Confessor
Puritan Board Senior
I am aware that the sixth commandment requires us to defend our own lives against attackers, but there is clear Biblical warrant for not always doing this, e.g. Jesus and Stephen.
(1) What are the various conditions which make it permissible not to defend one's own life, and (2) do these conditions make the non-defense of one's own life not only permissible, but obligatory?
(1) What are the various conditions which make it permissible not to defend one's own life, and (2) do these conditions make the non-defense of one's own life not only permissible, but obligatory?