THE KILLING FIELDS

THE KILLING FIELDS
EXODUS 20:13

THE CORE OF THIS COMMANDMENT IS, UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE AND A COMMITMENT TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT IT.

OBEYING THIS COMMANDMENT IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST
“NOT MURDERING” IT IS ABOUT VALUING LIFE … REALIZING PEOPLE ARE THE MOST PRECIOUS THING ON EARTH, AND LEVERAGING OUR LIVES TO PROTECT AND PROSPER THAT LIFE.

THE PRECIOUSNESS OF HUMAN LIFE …
   GEN.9:1-6

   THE GLORY OF GOD,

      WHEN WE THINK OF MEN AND WOMEN AS ANYTHING LESS THAN THE IMAGE OF GOD, WE DEVALUE HUMAN LIFE.

“AS A POLITICIAN, THE SECULAR MAN WILL CRY OUT THAT WAR IS A WASTER OF LIFE; YET AS A PHILOSOPHER, HE ADMITS THAT ALL LIFE IS A WASTE OF TIME … A SCIENTIST GOES TO A POLITICAL MEETING WHERE HE COMPLAINS THAT WE ARE TREATING NATIVE PEOPLE LIKE BEAST, BUT THEN IN HIS SCIENTIFIC MEETING HE PROVES WE ARE BEAST. THEREFORE THE MODERN SKEPTIC HAS BECOME USELESS FOR PURPOSES OF REVOLUTION. BY REBELLING AGAINST EVERYTHING, INCLUDING GOD, HE HAS LOST HIS RIGHT TO REBEL AGAINST ANYTHING.”
G.K. CHESTERTON

      WE ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD AND THERE IS SOMETHING IN US THAT KNOWS THAT IS THE TRUTH.

“IF I AM STANDING IN MY KITCHEN CRAVING FOOD, THAT DOESN’T PROVE THERE’S FOOD IN THE CUPBOARD. THE CUPBOARD MIGHT BE EMPTY! BUT, IT DOES PROVE THAT THERE IS SUCH A THING AS FOOD … IF I FIND IN MYSELF A DESIRE WHICH NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN SATISFY, THE BEST ARGUMENT IS THAT I WAS CREATED FOR ANOTHER WORLD.”
C.S. LEWIS

THE PROBLEM OF MURDER …

   MURDERER’S FOUND IN THE BIBLE:
      GREED,
      JEALOUSY,
      FEAR,
      PERSONAL VENGENCE,

     WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 6TH COMMANDMENT?

      SELF-DEFENSE, EXODUS 22:2
      LETHAL FORCE BY POLICE, ROMANS 13:1-4
      CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, ROMANS 13:1-4
      JUST WAR, ECC.3:8 “… THERE IS A TIME TO WAR …”
         IS IT A LEGITIMATE AUTHORITY?
         IS IT DEFENSIVE AND NOT OFFENSIVE?
         IS IT FOR A NOBLE CAUSE?
         IS IT PROPORTIONAL FORCE?
         ARE SOLIDERS ARE CIVILIANS TARGETED?
         DOES IT ULTIMATELY PRESERVE MORE LIVES THAN IT TAKES?
         IS IT A LAST RESORT?

      WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT?

      MURDER AND CULTURE;
           ABORTION
      MURDER AND YOU;
        ANGER TOWARDS OTHERS THAT DESIRES THEIR PHYSICAL HARM, MATT.5:21-22
         THINKING OF PEOPLE AS ANYTHING LESS THAN MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, MATT.5:22
         TURNING A DEAF EAR TO THE SUFFERINGS OF THE POOR, JAMES 5:1-5
         NOT SHARING THE GOSPEL TO THOSE WHOM GOD HAS SENT YOU, EZK.33:6-8

THE POWER OF THE LIFE OF JESUS