Thou Shalt Not Kill

Faith Filled Thoughts
October 6th, 2009
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The Ten Commandments

First Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Have Any Gods Before Me
Second Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Make Graven Images
Third Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of the Lord in Vain
Fourth Commandment: Remember the Sabbath, Keep It Holy
Sixth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Kill
Fifth Commandment: Honor Thy Father and Mother
Seventh Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
Eighth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Steal
Ninth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness
Tenth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Covet

Sixth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Kill

Many believers regard this as the most basic and easily accepted of all the commandments.
Who would object to the government telling people not to kill?
Unfortunately, this relies upon a superficial and uninformed understanding of what is going on.
This commandment is, in fact, much more controversial and difficult that it appears at first.
Of all of God’s creation, man is unique.
He was made in the image of God.
Since God is the One who gave life, only He has the prerogative to take life.
When human beings commit murder, they appropriate to themselves God’s authority.
At the Creation God said, “. . . Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth
, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man
in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them” (Gen. 1:26-27).
Man is the handiwork of God (Job 14:15).
God is working out a tremendous purpose with man.
Men must go through the experience of life in order to learn how to fulfill that purpose.
When a man murders another human being, he is attempting to thwart God’s purpose for man.
Murder is a heinous sin in the sight of God.
The sixth commandment is as follows: “Thou shalt not kill” (Ex. 20:13)
This commandment is brief but to the point.
Literally, the Hebrew text means,
“Thou shalt do no murder.”
Hatred is often a cause of murder
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.
If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof:
but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever (1 John 2:15-17).
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret,
and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;
and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned,
when as yet there was none of them (Psa. 139:13-16).
David, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
testified to the importance of the entire process of procreation.
Unborn children are murdered by the millions in the world today,
a form of population control. In ancient times this was done by child sacrifice.
Today the means is abortion.
While the method differs from ancient times, the end result is the same.
The New Testament clearly shows us that the true people of God are a spiritual entity.
They have the love of God flowing in their hearts.
They have an outgoing concern for others.
They avoid the influences of this world that lead to hatred and bloodshed.
Murder is hatred in action.
They know this and avoid it.

May He Bless You and Keep You Today!
With Great Love
IN HIS SERVICE
Connie
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