This I believe is something each Christian must weigh and pray about for themselves. Though Christ never taught any specific 'physical' fighting techniques, it is interesting to note His words to His disciples prior to His arrest.
"He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. It is written: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors'; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment." The disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords." "That is enough," he replied.(Luke 22:36-38, NIV)
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."(James 1:27, NIV)
Would you not say then that by defending those that are being attacked, such as your loved ones, we are placing those words of 'loving your neighbor' into action? Also Jesus Christ mentions that 'Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.'(John 15:13, NIV)
One could argue that neither music, movies, nor other activities such as football, cycling were never developed from a Christian perspective but if we look around us all of these now exist. By presenting the martial arts in a way that is not contradictory to the Bible and living the Christian faith in full view of both Christians and non-Christians, We help to demonstrate the greatest commandment 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' (Luke 10:27)
'Whoever believes in the Son [Jesus] has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son [Jesus] will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him.
What makes Christianity different from all the other religions & philosophies of the world is that YOU have to make the decision to accept or reject Christ. Only by accepting the free gift given by Christ can we enter into a personal relationship with God and obtain eternal life. No one can force you or 'convert' you to Christianity!
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