On his most recent “Pray In Jesus Name” program, “Dr. Chaps” Gordon Klingenschmitt cited a claim by a retired Army captain that the government was stockpiling weapons and ammunition for use against American citizens to warn his audience to sell their clothes to buy weapons to protect themselves from the coming government persecution … because that is what Jesus would recommend.

“I think Jesus would favor the Second Amendment,” Klingenschmitt said, pointing to a passage in Luke where Jesus tells his disciples to sell their cloaks to buy a sword.

Of course, according to the Book of Matthew, when Jesus was later arrested, he told his disciples to put their swords away because “all who draw the sword will die by the sword.” But Chaps isn’t concerned about that teaching, instead telling his audience that “as a Christian chaplain, sell your clothes and buy a gun. It’s time. The government persecution will be coming against you and you need to arm yourselves and defend your family when that time comes”: