Luke 22:36 “ Then said He unto them,
But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his
scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy
one.”
So when I read this verse two meanings
popped out almost right away. The first is this...that for us
Christians today the sword would be the Bible, and we have to be
willing to give up somethings that are sometimes really important to
us so that we can learn the Sword/Bible and KNOW more about it so
that in turn we can use it better. This doesn't have anything to do
with the verse, but it's just a quick thought. If you're given and
totally awesome sword that is absolutely beautiful and SUPER
sharp...what good is it going to do you if you don't know how to
properly use it. I mean sure you know how to swing and stab, but you
don't know how to use every part of it effectively (weight, balance,
hilt, etc.) so that you can dominate with it. The same thing applies
to the Bible. We have to incesintely train with it so that we become
experts with it and can do some serious damage to Satan's kingdom
with it! Okay now the second thing that I got our of this is that
Christ wants us to fight for what's right. He told the brothers to
go get them some swords!! What happens most of the time is something
happens in society that is biblically wrong, and all that Christians
and Pastors do is rant and rave about how wrong it is. That's a good
thing. What's not good is that they only do it in Church around
other Christians who most likely aren't part of the problem or will
ever be. It does no good to rant about it to people who don't have a
problem with it. What needs to happen is, all that 'anger' needs to
be channeled into actions that we use to fight the problem. If the
only action we take is to talk and 'yell' about it at church, you
can't complain when things go south.
-Levi
