Since love does no wrong to his neighbor, it obviously follows that Christian love (and there is really no other true love, as we have seen) does not admit of wars and fightings. When the soldiers asked John the Baptist what they should do as followers of the Lamb of God to Whom he pointed, he replied, ‘Do violence to no man.’ Luke 3:14, KJV. An alternative rendering of John’s answer is, ‘Put no man in fear.’ It would be a very mild war in which this command was followed! If an army were composed of Christians, true followers of Christ, when they came in contact with the enemy, instead of shooting them they would find out what they needed and supply their wants. ‘If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.’ Romans 12:20-21, KJV.

 - E. J. Waggoner       (The Glad Tidings, pp. 116-117)