(Disclaimer: This transcript is auto-generated and may contain mistakes.) and just in case you don't believe me or just in case you feel that's not true then Jesus himself said to buy a sword that's out of context we'll get into that just a bit he spent the Old Testament talking about these things so he doesn't need to reiterate it for you you need to get the Word of God use both Old and New Testament all scriptures given by inspiration of God is profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction and instruction and righteousness look folks the Bible is not just a spiritual book it's a practical book on how to just live life right how to have an earthly government how to govern people what type of laws to make what God sanctions and what he doesn't you think he's gonna reiterate all of that in the New Testament he expects for you to already know he spent that much time to write it in the Old Testament he doesn't need to reiterate in the New Testament okay but there is a time to kill when well when protecting your family when protecting your friends or even yourself okay protecting property is not only biblical it's actually common sense go to Exodus chapter 22 Exodus chapter 22 look God expects for us to just use common sense right he's given us a brain we should use it right and in fact some of the parables that he used in the New Testament shows the common sense that he wants us to have let me read you from Luke chapter 11 verse 21 when referring to your property verse 21 says when a strong man armed keep at this palace his goods are in peace so what is the common sense teaching he's trying to tell you hey when someone is keeping his household his goods and he's armed he has a machete he has a sword he has you know some sort of weapon you know what his goods are gonna be in peace oh no no no but that's just the parable yeah but he's using a common sense parable to teach a spiritual truth and if the story or the principle that he's teaching here the actual you know example that he's given has no validity then he wouldn't have used it as a parable but when it's stronger than he shall come upon and then we're overcoming overcome him he take it from him all his armor worrying he trusted and divided his spoils he's saying look if you have a knife but the guy comes at you with the gun he's gonna take your stuff that's just what's gonna happen he's stronger than you