SF430 - THE RULES HAVE NOT CHANGED - Rule #6 All Life Is Precious (Exodus 20)

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@TITLE = THE RULES HAVE NOT CHANGED<R>Rule #6: All Life Is Precious

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@LEVEL TWO = Series Background

@LEVEL THREE = The purpose of the law

@LEVEL FOUR = To reveal man's sinfulness

@LEVEL FOUR = To expose the awfulness of sin

@LEVEL FOUR = To reveal the holiness of God

@LEVEL FOUR = To restrain the sinner and bring him to Christ

@LEVEL FOUR = To regulate society

@LEVEL THREE = Overview

@LEVEL FOUR = 1‑4 are God‑ward

@LEVEL FOUR = 5‑10 are man‑ward

@LEVEL TWO = Sermon Background

@LEVEL THREE = In this statement God established the sanctity of all life for all time.

@LEVEL THREE = Recent News Speaks To The Need

@LEVEL FOUR = Elderly woman found beaten to death on North Fifth Street

@LEVEL FOUR = (Other examples...)

@LEVEL TWO = God says "You shall not murder."

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@LEVEL ONE = 1A. WHY THIS COMMANDMENT IS GIVEN

@LEVEL TWO = 1B.  Because Of The Source Of Life ‑ God

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Evolution

@LEVEL FOUR = Man = animals

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Creation

@LEVEL FOUR = Man  animals

@SCRIPTURE = Genesis 2:7  "the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being."

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Because Of The Sanctity Of Life

@LEVEL FOUR = Murder cannot be undone.

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@LEVEL ONE = 2A. WHAT THIS COMMANDMENT DOES NOT MEAN

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Does Not Forbid The Taking Of Animal Life

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Animals were to be sacrificed (3:24)

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Animals were to used for food

@SCRIPTURE = Genesis 9:3  "Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything."

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Animals are to be treated humanely

@SCRIPTURE = Proverbs 12:10  "A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel."

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Does Not Forbid "Just Wars"

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Must be for a just cause to stop aggression

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Must be a just intent ‑ to secure justice for all

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Must be waged only as a last resort.

@LEVEL THREE = 4C. Must be declared by a legitimate authority

@LEVEL TWO = 3B. Does Not Forbid Capital Punishment

@LEVEL FOUR = Only God has the authority to take life

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Therefore only God can give the right to take another life.

@SCRIPTURE = Genesis 9:6  ""Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man."

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. He has given this to legitimate governments (Romans 13:1‑7)

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@LEVEL ONE = 3A. WHAT THIS COMMANDMENT DOES MEAN

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Direct Murder

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Homicide

@LEVEL FOUR = 26,300 murders/year

@LEVEL FOUR = 3 people/hour

@LEVEL FOUR = During the Gulf war more people died in Atlanta in 24 hours than in the Gulf war during the same 24 hour period.

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Suicide

@LEVEL FOUR = 30,000 suicides/year

@LEVEL FOUR = 400,000 attempts

@LEVEL FOUR = 5,000 young people

@LEVEL FOUR = Suicide does not end it all. ‑ Not for the family or for the person

@SCRIPTURE = Hebrews 9:27  "Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,"

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Abortion

@LEVEL FOUR = 30,0000 since 1973

@LEVEL FOUR = 4,000/day

@LEVEL FOUR = Safer to be a snail in the river that a baby in the womb

@LEVEL THREE = Why Abortion is Murder

@LEVEL FOUR = 1. The victim is innocent

@LEVEL FOUR = 2. The victim is helpless

@LEVEL FOUR = 3. The order to kill comes from the victim's own mother.

@LEVEL FOUR = 4. It is always a reasoned, calculated, intentional act.

@LEVEL FOUR = 5. It is paid killing ‑ a business transaction.

@LEVEL THREE = 4C. Euthanasia/so‑called mercy killing

@LEVEL FOUR = Who am I to determine the quality of life

@LEVEL FOUR = Job's Wife (Job 2)

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@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Indirect Murder

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Hiring a hit man

@LEVEL FOUR = David ‑ Uriah

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Drunken driving

@LEVEL FOUR = 50% of traffic deaths were a result of DUI

@LEVEL FOUR = 45,000 people/year killed by drunken driving

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. The sale of alcoholic beverages

@LEVEL FOUR = 50‑80% of all murders involve alcohol

@LEVEL FOUR = 30% of all suicides

@SCRIPTURE = Habakkuk 2:12  ""Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by crime!"

@SCRIPTURE = Habakkuk 2:15  ""Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk..."

@LEVEL THREE = 4C. Attack someone's character

@LEVEL THREE = 5C. Harbor hatred

@SCRIPTURE = Matthew 5:21‑22  ""You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' 22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca, ' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell."

@SCRIPTURE = Ephesians 4:26  ""In your anger do not sin" : Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,"

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@LEVEL ONE = APPLICATION

@LEVEL TWO = How Do You Stand?

@LEVEL TWO = You Are A Murder ‑ YOU And I Killed Jesus

@SCRIPTURE = Acts 3:14‑15  "You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. 15 You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this."

@LEVEL TWO = You Can Receive Forgiveness

@LEVEL THREE = Moses

@LEVEL THREE = David

@LEVEL THREE = Paul

@LEVEL TWO = How About You?