“There is no revealed commandment of God here.” The instructions continue, “The church can never give its blessing to war and weapons. The Christian can never participate in unjust wars. If the Christian takes up arms, he must daily ask God for forgiveness for this sin and pray for peace.”273 Two paragraphs earlier the instructions offer these reflections on the sixth commandment: “God alone is Lord over all life and has given us friend and foe that we may not harm them, hate them, despise them, be angry toward them, but rather love them, preserve their lives, serve, benefit, forgive them,
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