Pacifism is “the belief that any violence, including war, is unjustifiable under any circumstances, and that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means.”  

Rebuking Pacifism here is not denying that settling disputes by peaceful means often is righteously possible.  War and violence are truly unjustifiable when realistic means to righteously solve a conflict otherwise have not been exercised.  This is even more so when one’s own wrongdoing caused the conflict or was instrumental in agitating the other party when the conflict might have been de-escalated.

With that said, here are 10 reasons why associating Pacifism with Jesus Christ and proper Christian doctrine is evil.

1)  Pacifism promotes idolatry.  The false “hippie Jesus” which many believe in is intrinsically linked to the lie that Jesus is a pacifist.  

2)  Pacifism promotes an unbiblical diagnosis of man as being inherently good.  No wonder Pacifism also is common among Universalists and New-Agers who affirm the inherent goodness of the human race. 

3)  Pacifism vilifies God’s own judgments that He gave through Moses.  He gave laws dealing with promoting and maintaining a pure, just, and orderly society- including the basic principle that the death penalty is to be administered by man to murderers (Genesis 9:6).

4)  Pacifism separates and distinguishes Jesus from the God of the Old Testament.  If Jesus taught Pacifism, then who gave the Law through Moses?   If the pacifist is right and also stays consistent, it could not have been Jesus.

5)  The idea that Jesus taught Pacifism would also make Jesus a hypocrite and a sinner since He used force in driving men and animals out of the Temple (see John 2:14-17).  

6)  Pacifism endangers those who are abiding by the law and rather sides with predatory criminals against those whom they seek to victimize.   

7)  Pacifism attacks God-ordained law enforcement as incompatible with Jesus’ kingdom- yet He ordained civil authorities to punish evildoers and to not bear the sword in vain (see Romans 13:1-7).  

8)  Pacifism justifies wicked criminals who get arrested and judged for their crime (see Proverbs 17:15).  

9)  When you consider pacifist doctrine, think of the old serpent in the garden saying “Yea, hath God said?”- because associating Pacifism with Christianity is ultimately an attack on the reliability of the Bible due to how many verdicts and commands which God gives to man are inconsistent with Pacifism.

10)  If Jesus is a Pacifist God, there would be no need to seek peace with Him.  Nothing could be further from the truth (see Luke 19:27, Revelation 19:11-16, etc).

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