Ten Commandments - 6th
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6th Commandment
6th Commandment
“You shall not murder.
Fairly Straightforward.
Have you ever heard people recite this commandment and they say “Thou shall not kill”
Is that accurate?
What is the difference between murder and kill
What is the definition of Murder?
Unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another
The killing of a person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice.
The recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.
What is the definition of kill?
To take the life of something or someone else
To describe taking the life of an animal or anything else that is not human we should always use the word kill.
Murder implies moral wrong.
Did you know that the Bible also deals with Manslaughter, accidentally killing someone.
“When the Lord your God cuts off the nations whose land the Lord your God is giving you, and you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their houses, you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. You shall measure the distances and divide into three parts the area of the land that the Lord your God gives you as a possession, so that any manslayer can flee to them. “This is the provision for the manslayer, who by fleeing there may save his life. If anyone kills his neighbor unintentionally without having hated him in the past— as when someone goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live,
How does this work when God commanded all of this killing during war?
And the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, his city, and his land. And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king. Only its spoil and its livestock you shall take as plunder for yourselves. Lay an ambush against the city, behind it.”
Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”
And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, “You shall not go up; go around to their rear, and come against them opposite the balsam trees. And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then rouse yourself, for then the Lord has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.” And David did as the Lord commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba to Gezer.
Why did God use people and command them to kill another group?
Could he not have just struck down the nations himself?
If nature were to strike them down then the nations would not understand that the God of Israel reigns, they were to be used as God’s instrument of judgement.
Interestingly enough when Jesus meets the centurion, who is a man who goes to war and commands many he does not ask him to change professions.
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.
What about War?
Are you going to war, is your friend or family member? Does praying for them mean that you are praying for another person to die?
Ask yourself, are we fighting a just war? Are we fighting an unjust war?
If you believe that we are fighting an unjust war then do not, if you believe we are fighting a just war then fight.
Q: What if we have Christian believers on both sides? Are you to kill your brother?
There is this notion that Christians kill each other in mass. In actuality those people are not believers. Scripture has often been twisted by governments, leaders, churches and denominations in order to fit their agenda.
What is your responsibility - Ask yourself, does this align with God’s word, if not then I will not join the crowd. I will not bow down to the golden statue regardless of what my superiors say to me.
Additionally we need to talk about this. We look at the Bible and think, God commands that infants be slaughtered. We try to take the moral high ground and judge Him.
Understand this, children who die before whats called the age of accountability God will judge them differently. But it is wrong for people in this country who support, either actively or passively the murder of hundreds, thousands and millions of unborn children.
When does life start?
Size
Level of complexity
Environment
Degree of dependency
Last point, if any guy here. If you are messing with a girl and you guys have sex, that's your first sin and your first mistake.
If that leads to her being pregnant, do not add a worse sin to it and take the life of an innocent. Do not put other people’s opinions about you and what you have done above someone’s life, an innocent child.
God already knows that you have sinned, do not make it worse. That child is made in His image, do not take their life. Talk to me