Then we agree. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 3:11 PM Subject: [TruthTalk] Submission to Authority
> Bill Taylor wrote: > > ... it is far more effective and Christian to die in > > that opposition a martyr (witness), as Telemachus > > did, than it is to die a warrior (rebel). > > We agree very much on this, Bill. I have anti-abortion acquaintances who > believe we should kill abortionists for God. They think Paul Hill was a > martyr for Christ and a great man of God. I have quoted Romans 13 to them > so many times for why they are wrong that many of them think I am a hopeless > pacifist and coward. > > Furthermore, I have practiced the very things you talk about in not > resisting arrest, not resisting evil, etc. I was once hit with a baseball > bat on the back of my head. It knocked me out momentarily, because all I > remember was waking up looking at a man standing over me with the baseball > bat in his hand. I arose and told him I forgave him and blessed him in > Jesus name. These were not just words. I loved the man greatly in my > heart. He was confused and did not know what he was doing. He dropped the > bat with a look of shock on his face as I reached my hand out to shake his > and tell him that God loved him and that I forgave him. I have cooperated > with the police so much so that some of the more devisive type of street > preachers accused me of conspiring with the police and being too chummy with > them. When I was arrested once in Tampa and charged with "advocacy without > a permit," there was quite a chatter in the police department because they > all knew who I was already and surely hoped to avoid that step. I did not > resist being arrested, but let the officer put the handcuffs on and I > cooperated in getting into the police car and everything they would ask. The > Lord later cleared me of all charges and the law under which I was arrested > was rendered null and void. In other words, my standing up for what was > right in this case resulted in greater freedom and liberty for the people of > Tampa. I do not regret doing that one bit. > > Peace be with you. > David Miller. > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
