biblestudy: The Commandments (Part 15)
You Shall Not Kill, Part 3
John W. Ritenbaugh
Given 09-Dec-89; Tape #BS-TC15
Description: In this fifteenth installment of The Commandments series (the third emphasizing the Sixth Commandment), John Ritenbaugh focuses upon a singular disaster to befall modern Israel, involving captivity-largely as a result of its shameless toleration of rising violent crime. God ordained capital punishment, but because of the flawed legal system, with the exceptions for insanity, youth, and police mistakes, the deterrent value has been rendered ineffective in modern Israel. The prison system, actually producing academies for learning crime, is pitifully inferior to God's system of justice. Nevertheless, resisting civil governmental authority (a buffer against chaos) is tantamount to resisting God's authority. People who reinforce in themselves the habit of rebellion (resisting God's as well as man's authority) will be mercifully terminated in a lake of fire. Jesus, by emphasizing the spirit of the law, places deterrents on the motive- preventing the actual murderous deed from ever taking place. Brooding anger, bitterness, resentment, revenge, and scorn constitute the activating motives for actual murder. We need to develop the maturity and faith to allow God to take vengeance rather than presumptuously taking this prerogative upon ourselves. Christ teaches that we also need to learn to (with the help of God's Holy Spirit) proactively promote peace by attending to the physical needs of our 'enemies,' responding as Christ would respond. (68 minutes)
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Sermons in the The Commandments series:
The Commandments (Part 1)
Idolatry, Part 1
The Commandments (Part 2)
Idolatry, Part 2
The Commandments (Part 3)
Idolatry, Part 3
The Commandments (Part 4)
Taking God's Name In Vain
The Commandments (Part 5)
The Sabbath, Part 1
The Commandments (Part 6)
The Sabbath, Part 2
The Commandments (Part 7)
The Sabbath, Part 3
The Commandments (Part 8)
The Sabbath, Part 4
The Commandments (Part 9)
The Sabbath, Part 5
The Commandments (Part 10)
Honor Your Parents, Part 1
The Commandments (Part 11)
Honor Your Parents, Part 2
The Commandments (Part 12)
Honor Your Parents, Part 3
The Commandments (Part 13)
You Shall Not Kill, Part 1
The Commandments (Part 14)
You Shall Not Kill, Part 2
The Commandments (Part 15)
You Shall Not Kill, Part 3
The Commandments (Part 16)
Adultery and Sexual Sins
The Commandments (Part 17)
Thou Shalt Not Steal
The Commandments (Part 18)
Bearing False Witness
The Commandments (Part 19)
Coveting/Lusting/Desire and Idolatry
