Lord’s Day 40, Chapter 2: The Swordpower and the Sixth Commandment (2) / Chapter 3: Love of the Neighbor’s Person (1)

Chapter 2: The Sword power and the Sixth Commandment (cont'd) And this position of the Reformed confessions is certainly based on the Word of God. Scripture certainly does not support the position that war as such is always and necessarily sin. Mark you well, we do not take up a defense for the wars of the world. It certainly is not our position that the wars of the world are always justified, that they are never sinful. But it certainly cannot be maintained in the light of the Word of God...