14 Sep 2025
The sixth commandment is brief, yet often broken. We keep it on three levels. LEVEL 1. The Hebrew term means wrongful killing—premeditated or accidental (manslaughter). It excludes capital punishment, self-defense, and some just wars, but includes most abortion, suicide, and euthanasia. LEVEL 2. Jesus raised the bar: anger, insults, and contempt are “heart-murder. ” He also warns against provoking murder in others’ hearts. LEVEL 3. The summit is not mere avoidance of harm but active, costly love—like the Good Samaritan: love enemies and lay down our lives, as Jesus did. None of us keeps the Law perfectly; it exposes our sin and drives us to Christ, the only perfect Law-keeper who died to save law-breakers. Risen today, He enables His people to obey. God’s people must be marked by love—may we truly love one another.
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