What does the Bible say about church security?

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• Acts 20:28-30 10 votes

  [28] Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood. [29] For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock. [30] Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

• Luke 11:21 9 votes

  "When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.

• 1 Chronicles 9:21-24 8 votes

  [21] Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting. [22] All these who were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust. [23] So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Yahweh, even the house of the tent, by wards. [24] On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

• Nehemiah 4:10-23 4 votes

  [10] Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. [11] Our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease. [12] It happened that when the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, You must return to us. [13] Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [there] the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. [14] I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Don't be you afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. [15] It happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, everyone to his work. [16] It happened from that time forth, that half of my servants worked in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. [17] They all built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon; [18] and the builders, everyone had his sword girded by his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me. [19] I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another: [20] in whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, resort you there to us; our God will fight for us. [21] So we worked in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared. [22] Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day. [23] So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes, everyone [went with] his weapon [to] the water.

• Nehemiah 4:9 4 votes

  But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

• Luke 22:36 4 votes

  Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword.

• John 15:13 3 votes

  Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

• Romans 13:1-4 3 votes

  [1] Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. [2] Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment. [3] For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same, [4] for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain; for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

• Proverbs 22:3 3 votes

  A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

• Romans 8:31 2 votes

  What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

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