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to resist not evil and to turn the other cheek,
and in verse 44 He said, “Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do good to them
that hate you, and pray for them which
despitefully use you, and persecute you.” In
Matthew chapter 7, verse 12, is the Golden
Rule: “Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you.” Jesus Christ did not
have a fighting attitude. He did not demand
His rights. He came here for a purpose —
to serve the Father. He was pleasing unto
the Father.
In the first two or three hundred years of
the early church, you could not join a church
if you went to the theaters or you were an
actor or you were a gladiator or a wrestler
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