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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