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Originally Posted by ReplayRandall
Nice retort, but not so fast. Back to the lesson, there is victory over the one who slaps, showing that their violence failed to accomplish what it was intended to. It shows the aggressor that one cannot be cowed or controlled.
There is something enormously powerful about a person who is strong enough and courageous enough to strike back in one’s own defense, but who chooses not to do so. Every time this rarity happens, it is a display of the Gospel being present and active in a believer.
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On a serious note, Randall...you've taken the "Do not resist evil" remark and turned it into the "turn the other cheek" directive. Your point seems reasonable if by "evil" we mean a mere slap in the face. But what if the "evil" is a violent physical attack on someone else? Do we still choose "not to resist evil"...thereby proving that we "cannot be cowed or controlled"?
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Last edited by thaskalos; 01-16-2021 at 01:41 AM.
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