What have they accomplished by their wars and tortures? A world of peace and unity? No! False religion has been driving people away from God with its wars and crusades.Ĭhristianity will never be brought about by the use of carnal weapons. These religious leaders fought to drive people into the Roman Catholic Church. These inquisitors professing to be Christians-yes, priests, who arranged for Jews, Moors and “heretics” to suffer excruciating pain-certainly did not have a mild spirit. That false religious body can never live down its history of torture, putting men and women on the rack, tearing their limbs out of their bodies, hanging persons by their thumbs. What a different course the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, which still wields great power in the world today, took during the years of the Inquisition.
2:24, 25) The Word of God properly stated is what makes a person repent, not force. Paul went on to say: The Lord’s slave “needs to be tactful toward all, qualified to teach, keeping himself restrained under evil, instructing with mildness those not favourably disposed.” (2 Tim. Paul knew the value of mildness and said to Timothy: “A slave of the Lord does not need to fight.” Fighting is not the way to help one gain the truth. They did not become afraid when Jesus spoke plain truth, because he did it in love. He told them: “Become my disciples, for I am mild-tempered and lowly in heart, and you will find refreshment for your souls.” (Matt. Because of his mildness Jesus was able to teach people. With those who wanted to learn he was amiably gentle, tempered in his feelings and behavior toward all. He had perfect love, and such love throws fear outside. But be sure to read the 23rd chapter of Matthew and see Jesus as a forceful denouncer of wickedness. When one reads the life of Christ as told by the writers of the four Gospels he sees Jesus as a mild-tempered man.
Buttmann, § 132, 8.Mildness is sometimes misunderstood for weakness. a benefaction jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution, as exhibiting an embodiment and proof of fellowship (cf. By a use unknown to secular authors κοινωνία in the N. edition)) used of the intimate bond of fellowship which unites Christians: absolutely, Acts 2:42 with εἰς τό εὐαγγέλιον added, Philippians 1:5 κοινωνίαν ἔχειν μεθ' ἡμῶν, μετ' ἀλλήλων, 1 John 1:3, 7 of the fellowship of Christians with God and Christ, μετά τοῦ πατρός καί μετά τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, 1 John 1:3, 6, (which fellowship, according to John's teaching, consists in the fact that Christians are partakers in common of the same mind as God and Christ, and of the blessings arising therefrom).
εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, to obtain fellowship in the dignity and blessings of the Son of God, 1 Corinthians 1:9, where cf. Meyer at the passage) τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ in the (mystical) body of Christ or the church, ibid. in the benefits of Christ's death, 1 Corinthians 10:16 (cf. Κοινωνία, κοινωνίας, ἡ ( κοινωνός), fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation, contact in the N. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2842: κοινωνία