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   alt.religion.christian.biblestudy   
   From: veralein@lycos.com   
      
   In news:wsnqk.1235$Tb5.958@fe93.usenetserver.com,   
   vernono  typed:   
   > And the last thing Jesus said to the apostles in concert was to go   
   > get a sword, also if a group did not listen, give them the middle   
   > finger salute (shake your sandal).   
   >   
   > Too bad people can't read the entire bible and listen to what Jesus,   
   > The Christ, said to do after He left.   
      
   You are talking about swords in a metaphorical way, but Jesus meant the   
   real swords that can hurt people's body. This here, however, is about   
   Spiritual things - opinions, thoughts, ideas... and it is about TRUTH in   
   the first instance.   
      
      
   To say it with Jesus...   
      
   Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of   
   the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to   
   observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with   
   you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (Matthew 28:19-20 KJV)   
      
      
   To say it with Paul...   
      
   "I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who   
   shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;   
   Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke,   
   exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when   
   they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall   
   they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall   
   turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.   
   But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an   
   evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. (2 Timothy 4:1-5 KJV)   
      
      
      
   Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the   
   wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but   
   against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the   
   darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.   
   Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to   
   withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand   
   therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the   
   breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of   
   the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye   
   shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the   
   helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of   
   God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and   
   watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all   
   saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open   
   my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, For which I am   
   an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to   
   speak. (Ephesians 6:11-20 KJV)   
      
      
      
   In addition, I cannot see how your words might fit to Chuck's post...   
   and whom you migth see getting a real sword...   
      
      
   But our sword is God's Word...   
      
   Amen?   
      
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