With this video; would a pastor lie about his faith or give the illusion of turning from it to save his life? Maybe or maybe not. But surely the pastor’s wife would have taken a stick or a big rock and beaned the pyscho who put them in the situation
while he was monologuing with his back turned to her. Problem solved.

“Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise”.

{Galatians 4 v 28}.

When God looks at this old world, He no longer looks upon it like He did in the days before His only Son was crucified at Calvary. For Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary gave birth to the new covenant or testament, which He wrote on the hearts of men who accepted Christ as Lord and Saviour. No longer does He see tribes and races of people as such, for now because of Christ’s sacrifice He sees only the children of promise and the children of the bound. Let me explain, God states clearly in scripture that the children of God are those who have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, regardless of race or gender, they are the children of God, yes the children of promise. You see it is written, “And if ye be Christ’s then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to promise”, {Galatians 3 v 29}.

Abraham had two sons, one by a bondwoman called Agar, and another by a freewoman called Sarah, as it is written, now these two sons represents the two covenants. The first son Ishmael of the bondwoman represented Jerusalem, which is now in bondage, which also represents the old covenant, but the freewoman’s son Isaac represents the heavenly Jerusalem, which is the new covenant. All God’s people are one in Christ Jesus, who are under the new covenant. Under this covenant there is no longer Jew, Gentile, slave or free, men or women, for we are all one in Christ. “For ye are all the children of promise by faith in Christ Jesus”,
{Galatians 3 v 26}.
Now God’s plan for the people of Israel is the same plan which He is using for the whole world, and that is that we must all repent and accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour. There is no other plan for salvation, only through Jesus. Who was crucified for our sins and rose again for our justification, and who is alive forever more. Praise be the wonderful name of Jesus. As it is written, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved”, {Acts 4 v 12}.

As Isaac was, so are we the children of promise, no matter what nation we are from, God considers us all equal and precious in His sight. So precious are we that He sacrificed His only Son for each and everyone of us. So, let us all stand together as, the children of promise. I would like to state that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and many more in Israel are likened unto an olive tree which also represents the children of promise. We who believe are grafted into that tree, and so we become one with them, and are known as the true Israel of today. Now today there are still people in Israel who are chosen by God according to election of grace who will be grafted back into the olive tree, which represents the children of promise.

We must pray for them, that they will see Jesus, for it is written, “ There shall come out of Zion the deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: for this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins”, {Romans 11 v 26 & 27}
So dear saints, let us always pray and standby Israel, for I believe that there are many yet to come to know Jesus as their true Messiah. God bless Israel.

We must come from a similar violent stock. Hmmm… I was born in TX. That must be it.

I am originally from rural New Mexico. I would not say the people up there are necessarily violent, but… but let’s just say those cowboys have learned how to defend themselves quite handily.

Sounds rosey enough – are you sure you wouldn’t ask your wife’s help in smashing his head in also?

Let me tell you, that guy is lucky if it is only me beating him up. He had better pray he does not face the wrath of my wife. Last year, she took up power lifting and is now hooked – and very very strong. When we wrestle, I have about 20 seconds where I can be in the advantage if I sneak up on her – after that I have to run for my life!!

Seriously though Society, I have had knives pulled on me too, and I have been jumped and mugged a couple of times. Each time I played it cool, but I was alone. But now that I am married – who knows what I would do if my wife was threatened in that way? But really, the situation that wretched video presents is so artificial anyway, I can’t really say what I would do!!

Sounds rosey enough – are you sure you wouldn’t ask your wife’s help in smashing his head in also? I am not sure I would jump tp your extremes – I have had knives pulled on me – and because I do care about the other person brandishing them – I didn;t just go and find the closest weapon to ‘duke it out’. What good is that?

These pastors’ wives definitely need some assertiveness training.

We must come from a similar violent stock. Hmmm… I was born in TX. That must be it.

My thought when watching the perp was, “He’s waving the gun right in their faces. Snatch it away and pistol whip him!”

O’ course I think that with a passle o’ years in martial arts…. More violence.

In all honesty if I was put in that scenario I would likely say ‘I am not ready to die’ (who is ready to die in all honesty?).

I am sorry, but if I was put in that situation, I would have found the nearest big rock and bashed that psycho’s head in, and I mean that literally. That punk deserved grave injury, especially after brandishing that weapon towards the wife. Even as a Christian, that would have reached beyond the point of ‘turning the other cheek’