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October 2008

October 17th | Murder He Wrote

This week we look at the second of the horizontal commandments; "You shall not murder". (Exodus 20:13) It is interesting that God used the Hebrew word ratsach, which means murder and not kill.

This is an appropriate command for today's society, as are all of the commandments. The positive side to this negative command is to love life, to value life, and to honor life.

But something we don't don't do well is value life. Listen to these stats:

-By the time a child exits grade school they will have witnessed 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts on TV.

-America has the highest homicide rate in the world.

My challenge to all of us is to not get desensitized to death. Let it bother you when life is taken intentionally. Let's evaluate what we watch on TV, the movies or the video games we play. We may just be indirectly violating this sixth command. Now you think about that.

October 10th | Honor Role

The word honor in the Hebrew language is rabeh, which means heavy, or to place much weight on. So when we talk about Commandment five; honoring our mother and father, God is telling us to place much weight on them. The Greek word for honor is timao, which means to value as precious. Are you doing that with your parents? For the record, there is no age cap on this command. We are always, at all times to honor our parents, even when we become parents and even grandparents!

One note for parents, be a parent that is honorable. Make it easy for your children to honor you, you'll be glad you did!

October 3rd | Respect The Day

When it comes to worshiping God, He wants us to take one day out of the seven to spend time with Him. The Sabbath changed for us due to the resurrection of Christ and the early church's commemoration of that event. God's pattern of work six, rest one dates back to creation. Let me go over the purposes for honoring God's holy day; take the test and see how you do!

Are You Respecting The Day?

1. Is there a day set aside when I am resting my body?

2. Is there a day set aside when I am recharging my emotions?

3. Is there a day set aside when I am refreshing my spirit?

4. Is there a day set aside when I am refocusing my life?

5. Is there a day set aside when I am remembering my God?

How did you do? Mark 2:27 says this; "The Sabbath was made for the good of human beings, they were not made for the Sabbath."

Did you get that? Honoring God's holy day is for our good!

Remember to take Commandment four seriously and get some rest!!