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Christ was reviled and threatened and spit

upon and so forth, do you know what He

did? He trusted God. And that's why He

says in Matthew 11:28 and 29, "Learn of

me." He talks about Himself as being meek

and lowly and humble, and He says, "Learn

of me."

The apostle Paul says in Ephesians 6:10

to "be strong in the Lord, and in the power

of his might," and in verse 11 he says, “Put

on the whole armour of God,” and that's

something worthy of our study. You see,

Jesus never trained His disciples in martial

arts or war or even self-defense, as far as

that's concerned, nor did the apostles train

the church in that way. We have the

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