No. 56 Murder Kills Me
/You shall not murder. Matthew 19:18, Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20
You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, "You shall not murder'; and 'whoever murders shall be liable to judgment." But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment; and if you insult brother or sister, you will be liable to the council; and if you call brother or sister a fool or an idiot, you will be liable to the hell of fire. Matthew 5:22
God made life. God made bio-life, spirit-life, and eternal life.
Bio-life is a massive network of connections, cells, electrons, fields of all kinds. Spirit-life is connecting to God and to the spirit of others. Love is healthy spirit-life. Each person is part of a network of being. We are connected to each other, whether or not we love the other, whether or not we even know the others.
Murder destroys the victim’s body but also harms the victim’s friends and relatives. Kill one person, you harm their network, you harm society. That is a spiritual tragedy. Killing also destroys the soul of the murderer.
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace because these are life (God) affirming.
Anger is a type of murder because like murder anger hurts the delicate connections between people. Anger harms the connection between a person’s own soul and body. Anger causes illness.
Hatred with its hubris is near to suicide of the soul. One reason we are to turn the other cheek, and forgive, why we should never retaliate is so we don’t unintentionally commit suicide of our souls which could lead to sickness, suffering, death, and damnation.
Don’t lead others to hate, for in doing so you are committing mass carnage.
Jesus takes it farther, for the same reason he called lust adultery. The seeds of murder and adultery are just as evil as what they become.
If you have to fight. Fight anger in yourself. The Marks all help you win.