It is a straight forward question - how are we to love the soldiers of ISIS?

By praying that they will repent of their sins and turn to the Son of God for salvation.

Is praying all one does? What if you lived in Iraq and ISIS soldiers were coming to your town. You have access to a large cache of weapons. What should the Christian do?

APL,

Seeing you brought it up, what would you do???

Love the sinner; hate the sin.

Christians were faced with identical questions during WWI and WWII.

ISIS murderers would not last long on American soil. If they made it as far as my house . . . I hope I would trust Jesus to do the right thing.

First of all I won't have "a large cache of weapons" I won't even have a small one. So that won't even enter the equation.

I think we are told to head for the hills when that kind of thing comes against God's people. And yes, PRAY!

They posted a little news clip of an elderly woman who found herself with an uninvited passenger with a gun in her car. She calmly turned to him and said -- you don't frighten me, if you shoot me I'll go be with Jesus, (a little wrong theology but the concept of eternity with Christ is correct) I'm ready to go, but what about you? You shoot me and you'll probably end up in hell. (end up in the lake of fire)

In her case it saved her life -- the guy with the gun got out of her car and left her unscathed.
It may not always work that way -- but the concept is still true, a true Christian who dies will live again, no ISIS can take that away from them.

But what about the soldiers? What future do they have?

As to "what would I do" --
I don't know, all I can do is pray that if ever faced with a situation like that I will remain true to my Savior and fully trust in Him.

Ps. 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
91:2 I will say of the LORD, [He is] my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.
91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust:

That was not the scenario - you may not have them, but they may be available to you. It is EVER right for a Christian to kill an ISIS soldier?

Which might be what? Tell you to shoot to kill? What would you do?

Well, if God's going to burn 'em anyway, why not help God out? If by knowing God, we start acting like God, shouldn't we express the fruits of God? Wouldn't that actually be showing them "love"?
It could also save some "innocent" people.
It could serve as an example to other wanna-be ISIS people.

Why was it right for David to kill Goliath, APL? (There is no question that it was right, for the Spirit of the Lord moved him to do so. See quote below.)



"The battle is the Lord's." That's a truth we can depend on. But that doesn't mean we sit back idly doing nothing expecting God to do it all. When God asks us to do something, we do it, however unpleasant, dangerous, or disagreeable the task may seem.

The fact is, this whole thread is bait for people to waste their time in futile debate with you on a topic of questionable theology that you are very exercised about and have continually sought to bring into our discussions here on this forum. We have already spent, literally, thousands of posts vainly seeking to help you understand that God does indeed punish, just as He says He will. This "how to deal with ISIS soldiers" is but discussion-bait for a thinly concealed reincarnation of the same theological fallacy that you have brought before. In more worldly forums, the OP here would be called "trolling."

As before, you don't answer a straight question directly. You dodge, avoid, twist and turn to keep from answering straightly. These are debate tactics, but are they tactics which Christians should be using? You have asked what you called "a straight-forward question." If you want a straight answer, why are you unwilling to give one?

I'll be happy to see that you are more willing than it has first appeared. Start by answering the question in post #168057.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.