The Bible says thirdly that God hates hands that shed innocent blood. The sixth commandment in Exodus 20:13 says, “You shall not murder.” Psychologists tell us that the seed of murder can lurk in the heart of even the most respected person.
1 John 3:15 says, “Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.” Murder can be committed in more ways. than with a weapon.
-You can murder your family with a spirit of lust or abuse.
-You can murder your friends with the poisonous venom of hatred and bitterness.
-You can murder your own reputation by committing some heinous offense against yourself.
-You can murder good people spiritually by allowing them to fail and refusing to have a spirit of restoration.
Not all murderers are behind bars. It so happens that only those who kill the body are punished by the law, but many who are free are just as guilty of destroying the lives, the personalities and the souls of others. The Bible says that you can strike someone with your tongue in Jeremiah 18:18:
"Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words."
You can ruin another person’s reputation just as Israel tried to do with Jeremiah. God will hold such people accountable for murder on that great day of judgement. I don't want to be accountable for the failure of someone else and neither do you.
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