Sermon: Jesus, Weapons, & War 

Amen brother. I'm a Reformed Baptist and I also regularly teach a martial arts class . I have been since 1978. We start every class with a devotional. Psalm 144 is my go to verse all day long .

I am a Greek Orthodox Christian thus my theology is very different broadly speaking from this Pastor/Preacher. Nevertheless, I find him inspirational and consoling in the uncertain times we live in.

First video I have commented on in a very long time... This is incredible. We need more pastors like this. 🙏

Respect from Ireland pray for me and mie please 🍀🇮🇪👊

Great sermon Jeff. I really appreciate your depth of study and communication. You have inspired me to study God’s Word more deeply. You are constantly about the Word. You spend more time talking about the actual scripture than the application. Which makes the application actually makes sense. I love it. Thanks Jeff

This Man is sent by God 🙌🏻

“The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him- my father’s God, and I will exalt him! The Lord is a warrior; Yahweh is his name!” ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭15:2-3‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Bless you all brothers and sisters. Love from India in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

God bless you guys over at Apologia. ❤️

Thank you for this message. You did a great job of accurately interpreting scripture in context with the focus being on the gospel! It helped me discern what the Bible has to say about self defense:)

Thank you Jeff for preaching the uncompromised Word.

Jesus Christ is LORD!❤

A great example of Jeff great understand even if it goes against other people misunderstanding of obvious scripture truth. 😇

That was an absolutely OUTSTANDING message! Thank you so much for sharing that brother. May God bless you & prosper you in all that you put your hands to, for His greater glory & for the edification of His people, in Jesus' name. Thank you so much.

According to our apostle paul’s ministry,today we are only saved by BELIEVING The Gospel of Jesus Christ,1st Corinthians Chapter 15 verse 1-4.Jesus Christ died on the cross,was buried,and rose again on the third day.Jesus Christ Shed Blood is what saves you when you believe this plan of salvation with your heart.

I thank you for this channel and its uplifting content.

great sermon. i needed this.

Soldiers also asked John Baptist, "And we, what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages." (Luke 3:14, ESV) He does not tell the soldiers to leave their jobs And they said, "Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say." (Acts 10:22, ESV) One can be Spirit filled & have martial arts training

Amen! Wow. What a blessing. Thank you, Pastor Jeff!

Jesus healed those who believed.

Great sermon with the exception of the unintended hypocrisy regarding God’s Kingdom vs earthly kingdoms.

This is something I've been thinking about, thanks!

Wow! Listened to this three times today.

Fantastic sermon. LOVE it!

Love you Jeff, thanks brother. God bless you 💜

Love this message, God bless you Jeff

Such a great job ! Thank you for your faithfulness to Scripture.

THANK YOU,JEFF...I am Blessed with Hearing this word ... i Love TRUTH!

God Bless

Reminds me of John in the wilderness proclaiming 'Prepare the way of the Lord'!

"And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a *WITNESS [the Greek = martyr]* ... (Matthew 24:14). We are to be martyr's for Christ, not kill or be killed. "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God" (Matthew 5:9).

Great sermon, God bless you all

Amen Amen Amen, from Australia 🇦🇺

Thank you so much! Such a blessing! May God continue to bless you

From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced WARRIORS, expert with SHIELD and SPEAR, whose faces were like the FACES of LIONS and who were swift as gazelles upon the mountains: (1 Chronicles 12:8, ESV)

Love this guy.

Jeff., your ministry has changed myself and families relationship with our Lord over the last six years. I wish you’d have an ex drug addict who left Pentecostalism for the reformed faith. I feel that I’d be able to articulate that false faith in such a way that it would be pivotal for the audience which Hod would lay before your platform. HGA

Pastor jeff, you should do a debate with Titus kuepfer in this topic of self defense or non violence.

Jesus led by example

King James Bible DO not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

I pray that everyone sees the truth before its too late. God bless.

Praise God for Godly men in these days.

Excellent sermon

Preach it 🙏.

amen!

Another great sermon.

Mat 5:38-45 KJV 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

And Love protects

This is so good thank you so much man

Good stuff.

Great sermon #pastorjeff

Great sermon

such a good message with regards to self-defense, weapons, law of God.

Great message brother! One thing I could never get my head around while my unit was training to go to war prior to 2004 was the "conscientious objector" that I met during training. What a selfish thing to let your brothers fight so that you don't have to.

