Exodus - Part 27 - Exodus 20:13

0:00 Intro
2:26 Joke
3:53 Worship
9:50 Announcements
12:23 Pledge of Allegiance
15:13 Worship Continued
31:27 Message
47:34 Hope Clinic For Women
1:00:17 Birth Choice
1:11:29 Closing Worship

The sixth commandment is “You shall not murder”. This commandment is pretty straightforward, but it has all sorts of implications for modern culture. Note, it doesn’t say “You shall not kill.” There are times when it is justified to take another life, such as in the case of self-defense. But murder is the intentional, malicious taking of an innocent human life.

The sixth commandment is a commandment to honor life. When the commandment was given, human sacrifice was a common practice. There were also brutal forms of slavery, and there was little regard for life in general. God was re-establishing the sanctity of human life with His people.

Murder is an attack on the opportunity to be in a relationship with God and with other people. God wants to be connected with us from womb to tomb. Only God has the authority to determine when our lives end. Life is sacred because we are made in the image of God. Even before we are born, God knows us, and He forms us in our mother’s womb.

At the point of conception, life is literally sparked. Science has observed a phenomenon of fluorescence at conception. It is a spark of light created when a sperm cell successfully fertilizes an egg. This scientific observation connects with what is written in John 1. The true Light, Jesus, gives light to every human coming into the world. Light happens when life happens.

Today, we have things like assisted suicide, abortion, and incubation, where babies are basically grown for organ transplants. All of these things are done in the name of compassion or in the name of saving more lives. But what this really is, is man trying to be God. God is God, and we are not. It breaks God’s heart to see life attacked in these ways.