It always been said that NT is about love and turn the other
cheek so does that mean christians should not take up arms even in
self defense.This is strange and opponents of christianity always
used this against the church
Actually Jesus did not meant lying yourself down & be a
floor mat for walk over when people are up against you.
During those days most Jews are right handed & they use the
back of the right hand to slap slaves & animals. Thus the slap
on the right cheek. To turn your left cheek means challenging the
other party to fight you on equal grounds, slap with the palm &
fight as a equal man.
My Jesus in the Bible is firm yet not over demanding. He over
turned the money changing tables at the temple. He called the
Pharisees a broad of vipers & He also called them hypocrites.
When the Pharisees challenged Him with the Law when they showed Him
the woman they caught in adultery, He challenged those Pharisees to
stone her if anyone of them are without sin.
Peter was a coarse & rugged fisherman but Peter followed
Him. Peter cut off a Roman soldier's ear at the garden of
Gethsamane before Jesus's arrest but Jesus healed the Roman
soldier.
So if you think that the Bible tells Christians to be wimps.
Think again.