Christians what do you think?

Question

During Americas Civil War it's obvious Born Again Christians fought for each side. Why would a saved person kill another saved person? That's not the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

Answer 1

A soldier is not held to the actions of its goverment.

It is a shame that a Christian should fight a Christian but it has happened.

Answer 2

...The American Civil War was used by God to purge the US of at least one thing I know of: of slavery, which was not done away with at our nation's founding. It was ignored at the founding, since a consensus could not be reached, and the founders were afraid they would never be able to agree on it, thus holding the ratification of the Constitution. One of the founders rightly said, "We will settle (slavery) this now, or it will be settled later with blood" – and he was right. It was settled by blood during the Civil War.
...In the Civil War, the South felt their homeland was being invaded by the Northern army – what would you do if your family and home were threatened – roll over and play dead? Probably not. Most would defend their families, and do the best they could to preserve their lives – and there often isn't time to discuss faith issues or anything else when your life is threatened, or you perceive it is threatened – this is war. And, unfor-tunately, civilians and others are killed – but this is part of war.
...And by the way, the correct translation of the command is "Thou shalt not murder." We are allowed to defend ourselves and our homes. (Check our 2nd amendment). Also the Bible.
...Like most nations, ancient Israel had an army and sometimes annihilated their enemies.
...In the New Testament, nowhere are soldiers commanded to leave the military, but "to be content with their wages."

Answer 3

Many people make the mistake of believing the Bible says, “You shall not kill,” and seek to apply this command to war. However, the Bible actually says, “You shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13). The Hebrew word literally means “the intentional, premeditated killing of another person with malice.” God often ordered the Israelites to go to war with other nations (1 Samuel 15:3; Joshua 4:13). God ordered the death penalty for numerous crimes (Exodus 21:12; 21:15; 22:19; Leviticus 20:11). So, God is not against killing in all circumstances, but rather only murder. War is never a good thing, but sometimes it is a necessary thing. In a world filled with sinful people (Romans 3:10-18), war is inevitable. Sometimes the only way to keep sinful people from doing great harm is by going to war with them.

Answer 4

One main attribute of true Christians is to have love amongst themselves.
God does not sanction mans wars.

Soon all war will cease when Christ destroys all of man's governments.

Joh 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Joh 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.


Isa 2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.


Dan 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.


1Co 15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
1Co 15:25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

Answer 5

Jesus said if someone slaps you on the cheek, turn to him
the other cheek. He didn't say lay down and let someone knock
all the teeth out of your mouth, because he doesn't like the way
you look. USE YOUR NUT!
The Scriptures say there is a time and a place for everything.
A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time for peace, and a time for war.
One of the biggest reasons for the Civil War was to abolish
slavery. GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT!

Answer 6

Currently true as well.
The leaders of False religion have duped the young minds into becoming agents of the wrong government.
Cannon fodder for policies and agenda not of Christ.
Please note that many try hard to do civil duties that do not involve war efforts aroung the globe. I have many friends in prison that will not fight for the world governments and they stand before God with good conscience while suffering disgrace from commanders of military movements...So all do not fall for the tactics of Satan and His rulers of the world They die for not killing rather than kill for the puppets of politics

Answer 7

Not to be ignorant- but Born again does not equal perfect. People get confused easily. And in the heat of battle there would be know way to know. The cival war was about confederates vs. union. Not saved vs. unsaved. There are stories of those who refused to use violence. Refused to fight because they realized that that is not the gospel of Jesus. But that took a long time because they were fighting a society that said that it was okay. But there are battles that need to be fought physically.

Answer 8

From my understanding the civil war was fought to end slavery. Those from the north end of the war were trying to do a good thing by fighting for freedom for enslaved people.One last thought: Judgement is mine saith the Lord!

Answer 9

Have you never read the Bible? I'm not condoning killing and wars, but the Bible says that there is a "time to kill and a time to die....a time for war and a time for peace..." (Ecclesiastes), and it also shows us that oftentimes, invading armies and wars are one arm of God's judgment. In the Bible, He used the righteous to defeat the unrighteous, and he used the unrighteous to bring devastation to His people when they got into false worship. Don't you also think that quite a few of the Germans who were forced into the Nazi army were Christian Believers too? Does that fact make WWII an unrighteous war? Just because *some* people are Christians doesn't necessarily make the fight unjust. I also refer you to the correct translation of the 10 commandments: It doesn't say "Thou shalt not kill..." It says "Thou shalt not murder." In fact, scripture goes to great lengths to provide safety in the towns set aside for people who had "killed" as opposed to murdered. Remember King David? He was not allowed to build the Temple to the Lord because of all the people he had killed in battle. Yet, he was called "A man after my own heart" by God. But because of the blood on his hands, the building of the temple was passed on to his son Solomon. You are right though. Jesus taught peaceful resistance against the Romans and he taught us to love our enemies. For that reason, there is a legitimate place for conscientious objector status, and I find no fault with that conviction. I simply don't share it.

Answer 10

The return of Christ would reetablish the divine order, love and justice all over the world.

Answer 11

Don't know. All I know is that the way the U.S. goes to war follows no example in the biblical wars. We as Christians must pray for the leaders of this country if we want things to change!