'If you can't/won't shoot, at least pay for the bullets.'
I don't know who the actual author of this saying is, nor if I've quoted it correctly, but I do know I hear Kent Hovind say it quite a bit. This is saying that if you yourself can't or won't reach people for the kingdom of God then at least send tithes, and/or prayers, to & for those on the Christian battlefield who ARE winning souls to the Lord. It's NOT about violence nor being violent. Even though Jesus told his disciples to buy a sword in Luk 22:36, I don't recall any one of them using one after the night Jesus was arrested when Peter did use the sword and Jesus healed the man he wounded.
I believe the true sword is God's word, not a weapon (although they do have their unfortunate uses in our world today). We are to heal, not hurt, as our Lord did, who is our example. ALL of the apostles (except the Apostle John) died as martyrs and so did many of the early church believers. Suppose you, in these last days, that we believers are any different? Thousands, perhaps millions, have died for the name/sake of Jesus, and in fact are still dying for Him to this day. This is their testimony -and they are all with Him right now- soon to return with Him to rule & reign from Jerusalem.
No matter what lies before us, take courage, whether we die first or we live until the day of His coming and of our resurrection ... we win ... this is our testimony. Bring as many out of this world {Rev 18:4} as you can while you wait. Don't bury your "talent" {Mat 25:14-30} or hide it in your pocket. Let your light, which is His light in you, shine.
Here are some scriptures to encourage and remind you of what is expected of every believer in Jesus ...
.:: DON'T HIDE YOUR LIGHT ::.
{Mat 5:14-16 KJV} Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
{Luk 11:33-36 KJV} No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth [it] in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when [thine eye] is evil, thy body also [is] full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
.:: JESUS WARNS ::.
{Mat 16:25 KJV} For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
{Mar 8:35 KJV} For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
{Luk 9:24 KJV} For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
{Luk 17:33 KJV} Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
.:: DON'T BE LUKEWARM ::.
{Rev 3:15-16 KJV} I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
.:: FEAR NOT ::.
{Mat 10:27-28 KJV} What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, [that] preach ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
.:: BE FAITHFUL TO THE END ::.
{Luk 18:7-8 KJV} And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
.:: HOLD FAST & WATCH ::.
{Rev 2:25 KJV} But that which ye have [already] hold fast till I come.
{Rev 3:3 KJV} Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
{Rev 3:11 KJV} Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. {"quickly" here means that when He does come it will be sudden, quick, as lightning flashes from the east to the west}
.:: ARMOR UP & STAND ::.
{Eph 6:13 KJV} Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Jesus is coming soon! Will He find you about the Father's work? Are you among those that, at Jesus' return, He'll find faithful? We are in the last of the last days, stand your ground ...
{Curly bracket comments are mine. Red text is quoting Jesus.}
