I iskald novembervind lørdag ettermiddag, marsjerte i overkant av 100 mennesker gjennom Lillehammers gater, i en bønnemarsj som førte fram til Stortorget, hvor jeg holdt en appell. Det var gripende å møte mennesker som hadde reist veldig langt for å være med på denne stille markeringen foran årets kirkemøte. Alt gikk for seg i rolige og verdige former. NRK var tilstede og sendte fra bønnemarsjen både i Dagsrevyen og Kveldsnytt. Ellers var både lokalpresse og den kristne dagspressen til stede, så marsjen er blitt lagt merke til. Dette var ikke, slik enkelte ville fremstille det, en protestmarsj, men en bønnemarsj. Derfor ble det også bedt utenfor Lillehammer kirke, der hvor starten gikk, og på Stortorget. Det ble sunget bønne- og lovprisningssanger. Vi er nå i en skjebnetid for vårt land. Det er nå striden står, og stride gjør vi først og fremst i bønn.
The Differences between Evangelical Protestants and Anabaptists
SvarSlettBy Nolan Martin, 10/09/2004
".....Anabaptists believe in two opposing kingdoms. The kingdom of God wherein lies the church and the kingdom of Satan which includes the kingdoms of this world. Protestants without a two kingdom theology were never able to figure out how to incorporate the kingdom values which Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount and still keep order in society, so they ended up dropping the kingdom values. Anabaptists, on the other hand, believed that keeping order in society was not their job since they were part of another kingdom.
From this came the Anabaptist doctrine of nonresistance. Anabaptists believe strongly in non-participation in war, yet hold that the state is necessary and ordained by God to keep order in an unregenerate society. (Rom. 13) They therefore do not oppose the death penalty recognizing that the government "bears not the sword in vain.” They also are not as Harold Martin says, "Humanitarian pacifists crusading for the end of all wars."
This traditional Anabaptist view has in some communities changed and become pacifism which is not biblical. I don't know if I should blame Evangelicals for this one. Those who hold the pacifist position oppose war as well as the death penalty often using political means. In effect, pacifists try to take away the "sword" from the civil authorities which God has ordained that they should use to punish the evil doer. (Rom. 13:4) Christians cannot expect unregenerate society to operate by kingdom values.
Lastly, many Evangelicals believe in political action while Anabaptists believe in changing society only through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To the Anabaptist, changing society by political means is joining in an unequal yoke to only patch up the problem.
In the 16th and 17th centuries the Protestants (Evangelicals are a brand of Protestant) persecuted the Anabaptists because of their difference. Many of these differences still exist. Thankfully the Protestants no longer persecute us and are rather apologizing for their forefather's persecution....."
http://www.anabaptistchurch.org/The%20Differences%20between%20Evangelical%20Protestants%20and%20Anabaptists.htm
Det er interessant at anonym trekker frem denne artikkelen om forskjellen på anabaptistene og evangelikale protestanter. Jeg vil likevel understreke at markeringen på Lillehammer lørdag ikke var en politisk markering, ei heller en protestmarsj. Dette var en bønnemarsj.
SvarSlettJeg tenkte også på at dette slett ikke var noen politisk markering, siden det ikke ble båret noen bannere eller plakater. Det ble sunget lovsanger, det ble bedt og lest fra Guds ord. Jeg synes det var en veldig fin ramme rundt det hele.
SvarSlettBjørn Olav.
SvarSlettHar du mulighet for å legge ut din appell på bloggen? Hvilke bønneemner ba dere?
La oss virkelig be disse dagene under kirkemøtet!