Glory be to God, my hope to find a church like this. On another note , His name is Yahua not Yahweh. Correction in love ♥️ there is power in his name.

I have a question, maybe someone from Apologia Studios wants to take the time to respond to it. How to explain the translation of the word היה (hayah) in Genesis 3:22 as 'has become' and not as 'was', since it is the third person preterite tense, which would warrant a translation such as found in YLT: 'Lo, the man WAS as one of Us [and not HAS BECOME like one of us], as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age..' It's hard to understand that men BECAME like gods, after eating from the tree, it would mean that they resembled God in their fallen state? Also, in other portions of Genesis the same verb hayah does get translated as 'was' (and the earth WAS without form and void, it doesn't say and the earth BECAME without form and void, although I know there is debate around that topic as well). So maybe the question would be: how to know when to understand hayah to describe a static action (the man was like us) versus a dynamic one (became like us).. Or: what is your opinion on the Young's Literal Translation of Genesis 3:22?

9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

I want question for you. What do you think about typing? And offering.

I love my remarkable

Be has wise as a serpent yet has harmless has a dove

Im with ya man, love kills in the first shot. But i know of nowhere that it eludes to that it was a regiment, that came after him. Hundreds ? Where is this ? Matthew ?

In the face of death, how many Apostles killed the enemy? How many people did Jesus kill in the face of death? The Bible is so clear: Are we to kill our enemies or give them food and water? ... *"Bless those who persecute you* ... DO NOT BE WISE IN YOUR OWN OPINION ... Repay *no one* evil for evil .. *do not avenge yourselves;* for it is written, *Vengeance is Mine,* I WILL REPAY [not us] ... *If your enemy is hungry,* kill him *[NO], FEED HIM ..."* (Romans 12:9-21).

Good sermon on the topic in the title. I think many believers need to hear this message and even many want to know what the Bible really says about it. However, I would say Mark 16:15-20 (among several other passages) clearly opposes your conclusion regarding the purpose or usefulness of miracles. Signs (miracles) point or direct, in this context, they point to Christ and His authority. We may disagree on some nonessential doctrine, but I appreciate your ministry for taking on some topics like self defense with thorough, Biblical teaching. Thanks

Great sermon, IMHO. Do you also keep Yah's Shabbat (Fourth Commandment) on Yah's (seventh) day?

Liked this! I’m almost finished watching. A question popped into my mind towards The 40 minute mark. What was the consequence for Moses doing what he did towards the Egyptian?

Romans 12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God's wrath. For it is written: "Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord."

Pastor Jeff what version of the Bible do you use?

Go get em tiger!

Apologia Church please ditch the commercials that interrupt your service. I refuse to watch services that are interrupted with ads. It's disrespectful to God.

When He said bring a sword, He did not say that it was to defend oneself. Jesus did not sa6 to get it in order to protect themselves. A small sword was used as a tool for many purposes; sort of like a man should bering a knife into the woods. If Christ wanted us to use weapons of worldly warfare to protect our flesh, then why did not His servant fight with such weapons to defend themselves when they were persecuted and even killed? Follow Christ. Romans 12:1,2

" 'Lord, lo, here are two swords': It was truly shameful and stupid ignorance, that the disciples, after having been so often informed about bearing the cross, imagine that they must fight with swords of iron. When they say that they have it is uncertain whether they mean that they are well prepared against their enemies, or complain that they are ill provided with arms. It is evident, at least, that they were so stupid as not to think of a spiritual enemy. " - John Calvin

Luke 14:25-27 King James Version 25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

A more accurate statement would be, “miracles don’t ALWAYS convert people.” Scripture gives clear and obvious examples of when they do and when they don’t.

Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.” (John 11:14-15, NKJV)

Pacificst Christians even read back into the text of Psalm 144:1 a meaning and make it the only meaning. Yes, in the New Testament since the verse means God training us for spiritual warfare, but that is not the primary meaning. What Pastor Jeff speaks to is the main point of that scripture.

