{"id":419,"date":"2013-01-14T12:35:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T18:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ebcsv.com\/blog\/?p=419"},"modified":"2015-05-21T05:48:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T10:48:56","slug":"assault-gun-ban-what-would-jesus-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/assault-gun-ban-what-would-jesus-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Assault Gun Ban- What Would Jesus Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-420\" src=\"http:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m16.jpg\" alt=\"m16\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fundamental rights<\/h4>\n<p>Is owning a firearm for personal self defense compatible with Christian belief?<\/p>\n<p>Probably everyone of us would recognize the right of Christians to use a firearm to provide food for our families.\u00a0<!--more--> Many Biblical passages would establish this right (Genesis 9:3,4; Acts 10:11-13); but do we have a fundamental right granted by God to preserve life by taking a life in self- defense?<\/p>\n<p>How about governmental tyranny? The framers of our constitution saw the second ammendment as a check on the abuse of power by governments.\u00a0 After just throwing the mantle of oppression off their backs in the War for Independence, they were seeking a means of assuring that the government they established would never be able to treat its citizens in similar ways.\u00a0 Thus they believed an armed poulace was a deterent against a government run amock.\u00a0 But what would Jesus do?\u00a0 Would God have us as believers prepare for self defense against either a violant criminal or an abusive government.\u00a0 &#8220;To the Law and to the Testimony&#8221;- what saith the Scripture.\u00a0Just something to think about.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Assault%20Gun%20Ban-%20What%20Would%20Jesus%20Do%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fundamental rights Is owning a firearm for personal self defense compatible with Christian belief? 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