Very Interesting Quotes

March 1st, 2012

Very Interesting Quotes

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P r e s s R e l e a s e . . .

Communist V.I. Lenin said, “A system of licensing and
registration, is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to
the bourgeoisie.”

As we list what Christians need to know concerning gun
control, we shall use the term “gun control” to mean ANY
infringement upon the right to posses and bear arms.

Those Christian men who resisted gun control by opening
fire at Lexington Green, April 19,1775, were familiar with
both the Bible and the writings of John Locke and as a
result knew who an enemy was when they saw one.

STATE OF WAR

Concerning a state of war, Locke wrote:

And one may destroy a man who makes war upon him, or
has discovered an enmity to his being, for the same reason,
that he may kill a wolf or a lion; because such men are not
under the ties of the Common Law of reason, have no other
rule but that of force and violence, and so may be treated
as beasts of prey, those dangerous and noxious creatures,
that will be sure to destroy whenever he falls into their
power.

The words of Locke on slavery seem to match the Scrip-
tures, “It was for freedom that Christ set us free; there-
fore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a
yoke of slavery.” (Gal. 5:1)

SPIRIT OF FREEDOM

In like spirit, the new year of 1773 was rung in by the
men of Marlborough. “Death,” they proclaimed unanimously on
the first of January, “is more eligible than slavery. A free
born people are not required by the religion of Jesus Christ
to submit to tyranny, but may make use of such power as God
has given them to recover and support their laws and liber-
ties…we implore the Ruler above the skies, that He would
make bare His arm in defence of His Church and people, and
let Israel go.”

Jesus said, “When a strong man fully armed, guards his
own homestead, his possessions are undisturbed; but when
someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he
takes away from him all his armour on which he had relied,
and distributes his plunder.” (Luke 11:21-22)

DISARM THE PEOPLE FIRST

The principle of first disarming the people before full
scale oppression of the people, was seen first hand by
Reverend Wesley Millen who, as a missionary, witnessed the
communist take over of Asia. In his lectures he would ex-
plain how in the first 90 days the communist were so benev-
olent, humanitarian and helpful and at the same time la-
boured vigorously to confiscate all weapons. The people were
told peace had arrived and they would no longer have need of
weapons. Once the people were disarmed Reverend Millen said,
“Then at the end of ninety days we learned the difference
between theoretical communism and Bolshevik terror.”

Know that history supports the teaching of Luke 11:21-
222. Prior to the Communist enslavement of Hungary and
Czechoslovakia firearms were taken into police custody to
“protect” the people. On the other hand, consider Afghanis-
tan, a country full of armed citizens. That country is a
modern historical example of this point. The communists have
never been successful in taking over a country without first
disarming the citizens!

TRUST THE LEADERS?

Today certain of Australia’s leaders say that their
motive for disarming the citizens has to do with the citi-
zen’s health, safety and welfare, has to do with crime
reduction, has to do with accidental gun deaths, etc. Jesus
has told His followers to “Beware of the false prophets, who
come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous
wolves.” (Matt.7:15)

Know the pattern, history, and laws of God revealed in
the Holy bible oppose gun control. The Bible has much to say
concerning weapons, war, and self defence. Perhaps none are
more clear and pertinent to the issue at hand than Luke
22:35-36, “And He said to them, “When I sent you out without
purse and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did
you? And they said, “No, nothing.” And He said to them, “But
now, let him who has a purse take it along, likewise also a
bag, and let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy
one.”

HAVE YOU HEARD?

Note the words, “LET HIM WHO HAS NO SWORD SELL HIS ROBE
AND BUY ONE.” Are these words not every bit as much a com-
mand as “love your neighbour” or “turn the other cheek?” How
often have you heard them in a sermon? How often have you
heard them explained in the present day Christian church
world? For most, the answer is NEVER.

A Christian who does not own a firearm and/or does not
resist gun control disobeys the will of His Lord Jesus
Christ, who has clearly instructed him to purchase a major
lethal weapon of the day. The Bible has stories of assassi-
nations, murders, and war deaths numbering in the multi
millions all with swords. Then Jesus Christ, prior to His
departure, tells the Apostles to BUY A SWORD. Naturally,
this doesn’t fit modern concepts of Christ and Christianity.
Suffice to say, a Christian without a gun is disobedient to
the intent of those words in Luke 22:35-36.

THE KING WAS ARMED

1 Corinthians 10:6 and Romans 15:4 explain that the
Bible history of Old Testament times was written for our
learning and instruction. This means we are to learn from
the story in 1 Samuel chapter13. In reading it you will find
God’s people Israel oppressed and conquered by the nation of
the Philistines. Guess what the Philistines thought was best
for Israel? Yes, that’s right, sword control. 1 Samuel
13:19-22 tells the story well. “Now no blacksmith could be
found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said,

“Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.” So Israel went
down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his
mattock, his axe, and his goad, whenever they had to sharpen
the edge of the goads, of the mattocks, of the forks, and of
the axes, and to fix the goad points. So it came about on
the day of battle that neither sword nor spear was found in
the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jo-
nathan, but they were found with Saul and his son Jonathan.”

