Discussion Jumpstarter
Study leader reference - not a definitive answer
Question 10
Chad extends non-resistance beyond not killing to everyday choices like refusing to “belittle someone so that you look better than them”—what specific habits in your life rely more on “the physical” (control, image-management, coercion) than on prayer, and what concrete change would demonstrate you trust God’s power more than your own tactics?
Another way to ask: Chad says non-resistance also means not putting others down to make yourself look better. What habits in your life depend more on control or image than on prayer, and what is one real change that would show you trust God’s power more than your own methods?
Discussion Jumpstarter
Direct Answer
The transcript pushes non-resistance into daily life by contrasting prayer-based trust with “physical” methods of gaining advantage, like belittling others. It implies a concrete change would be choosing prayer and humility instead of using words or pressure to control outcomes or protect your image.
- The host says non-resistance goes beyond killing: “The whole non-resistance thing goes farther than just not shooting and killing somebody.”
- He gives a specific everyday example: trusting prayer rather than “trying to belittle someone so that you look better than them.”
- The central principle is stated: “Put all your faith and belief in prayer and not in the physical, what physical can do.”
- He argues prayer makes obedience easier: if we “get the concept of prayer is where things happen… other beliefs are… easier to follow.”
- Chad admits the temptation toward physical certainty: “Because I know a gun works… sometimes… it’s… a real challenge” to trust prayer when belief is rarely tested.