms. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
(Quote)Even the OT does not support your position.
(Quote)It's not Adam's fault that he wanted to sin, That was his nature. But it is Adam's fault that he did. James speaks of lust setting the stage for sin, but the sin happens when we give in to lust.
(Quote)If you believe it is right to limit private ownership of nuclear arms, why not other arms designed to kill humans en masse?
(Quote)Do you think people should have the right to bear nuclear arms?
(Quote)Should we keep nuclear arms from public circulation? If so, why not move the line up slightly, and include guns designed specifically for killing the most amount of people in the least amount of time?
(Quote)God created Adam with a nature that would want to sin if given a Law. But since Adam wanted to sin after hearing the law, he incurred the guilt and the wages of sin which is death. So in this way, God is sovereign yet Adam freely chose…
(Quote)That's OK, but you still need to get around Jesus and the non violence of NT ethics.
(Quote)In Romans 13 the "higher powers" are the occupying rulers. The "powers" are the occupied rulers. And we are to honor the "higher powers". And so it was in Daniel. Although we like Daniel might suffer under them as Christians.
(Quote)I am not trying to convince you of anything. But Jesus nowhere teaches your position on violence. Nor does the NT. Jesus based NT ethics on the Sermon on the Mount, as reiterated by Paul, and nowhere do we see Christians doing what you…
(Quote)I think most Churches today overlook the fact that the majority of Christ's and the Apostles' ministries involved exorcism. And that Jesus' name alone can stir up quite a bit of commotion when aimed in that direction. But some of the c…
The bible solves the problem of evil for us, while proclaiming God's complete control over the human will. God created Adam sinless. But as soon as God gave Adam a Law, he wanted to sin. And that he did. But God controlled the test from start to …
(Quote)They had Babylon's blessings in Esther's day to kill off hoards who followed Hamman. And they returned to Judah under Babylon's finances.
(Quote)That's nowhere in Scripture. Paul wrote Romans 13 under Roman occupation. And they were the powers that be. He also wrote Romans 13 under Nero. And who is more wicked than he?
(Quote)“For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:” (Romans 13:3)
Rulers = Power in Romans 13:3
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