JESUS WAS ARMED

Jesus Christ himself made and used weapons against evil
men. This may sound incredible, even blasphemous to some,
but it shouldn’t for the story is right there in the Bible.
“And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and
sheep and doves, and the money changers seated. And He made
a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple,
with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of
the moneychangers, and overturned their tables.” (John 2:14-
15)

THESE WERE MEN

Consider the following excerpt on the War for Indepen-
dence from pages 290-291 of the history book, “The Light and
the Glory.”

Nor were the exhortations of their ministers confined
to words. These men did not hesitate to put their own lives
on the line. During the battles of Lexington and Concord,
Chelsea’s minister, Philips Payson, captured singlehandedly
two British supply wagons. John Craighead raised a company
of militia from his parish and himself led them off to join
Washington in New jersey, where it was recorded that he
fought and preached alternately. So numerous in fact, were
the fighting pastors that the Tories referred to them as
“the black regiment,” and blamed them for much of the resur-
gent zeal of the Colonial troops. One of the most colourful
examples is what happened in a staid Lutheran church in the
Shenandoah valley of Virginia, one Sunday morning in 1775.
The thirty- three year- old pastor, Peter Muhlenberg, deliv-
ered a stirring sermon on the text, “For everything there is
a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” (Eccle-
siastes 3:1)

He reached the end of his sermon and said a solemn
prayer – and then continued to speak. “In the language of
the Holy Writ, there is a time for all things. There is a
time to preach and a time to fight.” He paused, and then
threw off his pulpit robe to reveal to the startled congre-
gation the uniform of a colonel in the Continental Army.
“And now is the time to fight!” he thundered and then he
called out, “Roll the drums for recruits!” The drums rolled
and that same afternoon he marched off at the head of a
column of three hundred men. His regiment was to earn fame
as the 8th Virginia and Muhlenberg was to distinguish him-
self in a number of battles, rising to the rank of brigadier
general, in charge of Washington’s first light infantry
brigade.

PETER USED A SWORD

Jesus said we were not to live by the sword. This
statement was made by Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane
after Peter tried to stop His arrest by swinging a sword and
cutting off the ear of a slave of the high priest. (Matt.

26:52). Notice, Peter had a sword in keeping with the com-
mand of Christ (Luke 22:36,38), but he misused it by trying
to interfere with the foretold arrest and crucifixion of
Christ. The point is, a Christian is not to live by the
sword. Christianity is a way of life wherein a disciple is
not to live by the sword. Christianity is a way of life
wherein a disciple is to endure and suffer a wrong, go the
extra mile, forgive, petition, pray. It is not a militant,
aggressive life style of one living by the sword.

It is true a Christian is not to live by the sword but
it is equally true he is not to live without one. The ac-
tions, petitions, prayers, and long suffering of our forefa-
thers are evidence they did not live by the sword but their
refusal to lay down their guns showed they also refused to
live without the sword.

THE LAW PERVERTED

Jesus said to love your enemy and turn the other cheek.
Jesus did teach this in Matthew 5:38-44 in the Sermon on the
Mount and we should consider each verse in light of the rest
of the Scripture. First of all, it should be understood that
a key to understanding the meaning of Matt.5:38-44 lays with
Matt. 5:17. “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or
the Prophets;..” Although the ceremonial laws added 430
years after the time Abraham (Gal. 3:17) were fulfilled and
eliminated by the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ
(Gal. 3:15-25), the Laws, Statutes and Judgements codified
by Moses and existing even before that with Abraham obeying
them (Gen. 26:5) were not done away with and exist even
today. At the time of Christ the law had ben twisted and
perverted by the Pharisees (Mark 7:13)

The following taken from the June 24, 1988, “Wall
Street Journal” should be carefully considered.

Further, guns prevent many crimes from even being
attempted. A 1982-83 study of prison inmates by The National
Institute of Justice showed that two fifths of them had
decided not to attack a victim when they found out that he
or she was armed. In the 1960s the Orlando police responded
to a rape epidemic by training 2,500 women to use guns. The
next year rape fell 88% and burglary by 25%.

Hopefully, the foregoing information will help the
Christian soldier to resist tyranny and better prepare
himself for the battles ahead. To be physically disarmed the
soldier must FIRST be disarmed in the mind. Through a long
process of conditioning the people have been brought to the
place where they will just about accept anything that the
false gods of the state are only too happy to dish
out.

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