THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE IS LAID AS AN OBLIGATION UPON BELIEVERS ONLY

THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE IS LAID AS AN OBLIGATION UPON BELIEVERS ONLY

lc. The Scriptures which enjoin non-resistance are all directed to believers. The entire New Testament was written to believers.
Matt. 5:38-42 cf. with 5:3-10 "Blessed" describes the kind of people‑believers.

-Luke 6:27-29 cf. with 6:20 "Blessed" means born-again.
-Rom.12:19-21 cf. with 1:7 and 12:1. These are all believers.
-1 Peter 2:18-24 cf. with 1:2 and 2:11 Saved people are under consideration.

2c. The Scriptures are not directed to unbelievers at any time except through believers by way of warning of judgment and the command to believe.

3c. The Scriptures make no provisions for present day pacifism which involves unbelievers.

ld. The doctrine of non-resistance is not a plank in some political platform (1 Pet. 2:13-1.9; Rom. 13:1-7 (1 Peter 2:18-24; Rom. 12:19-21).
-In the same context with passages teaching non-resistance believers are enjoined to be subject to the state in which they reside. This certainly means that respect for and an effort to support these govern­ments is in the mind of the writer.
-Non-resistance is a spiritual principle for individual believers under any government.

2d. The doctrine of non-resistance is not a part of some merely social program.
-The point of each passage is spiritual and not social merely.
-The social is for the purpose of displaying the spiritual.
-Every passage on non-resistance clearly displays the fact that believers are to live in such a way that unbelievers will be attracted to, or at least be made to realize that they are not of this world.
-Matt. 5:38-42 to display the fact that they are blessed (5:3-10). -Luke 6:27-29 to display the fact that they are children of God (35).
-Rom. 12:19-21 to display the fact that they are not of the world (12:2
-1 Pet. 2:18-24 to display the fact that they are strangers and pilgrims(11).

3d. The doctrine of non-resistance is not a quirk in some theological system. Some religious groups have a true system of theology but are illogical at this point, imagining that non-resistance is something for nations and governments, the kingdom will then be established by Christ.