Thank you for this, though the more I think about it the less I'm convicted of self defense; Only the apostles were called to carry swords, only two of them was enough though they would be getting sent out on missions after this. If he had wanted them ALL armed for their missionary trips, 2 would not have been enough. As it stands, the majority of the apostles traveled without swords. There are no other instances of defense in the new testament. Christians were dragged away to be humiliated, tortured and slaughtered wholesale by Nero, but there isn't a word on defending themselves against this horrible injustice. Christ and the apostles, Stephen were also unjustly murdered but didn't put up a fight. We are called to put on the armor of god, but it is mental and spiritual, not physical. 2 Cor 10:3 describes how we make war not with human weapons, but with god's weapons, then describes debate and argument. When we fast our flesh craves food, though it doesn't need it. The lord provides strength. When we see danger, our flesh craves security in human methods but we don't need them. Our lives belong to the lord, when you die it will not be a surprise to him. THAT SAID. I find it VERY difficult to imagine I could see a woman being violated and simply stand there, shaking my fist and rebuking the sinner for his deeds. To see a human trafficker snatching a child and running to a van, helpless to stop them. To watch as thugs bar the doors of a church and start a fire, then shoot anyone who tries to escape through the windows. BUT Vengeance is his. He will repay. There is no injustice that goes unpunished, you must keep faith in the lord to deliver his justice AND you must love your enemies. You must not be like Jonah who hated his enemies so much that he wanted to deprive them of god's word, knowing they would repent and come to the lord. Even the most vile, hateful, evil person you imagine is not your enemy as our enemies are not of flesh and blood but of the spirit. If you think human means can destroy the church and god, and human means are required to defend the church and god, do you really have faith in god?

Amen!

Awesome job Jeff. 👍🏽pew pew As a weapons fanboy, especially ancient, I believe Peter did hit the guard in the head. He was probably wearing a helmet, though, and the blade grazed off hitting his ear. Not sure why I never thought of it before, but this sermon was THE BEST illustration of the whole event(s) that i've ever heard. Thanks so much!

Do you think that Judas Iscariot, when he hugged and kissed Jesus Christ in the garden, got any of the bloody sweat on him? When was the law against the murder of Jesus Christ, to which Judas Iscariot was an accessory before the fact, fulfilled, and by whom? Matthew 5:17 I am forever praising and believing Jesus Christ and this is pleasing to God.

Before Christianity was subsumed into the Roman order, how many Christians fought?

I wish comments would be turned off by churches, not for the bad comments but the comments of accolades. No pastor is immune to becoming puffed up with pride - none. Comments should only be centered around the message not the man.

Durbin is the dude bro pastor people like furtick wish they could be. What a cool dude.

You’re right, my kingdom is not of this world. Where is it mr apologist? Luk 17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Luk 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. If you obeyed Jesus, Jesus would dwell within you sitting at the right hand already

Amen! Again and I just realized Peter was right handed. Interesting 🤔

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Why would we think they sent 1,000 people to arrest Jesus? That seems a bit extreme. Judas would’ve told them he only has a few disciples with him. He had just been with him.

They always say Judas, who betrayed Jesus, because there was also apostle Judas the brother of James, who wrote his own epistle in the new testament and is not the one who betrayed Jesus, also known as Jude.

not one of the apostles after Pentecost used extreme violence to prevent themselves going to prison. the Apostles were imprison many times and beaten, but their faith was in God to fight their battles. once they received the Holy spirit they didn't used the sword , knife or rock they put their protection into the hands of a living God

You are leading people astray.. Where in the Bible does Jesus Christ say to pick up a weapon and defend yourself ? I have to hear this and give us the full context of the chapter

"Those who live by the sword die by the sword" can also mean that combat was not Peter's mission ? He had other plans for him. I don't think what Peter tried to do can qualify as murder.

As long as there are rainbows in the skies, the death penalty still applies.

Where can I listen just to the audio?

despite all the Apostle suffered nowhere does he take up weapons he committed his safety and protection by faith into the hands of christ he knew his calling. 2 Corinthians 11:16-33 King James Version 16 I say again, let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. 17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. 19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. 20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. 21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? 30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. 32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: 33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

Question for the pacifist: The Bible says “Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer” John‬ ‭3:15‬ ‭ What then is Christian who allows/enables murder?

Boom

Amen…

47:58 Amen

Dude, the reason it’s written that the ear was cut off was because we cannot force someone to understand scripture. The circumcision must happen by the Father who draws them.

God trains …My hands for war …fingers for Battle ….law of law …

When I get a surge of sleepiness I wonder if it’s a spiritual attack because I need to pray.