Monday, February 3, 2014

God Hates the Shedding of Innocent Blood

Pro 6:16  These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Pro 6:17  A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Pro 6:18  An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Pro 6:19  A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
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The LORD hates-  hands that shed innocent blood- murder.

Remember this verse from yesterday's study--

Joh_8:44  Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

A murderer from the beginning.  Not only is the devil the father of lying, but he is also a murderer from the beginning.

The very first murder-  Cain murdering his brother Abel.

Gen 4:1  And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Gen 4:2  And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Gen 4:3  And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
Gen 4:4  And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
Gen 4:5  But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Gen 4:6  And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
Gen 4:7  If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

Cain was wroth at God because God did not accept his offering.  Notice how Cain brought of the fruit of the ground…  NOT the best, choicest of fruits, but just fruit of the ground.  While Abel gave God the best, the choicest, the firstling of his flock.  Cain did not give God the respect due to Him and God was trying to teach Cain that if he does well he will be accepted.  There are consequences to our actions. If we try to cheat someone out of what they are due, aren't we accountable for that cheating? Cain was trying to cheat God out of what wad due to Him and he was being held accountable for that. Cain didn't want to be held accountable. Cain wanted his half-hearted offering to be good enough and was angry when it wasn't accepted. His anger a selfish righteous indignation. God wanted Cain to do well. God wanted Cain to love Him first and foremost, but Cain had a love for himself in his heart instead. 

Being self serving Cain couldn't have his brother showing him up, it infuriated him.

Murdering Abel, taking Abel out of the picture no longer did Cain have to compare himself and his selfish actions to those of his selfless brother.

Death, the first human death had come to the world and this after Satan told Eve that they wouldn't die as he enticed her to eat the forbidden fruit. He knew, SATAN KNEW that if Eve and Adam ate of that forbidden fruit their disobedience would warrant a sentence of death, they would no longer live eternally.  Satan was a murderer as soon as he first tempted Eve. He wanted humans to die, it was his intention for them to be able to die. In fact, Satan is responsible for EVERY human and animal death that has ever taken place. Without Satan's tempting, Eve would never have ate from the forbidden tree. Satan is a murderer.

Cain's murder of Abel was the first human loss of life. The death that Satan told Eve would not happen- that she wouldn't surely die--

Gen_3:4  And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die

--was a direct bold-faced lie from Satan against what God had already spoken as truth.

Gen_2:17  But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Did this death happen instantaneously? No. God did not say it would be instantaneous. Death was made possible for humans by Eve's and Adam's disobedience, which was instigated by Satan.

Murder.

The ending of life. The bringer of instant death. NO man has the right to determine the death of another man. No man has the right to strip away the very breath of life God gave to someone. No man has the right to end the probation of another. We are all under probation, and we will all decide who we wish to follow -our Savior or Satan- during our probation. Cutting short the probation of another makes you accountable for the state that person died in. Were they, like Abel, innocent and under the Savior's righteousness? Or were they not under the Savior's redemption, and therefore never to be able to enter the kingdom of our Creator and Redeemer?   We don't know, we can't know, but just the fact that we are stealing the life of another is so incredibly wrong that it doesn't matter.  Taking that life you had no hand in giving, the breath of life never having been yours to give, is wrong, terribly wrong.

God hates murder.

Remember this--

Mat 5:21  Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Mat 5:22  But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

We must LOVE, not lie, not judge, not murder, not steal.

Please LORD, help us to LOVE, LOVE in us, we are so weak! Keep us from all things that are of SATAN, please Savior, please save us from ourselves, KEEP US FROM EVIL!

All by YOUR love!





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