6th commandment...
"You shall not murder."
Its easy to see how God shows grace from this rule, right? You would think that, but people still don't follow it fully, and many don't really understand it.
Murder: to kill unlawfully and intentionally.
Jesus tells us that murder can be carried out in your heart, even if you never kill anyone. If the bible defined murder, the biblical definition would be: to have intent to kill, or to hate another -- Or, to take another person's life. That is not in the bible, but by reading it you would find this definition to be true. To hate is to murder. To desire to kill is murder. If it was done in your heart, by God's law, you already did it. We come back to how this commandment shows grace and you may find it to be a little harder to find now that you see the biblical definition of murder. His grace abounds everywhere and forever, even here. You may think that hate isn't that bad, but that is obviously false. Try and think of a time when hate made something good come about. God is protecting us from ourselves. He is telling us that our anger can make our lives very hard and miserable. He loves us very much and wants us all to love Him and one another as we love ourselves. He does not want to see us suffer the consequences of murder and hate. *MERRY CHRISTMAS*
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