Sunday Sermon Recap

The Ten Commandment Series

6th Commandment

You shall not Murder

Jasmine Wuan and Joanna Dorai

Murder is a big nono!

Exodus 20:13

13 Do not murder.

Matthew 5: 21-22

21 You know that our ancestors were told, “Do not murder” and “A murderer must be brought to trial.” 22 But I promise you that if you are angry with someone,[a] you will have to stand trial. If you call someone a fool, you will be taken to court. And if you say that someone is worthless, you will be in danger of the fires of hell.

Murder- means to kill.

My first job is to preserve life!

We are all made in God's image!

- Genesis 9: 6

- Why is that a reason?
   • For God made human beings, he gave us life, so he alone has the right to take it away.

   • In His own image, we represent him on earth. But only Jesus is the perfect image of God. Ambassadors of Christ. Each person is important to him and we would not intentionally destroy something important to someone we love.

What does the act of murder include

   -Murder murder

   -By hatred 

Matthew 5: 21- 22

Anger- the root of murder

It's not a matter about getting angry, but how we respond to it.

How we respond has serious consequences.

Psalms 37: 8

Anger leads to bitterness and hatred and that could lead us to do something terrible

In the bible, anger usually ends up with murder. 

What can we do?

There is judgment but Jesus offers forgiveness.

1 John 3: 14- 15

14 Our love for each other proves that we have gone from death to life. But if you don’t love each other, you are still under the power of death.15 If you hate each other, you are murderers, and we know that murderers do not have eternal life.

In closing

This commandment is not just about killing, but also of anger which is the root of murder.

Jesus came to set us free from this bitterness by showing us how to forgive!