Christ says BUY A SWORD, and TWO are NOT 'enough'!
Channel: Brain Outy
Date: 2013-01-27

At issue:  did Christ say two swords are enough?  Those who would deny God's Doctrine to make war and be prepared -- hence gun control, being in the military, etc. are all wrong for the Christian -- those who claim such things, grab onto Luke 22:38's 'it is enough', to justify their position.  Pity they don't do their Bible homework beforehand.

Believe whatever you like, but DO YOUR HOMEWORK.  You are Royal Family of God, and slipshod scholarship will not be permitted in MY channel.  I won't chastise you in your videos or your channel, but if you come on mine and get on your high horse -- but THEN prove you care so little about God's Word you didn't AUDIT what you claim true.. then honey, I'll ream you out.  I don't tolerate disrespect for God's Word, in MY channel.  If I too show I didn't do my homework, then please ream me out, too.

Here's the thing about getting nasty:  it takes away the shame.  Duking it out is a time-honored way of showing respect.  If you care about God's Word, you fight for it.  Else, you couldn't be bothered.  So if I care about you, I'll fight for and with you.  Else, I'll go spend my time on something else.  You spend time on what you care about.  You avoid spending time on what you don't care about.  So never mistake nastiness as something demeaning.  The person is paying ATTENTION to you enough to say something.  So you are not demeaned.

On another level, if you aren't reamed out, then you don't know you screwed up.  It is NOT love, to walk away from something wrong;  you thus condemn the other person to repeat that wrong:  so the Lord explained to Ezekiel, in Ezekiel 3:16-21.  You spank your kids because you love them, right?

Now, in adult interaction you don't go spanking each other, but out of respect you also don't let a serious wrong go unanswered.  What does Scripture repeatedly say?  Warn, be nice at first, then firmer and firmer and finally walk away if the person won't listen (Titus 3, James 5, Luke 17, Ephesians 5, 1Thess 5, 1 Tim 5, 2 Tim 2-3, 2 John 9, each in its own context).

Differences of belief are fine, part of the growing process.  Many doctrines take a long time to learn.  Most cannot be properly or wholly understood from translation, like Trinity, pre-Trib Rapture, Dispensations, and all prophecy.  Translations are ambiguous, even contradictory.  But the original-languages text is far more precise and nuanced; text is often metered, which serves as a kind of proof of Divine Writ, as well as a concordance to other Bible verses -- because they indexed Bible by syllable counts, not by 'verses' -- so you get a precise understanding of the Bible's doctrines only from the Autograph.

With good exegetical Bible software you can even get free;  with the Holy Spirit as your Teacher IF IF IF IF you are in God's System -- then you can learn. But only while in God's System:  see my 'God's System' video for what that means. (Greek term is henotes, in Eph4:5, mistranslated 'unity';  it is a technical term for being in union with God's SYSTEM of fellowship with HIM.  Has nothing to do with people.)

So, poor scholarship is NOT fine.  There must be self-policing in the Royal Family.  The non-Christian needs good ambassadors, and you spit on Christ if you don't do your homework before making some claim about His Word, sorry.

So, as followup to comments in my 'Warrior God to Warrior David' video, re the meaning of 'enough' in Luke 22:38, this video shows that if one did his HOMEWORK, it would become very clear very quickly that the Lord did NOT say that 'two swords' are 'enough'.  Ooops.

Video goes through the Greek and the lexical entry so you know 'brainout' didn't make this up.  Now you know why I make so many boring videos focusing on what BIBLE not brainout, says.  Lest I too be guilty of not doing my own homework!