What is a Real CHRISTIAN SOLDIER? - Installment Three - Leroy Neff - April 1963

Leroy Neff

What were the teachings of the Apostles and the early New Testament Church? Was war under any circumstance permitted? How can a Christian "fight the good fight" and yet not kill? THE APOSTLE JAMES, who wrote the Epistle of James, was a physical brother of Christ. What did he teach about fighting? He wrote that "the fruit of righteousness [obeying God's commandments (Ps. 119:172)] is sown in PEACE (not war) of them that MAKE PEACE" (Jas. 3:18). You do not make peace by making war! Cause of War Defined. This same Apostle wrote in explicit terms the true cause of war: "From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library