4000 years ago: Ten Brothers …sold Joseph, who taken to Egypt and enslaved Are you glad? Did you benefit? Were Joseph’s brothers right? 2000 years ago: Judas... showed Jesus’ enemies where they could find him at night, away from the adoring crowds Are you glad? Did you benefit? Was Judas right? 200 years ago: The Continental Army...fought and defeated the British Are you glad? Did you benefit? Was it right to fight the revolutionary war? Romans 13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 1 Peter 2:17 Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world… They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. John 17:11-16 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world… They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” John 18:36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” But our citizenship is in heaven Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. We have a war to fight, but the wars of this world are not our wars!

THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF CHRIST’S KINGDOM “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Romans 13:8-10 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Luke 22:36 He said to them, “But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one. THE DISCIPLES DIDN’T “GET IT” And they said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords.” 22:38 And they said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords.” And he said to them, “It is enough.” ???

THE ARGUMENT FROM OLD TESTAMENT WARS I.Leads to Absurdity A.Wars that would be justified 1.wars of invasion 2.wars for the purpose of taking land 3.wars for the purpose of eradicating idolatry 4.utter destruction including women & children 5.unprovoked wars B.Defensive War might not be justified

II.By What Principle OT war was justified “It is a principle which could make any war right, and without which no war could be right. It is the principle of implicit obedience to God. It is the principle of implicit obedience to God. Sometimes, as in the case of the Canaanites and of the Amalekites, it was God's will expressly revealed to them, that they should invade and exterminate nations who had done them no injury. To do this without a command from God would have been a most infamous crime; but under his command it became a solemn religious duty. God himself, for reasons of his own, decided that these nations should be exterminated, and he made the Jews the executioners of his will. They undertook war not by their own volition, or at the instance of their own judgment; and they found it hazardous to have any will of their own in reference to its prosecution or its termination." ("Jewish Wars Precedents for Modern Wars," Lard's Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 2, April 1868) Sometimes, as in the case of the Canaanites and of the Amalekites, it was God's will expressly revealed to them, that they should invade and exterminate nations who had done them no injury. To do this without a command from God would have been a most infamous crime; but under his command it became a solemn religious duty. God himself, for reasons of his own, decided that these nations should be exterminated, and he made the Jews the executioners of his will. They undertook war not by their own volition, or at the instance of their own judgment; and they found it hazardous to have any will of their own in reference to its prosecution or its termination." ("Jewish Wars Precedents for Modern Wars," Lard's Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 2, April 1868)