This in regard to a Calvinist's post:
Jesus set the example. You don't retaliate; you suffer righteously, and you leave the vengeance to God.
Does that apply to law enforcement and national armies?
You see, partial truth is actually more damaging than a bald-faced lie as only fools get deceived by the preposterous.
Jesus NEVER spoke to societal or national issues.
He spoke to the individual - how they should relate to God and to each other by virtue of His righteousness manifesting in and through them.
Those ministers who turned Sons of God into sheep are responsible for poor state of Christianity today and the fact that Satan's children rule the world.
Understandably, these men tried to do the work of the Holy Spirit without the Holy Spirit.
They were doomed to make a mess.
Jesus told His disciples to stay in Jerusalem until they received the Power of God - the Holy Spirit - AFTER which they would be witnesses unto Him.
How many cessationists and Extreme Sovereignty preachers have neutered the members of the Body Of Christ leaving the Gates Of Hell, not only intact, but stronger than ever?