NONRESITANCE: Something Christians

Should Practice
A persuasive essay
BY: NATHAN RENFROE
NINTH GRADE STUDENT
Teacher: Mae Renfroe

Proposition: Although many christens fight it is unbiblical

Unchristen, hard on human life, and is showing bad stewardship
skills.
Outline
I. Unbiblical Old Testament
A. Ten Commandments
B. Allowed but unhappy with
II. Unchristian New Testament
A. Jesus words
B. Fruits of the spirit
C. Wimpy
III. Effects on life
A. Country's economy

B. Way people live

C. Landscape

What is Nonresistance? According

to Merriam-Webster's
Intermediate
Dictionary it is "the policy or
practice of yielding to authority
even when
unjust or cruel. To me it means no
fighting but it is also more than
that
It is loving and helping your
enemies. Even though many
christens fight
It is unbiblical, unchristian, hard on
human life, and is showing bad
stewardship skills.

In the Old Testament one of the Ten

Commandments "Exodus 20:13
says

"You must not kill". There is no

commandment say don't fight but
what do you
Do when you fight why you kill of
course. You might say that you
don't kill
When you fight if that is true then
you have no reason to fight.

Also in the Old Testament God's

chosen people the Jews fought
and killed many people
this was against Gods command.
This is where most people get the
belief that it is
Ok to fight and kill. So let me tell
you why they fought because
God did not force them
to obey his commandments. If He
would have forced them to obey
he would be breaking
His own commandment which is a
bad way to have people obeys
you.

In the New Testament Jesus said to

love your neighbor as yourself.
Jesus
said in the Sermon on the Mount to
turn the other cheek. Also in the
sermon
on the mount is the golden rule "do
to others as you want them to do
to you".
So you see if you want to obey what
Jesus said you can't fight.

In Galatians Paul list the fruit of the

spirit which are: love, peace,
longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith,
meekness, and temperance. To
abide by those fruits
You would not be able to fight. At
least I sure don't know how you
could fight
Someone you love and are peaceful
and gentle with.

Many people say it is wimpy not to

fight but the bible and any good
christen should
say otherwise. A spiritually strong
person knows that the things of
the world do not last
and are not worth fighting for. God
is the only one worth fighting for
and to fight for
Him you do not have to kill any one.
Paul said it best when he said
"Ephesians 6:12"
"For we wrestle not against flesh
and blood, but against
principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of
this world, against spiritual
wickedness in the high
places".

When people fight it affects their

countrys economy. According to
a book I read
The Great Depression was a result

of World War II but many other

factors also contributed
to it. Countries at war put all their
force, people, money and much
more into fighting
when they could use it elsewhere if
it were not for war.

Also when people are at war the

way they live is changed. Many
men die leaving
woman and young children to live
by themselves, making women
have to work
to provide for their familys .God
commanded that men be head of
a home not
Women.

In a land where wars have been

fought the ground is badly

damaged.
Many plants and animals have been
killed leaving the land bare
and unproductive . There are old
rusty weapons and war vehicles
making
the land unbeautiful and unbearable
to look at. All this may seem like
nothing but it makes bad stewards of
what God has given us.

What is Nonresistance and should

Christians practice it? If you do
not
agree with the information in this
essay I encourage you to research
for yourself.
The Golden rule should sum it up
for everyone but my brother
Samuel says do to
others what they did to you" that
right there just the circle of
violence going.

Sources:
THE HOLY BIBLE KJV
Merriam-Webster's Intermediate
Dictionary

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: In the Midst

of Wickedness by: Janet and
Geoff Benge