22:38
We then get the outcome of all this. “I pursued my enemies and crushed them, I did not turn back till they were destroyed”. The grace of God enables us to do things that we should never be able to do. In teaching His disciples in the Upper Room Jesus was preparing them for the further advance of the gospel. God has not saved us to be a passive people.
22:39
“I crushed them completely ...” We find aspects of the Old Testament hard to handle, particularly when it comes to military conquest. Part of this is understandable, and the gospel does present a different perspective, but part of it is also unrealism on our part, failing to face up to the realities of war. We see this in a lot of the commentary on the Middle East conflict. However, we are not meant to go around slaughtering people, but we should have this attitude towards sin.
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