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Jesus would not carry a gun

12:55 AM, Aug. 2, 2012  |  Comments
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A Christian, to my best understanding, is one who follows the teachings of Christ and being a child of God. Whenever I hear Christians in support of fewer gun laws and in favor of guns I think to myself, would Jesus, if alive today, carry and own a gun? The answer to me seems to be an obvious no. Here you have a man who never carried any type of weapon during his life. He had every reason, and opportunity to do so, like when being persecuted, arrested and to quench the thirst of the Jewish people's want of a Messiah who would overpower the government, come in a blaze of glory and restore the Jewish people to dominance.

Jesus never seemed concerned with keeping himself or his disciples armed.

Jesus only needed God, no weapon, no knives, swords, spears, and had guns been available, no need for one of those. Even in the case of self-defense Jesus never seemed eager to pick-up a weapon, but quite the opposite, to actually turn the other cheek. After all, if one was being attacked and likely to die, wouldn't you be united with your heavenly father? Jesus supposedly was after being crucified.

According to 2 Corinthians 10:4, "the weapons we (Christians) fight with are not the weapons of the world," but I guess being strapped with an AK-47 doesn't hurt? It seems that one has to ignore the fact that Jesus never owned a weapon, never commanded his disciples to use one, taught to love your enemies, and offer the other cheek. Besides all that, and the fact that, if you believe in God who controls all, what situation would you be in that a gun could solve the problem, but God couldn't? It sounds like people are recreating their Christianity, hearing only what they want of Jesus, but this is nothing new. It's been taking place for 2,000 years.

Colin Browder

West Monroe

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