NOTE You are good, and do good Teach me Your statutes. NOTE: You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing. God supplies our needs, should we not be concerned for others Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.ģ. That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate NOTE: Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy NOTE: But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. Our Lives Should Be Works Of Love, Not Death I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.ī. NOTE: I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. We Should Endeavor To Preserve The Life Of Others WE SHOULD DO ALL THE GOOD WE CAN TO HELP OTHERSĪ. NOTE: And when the blood of Your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by consenting to his death, and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him. Or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead NOTE: There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer NOTE: This was the ‘final straw’ for God to bring down the house of Ahab Jezebel killed Naboth by the pen I Kings 21:9-14 It was the Ammonite’s sword that killed Uriahģ. NOTE: Why have you despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the people of Ammon. NOTE: And he wrote in the letter, saying, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.” II Samuel 11:15 NKJV NOTE: They answered him, “If this man weren’t a criminal, we wouldn’t have handed Him over to you.” John 18:30 HCSB But whoever says, ‘You moron!’ will be subject to hellfire. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Fool!’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. NOTE: “You have heard that it was said to our ancestors, Do not murder, and whoever murders will be subject to judgment.īut I tell you, everyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Therefore, as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you since you have not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue you. NOTE: “Because you have had an ancient hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, when their iniquity came to an end, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous but who is able to stand before envy? Proverbs 27:4ī. NOTE: O my soul, come not thou into their secret unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. All Sins That Lead Up To Murder Are Forbidden But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. God has set this commandment as a fence about our livesģ. God views our physical life as a precious thingĢ. We Can Injure Others By Injuring Them Physicallyġ. No physician can heal the wounds of the tongueī. NOTE: False witnesses did rise up they laid to my charge things that I knew not. We Can Injure Others By Slandering Their Name THEME: WE ARE OUR BROTHER’S KEEPER BECAUSE:Ī. The first group is brother to the murderer the second group is brother to the victim. In both of these positions there is a common thread: both sides are trying to be their brother’s keeper. Likewise, other Christians lead the battle for capital punishment and they also quote this passage for their support. Christians lead the battle in many areas against capital punishment by quoting this command. This is a command that has generated a lot of controversy among Christians. This commandment makes a statement and implies another statement. Therefore there is a sacredness of human life. The Lord Jesus Christ on the cross died for each person. In this commandment we are confronted with great truths concerning human life.
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