Thou Shalt Not Kill

Killing.

Jesus said- If ye love me, keep my commandments. Joh_14:15 

This is one of those commandments He was speaking about-

Exo 20:13  Thou shalt not kill. 

Jesus also said this about that particular commandment-

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:  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. Mat 5:21,22

Yes, they'd heard about the commandment not to kill, and if they did kill they'd be in danger of the judgement. Now, Jesus is telling them that they shouldn't be angry with someone- without cause.

Being angry without cause is just as deserving of judgement as killing. How is that possible? It's possible because the intent of the heart is what God looks at and it is very possible for a person to have a hatred set in their heart that drives their anger, yet hasn't brought them to take a life. The intent of the heart is so important. We have to take stock of our intentions. We have to give our hearts wholly to Christ. We have to let God create a clean heart in us.

Our Lord tells us if we LOVE Him we will KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS and He can say that to us because those commandments reveal our hearts fully. When we choose to keep the commandments we are choosing to love God and love others in the deepest way we possibly can.

To murder someone is to steal their life from them. Cain, the first human being born to human parents stole his brother's life from him. Cain, followed the Wicked One- Satan. The wrongness of taking life is not something that needs explaining from me, we know it's wrong, we all know murder is wrong. We all know hatred in a heart is wrong, and not of God. We all know we need God to create a clean heart in us, renewing a right spirit in us. We desperately need God to do all for us we cannot do.  If we love Him, we will keep His commandments. We will know the commandments and keep them in our hearts knowing they are guideposts to love, to life, to God. God revealed Himself in His commandments, we have to treasure them, they are eternal.