In the Sixth Commandment, Why Did God Forbid Murder?
There are three reasons Chase, age 11, would never murder anyone: 1) “It is wrong to take a gift of God”; 2) “If you think about it, I don’t believe you would want someone to kill you”; and 3) “You don’t want to go ZZZZ! in the electric chair.” Yes, life is a gift of God. In the creation account of Genesis, God breathed into Adam the “breath of life, and man became a living being.” God not only gave us physical life but created us “through his own image,” says John, 11. Actually, that’s “in his image,” John. This is the key to understanding why murder is so terrible. The Bible doesn’t explain what constitutes the image of God. Though scholarly debate has raged through the centuries, certain facts concerning God’s image in us are indisputable, says theologian Millard J. Erickson. First, every person is created in the image of God, so there’s innate dignity to being human. Second, God’s image in people has been tarnished — but not lost — as a result of sin. Third, there’s no indication
