We have the right and responsibility to protect our God given blessings. This is not done from hate, anger or wrath. We are to make sure to protect what God has blessed us with. We are to protect our families. We can be a soldier. We can use the “sword”. Carry protection for self-defense only. Know your surroundings. Keep your defensive item it its place. Take care of and protect your family. Soldiers keep soldiering and don’t abuse your power. Always remember we are all bound by the same rulers. “And He said to them, “When I sent you without money bag, knapsack, and sandals, did you lack anything?” So they said, “Nothing.” Then He said to them, “But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one. For I say to you that this which is written must still be accomplished in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For the things concerning Me have an end.” So they said, “Lord, look,...
You are correct. We are to "be careful making judgments." We are to "....judge righteous judgment." - John 7:24. However judge we must - I Corinthians 5; 6; Romans 16:17; II John 9-11; Galatians 1:6-12; I John 4:1; etc.. The Romans 14:4 passage, is talking about situations where God's word is not definitive and there is room for opinion - not in areas, where God's word is definitive. When we do not have all the facts, or there could be another way of looking at things, we would be idiots, to make definitive judgments - Proverbs 18:17! Many have been unjustly so judged, me included! Many have been erroneously misjudged. I am satisfied, to let God sort it all out, in the "after awhile!".....
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