Does God need executioners?
Does the Almighty God, who has the ultimate power to do what He pleases, need human beings to force other people do His bidding?
Can’t the Almighty God fight His own battles?
How can we really tell who is fighting on God’s behalf, since many different religious organizations or sects claim to be fighting for God’s cause?
Can all the different religious people, with their differences in doctrines, be fighting for God?
God is not the author of confusion. 1 Corinthians 14:33, “For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints (New King James Version). So how can God instruct all the different groups to go out and kill in His name, with their contradictory doctrines?
Murder in God’s Name
- In Nigeria, the Islamic militants, Boko Haram, stormed a secondary school in Yobe and killed 29 boys and burnt the school to the ground. The Police reported that some of the student’s bodies were burnt to ashes.
- In Maiduguri, fighters killed 90 people in an early morning attack on a remote village. Gunmen surrounded the village of Izge, near the border with Cameroon, sprayed it with bullets, and set off explosions to burn down houses.
These brutalities are done in the name of the Almighty God, “The Compassionate One,” the “Ever Merciful God.”
Jesus taught His followers to conquer by persuasion; not by force
Jesus Christ taught his followers to express their views or beliefs by love. He told His followers they should not compel people to accept their message, (Luke 10:10-12.), because He came to promote peace. That means, Christians who indulge in violence and brutalities are not obeying their Master Jesus.
Using persuasion may take time; that is why violent-minded people do not want to take that course. However, that method is devoid of the deaths, pain and sufferings that follow violence and suicide bombings.
If you are patient, you can use persuasion to get people to accept your suggestions or views.
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