Does Jesus encourage violence? Listen before you answer! Also, Top3 time wasters. 145

This week on Hardheaded, Chet leads Troy and Matt through a comversation about how the Bible advocates for violence against sin. It is the closest to preaching a sermon tbat we have seen on the podcast!  From John Piper “Kill Sin by the Spirit” sermon in 2002:<br /> Jesus said in Matthew 11:12, “From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force.” Do you want to enter the kingdom of heaven? Take it violently! But violence against whom — or against what? Listen to Jesus’s answer: “If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire” (Matthew 18:8). <br /> Do you want to enter life? Take it violently. Cut off your hand or your foot if you must to keep from stumbling. It’s a picture of the most radical kind of assault on our own sin. Not the sins of others — our sins. Lay that on top of Romans 8:13: “If by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” Do you want to enter into life? Do you want to live? Get violent. Get a wartime mindset. Stop making peace with ears and eyes and tongues and hands and feet that betray you like Judas, and go over to the side of the enemy and become instruments of sin and make war on your soul. Put to death the deeds of your body. <br /> Then the guys jump into their top 3 Time Wasters. It seems all three of the guys are experts at wasting time! The show wraps with atroy drawing a blank on a good word.  **Topics discussed:**<br /> 1. What's On Your Mind: The violent take Heaven by force. Matthew 11:12<br /> 2. Top 3 Time Wasters: traffic, video games, social media, phone, TV <br /> 3. A Good Word: Troy draws a blank  **Links**<br /> * http://admiralspennant.com/<br /> * https://www.hardheadedpodcast.com/ Hosts:<br /> Matt Amos<br /> Chet Sears<br /> Troy Trussell 🔔 Hit the notification bell after you subscribe so you don't miss a single episode of Hardheaded! 145