2. Pacifists do not believe in the right to defend ourselves  Absurd claims ∙Cannot fight back for self or others ∙Cannot serve in military or police ∙If wife being raped, cannot stop

3. Pacifists do not believe in the right to defend ourselves  “Thou shalt not kill,” Ex. 20:13, KJV ∙“Murder” is correct translation ∙If to “kill” is always a sin, then God & majority of OT saints wrong

4. Pacifists do not believe in the right to defend ourselves  Turn the other cheek, Mt. 5:39 ∙Not a grave threat ∙Minor insult

6. Life is precious in the sight of God, Gen. 9:5, 6  Man made in God’s image: worth  Inalienable right to life  Unlawful killing carries a penalty

7. Various types of killing in the Bible  Murder: intentional, Gen. 4:8; 9:5  Manslaughter: unintentional, Ex. 21:12-14  Vengeance, Num. 35:9-28  Capital punishment, Deut. 17:2-7  War, 1 Sam. 15:1-3; 17:48-51

8. Killing is not the problem, motivation is  God ordered the death of murderers, Gen. 9:5, 6  God ordered the death of a nation, Ex. 15:3; 1 Sam. 15:1-3  God ordered death for certain sins, Deut. 17:1-7; 21:18-21; Lev. 20; Ex. 22:18-20

9. Killing is not the problem, motivation is  Is the killing justified or not: God determines ∙Kill for anger, jealousy, joy…sinful ∙Kill for protection of self/others required

10. Things written before, Rom. 15:4  Military service, 1 Sam. 14:52 ∙John & soldiers, Lk. 3:7, 8, 14 ∙Peter & Cornelius, Acts 10

11. Things written before, Rom. 15:4  Government to suppress evil, Deut. 17:1-7 ∙Kings, governors to fight evil, 1 Pt. 2:13, 14 ∙Capital punishment, Rom. 13:1-7

12. Things written before, Rom. 15:4  Protect life & property, Ex. 22:2, 3 ∙No guilt for defending home ∙Cannot find him later and kill him ∙Why did Abraham have trained men? Gen. 14:13-16

13. NT authorizes self defense, even killing  Jesus escaped His attackers, Lk. 4:28-30  Paul objected to certain death, Acts 25:9-12

14. NT authorizes self defense, even killing  Jesus commanded the disciples to get a sword, Lk. 22:36 ∙Not a metaphor! ∙Not used to advance the cause ∙Sword for personal defense & protection ∙Sword: machaira, Mt. 26:47, 51, 52; Jn. 18:10, 11; Acts 12:2

15. Man has a duty to protect self, family, others  Financial & material, 1 Tim. 5:8; Eph. 4:28  Spiritual & emotional, 1 Pt. 3:7; Eph. 6:4  Not physical?  No greater love than to put your life on the line, Jn. 15:12, 13

16. Man has a duty to protect self, family, others “...to permit murder when one could have prevented it is morally wrong. To allow a rape when one could have hindered it is an evil. To watch an act of cruelty to children without trying to intervene is morally inexcusable. In brief, not resisting evil is an evil of omission, and an evil of omission can be just as evil as an evil of commission. Any man who refuses to protect his wife and children against a violent intruder fails them morally” (The Life and Death Debate: Moral Issues for Our Time, by Dr. Norman Geisler and JP Moreland, Greenwood Publishing, 1990).