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 Exodus 20, verses 1 to 13.

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 If you would stand with me as I read God's word.

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 And God spoke all these words, saying,

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 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

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 out of the house of slavery.

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 You shall have no other gods before me.

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 You shall not make for yourself a carved image,

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 or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above,

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 or that is in the earth beneath,

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 or that is in the water under the earth.

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 You shall not bow down to them or serve them,

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 for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,

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 visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children

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 to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

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 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those

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 who love me and keep my commandments.

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 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain,

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 for the Lord will not hold him guiltless,

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 who takes his name in vain.

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 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

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 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

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 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.

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 On it you shall not do any work,

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 you or your son or your daughter,

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 your male servant or your female servant,

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 or your livestock,

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 or the sojourner who is within your gates.

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 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth,

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 the sea and all that is in them,

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 and rested on the seventh day.

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 Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day

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 and made it holy.

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 Honor your father and your mother

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 that your days may be long in the land

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 that the Lord your God is giving you.

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 You shall not murder.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 The sixth word of the Decalogue,

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 you shall not murder,

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 is a commandment that most people think

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 that they have kept.

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 But as we examine the scope of the command

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 and the spirit of the command

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 and the fulfillment of the command,

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 I think we will be surprised by its relevance

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 in so many aspects of our lives.

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 And the main point that I want to drive home

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 is this,

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 that we must uphold the sanctity of human life.

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 And believe in Jesus who laid down his life for us.

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 So let's first look at the scope of the command.

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 It says,

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 You shall not murder.

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 This command is literally two words

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 in the original Hebrew,

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 but it's difficult to translate.

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 The King James Version famously translates it,

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 Thou shalt not kill.

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 The reason why this verse is difficult to translate

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 is because the word kill is too broad

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 and the word murder is too narrow

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 to convey the full range of the meaning of this command.

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 On the one hand,

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 the word kill is too broad.

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 We use the word kill generally

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 to refer to all kinds of killing.

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 But the word used here is not one of those words.

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 There are two other Hebrew words for kill

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 that occur 360 times.

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 But this particular word used in verse 13

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 occurs only 46 times.

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 Majority of which occurs in the context of instructions

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 about the cities of refuge in Numbers 35,

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 Deuteronomy 19,

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 and Joshua 20 to 21.

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 We use the word kill

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 for all kinds of killing,

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 even the killing of animals.

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 But this particular Hebrew word

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 is never used with animals as the object.

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 It only ever refers to killing another human.

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 It refers specifically to homicide.

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 Not only that,

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 sometimes people understand

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 thou shalt not kill so broadly

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 that they think that it forbids killing in every context.

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 For example,

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 even the killing in war

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 and executions by the state.

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 But this particular Hebrew word

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 is never used in such contexts.

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 The Bible uses a different word

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 for kill in the context of war.

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 And since there are wars

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 that are commanded by the Lord himself

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 in the Old Testament,

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 clearly not all such killing is unlawful.

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 We can see the clear distinction

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 between justified killing in times of war

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 versus times of peace

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 in 1 Kings 2, 5 to 6,

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 where David gives on his deathbed

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 instructions to his son Samuel,

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 who has succeeded him as king.

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 He says,

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 Moreover,

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 you also know what Joab,

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 the son of Zeruiah,

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 did to me,

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 how he dealt with the two commanders

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 of the armies of Israel,

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 Abner,

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 the son of Ner,

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 and Amasa,

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 the son of Jether,

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 whom he killed,

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 avenging in time of peace

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 for blood that had been shed in war

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 and putting the blood of war

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 on the belt around his waist

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 and on the sandals on his feet.

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 Act, therefore,

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 according to your wisdom,

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 but do not let his gray head

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 go down to Sheol in peace.

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 So David wants Solomon

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 to punish Joab,

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 the commander of David's army,

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 not for killing in times of war,

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 but for avenging in times of peace

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 for blood that had been shed in war.

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 So during the Battle of Gibeon

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 between followers of Saul's son,

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 Ish-bosheth,

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 and followers of David,

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 Abner had killed Joab's brother,

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 Asahel.

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 But after David had made peace

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 with Abner,

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 Joab avenged his brother

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 by killing unsuspecting Abner.

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 Likewise,

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 during Absalom's rebellion,

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 Joab was the general of David's army

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 and he had fought against Amasa,

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 who was the general of Absalom's army.

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 But after David quelled rebellion,

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 he reconciled with Amasa

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 and actually appointed him

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 head of his own army

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 in favor of,

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 I mean,

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 bypassing Joab

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 because Joab had previously defied his order

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 to spare his son Absalom.

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 But in that instance also,

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 Joab killed Amasa

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 in times of peace.

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 So both of these times,

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 Joab killed men

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 that he had fought against

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 in times of war,

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 but he did it in times of peace

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 and therefore it was out of place

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 and evil.

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 So Joab is condemned

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 for doing that.

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 But he's never condemned

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 for the killing he did

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 in times of war

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 when you have to fight for your life

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 and for the lives of your loved ones.

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 On a related note,

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 some people argue

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 that the sixth command

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 demands the abolition

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 of the death penalty.

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 But scripture explicitly prescribes

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 the capital punishment

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 in numerous places,

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 including for murder itself.

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 The principle from Genesis 9,

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 5 to 6,

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 specifically requires

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 capital punishment for murder.

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 It says,

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 and for your lifeblood,

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 I will require a reckoning.

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 From every beast,

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 I will require it

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 and from man.

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 From his fellow man,

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 I will require a reckoning

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 for the life of man.

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 Whoever sheds the blood of man,

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 by man shall his blood be shed.

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 For God made man

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 in his own image.

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 Capital punishment

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 is required

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 precisely because

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 murder is such a heinous crime.

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 Murder is wicked

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 for two primary reasons.

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 First,

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 and most obvious,

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 is that it is a violation

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 of the love of neighbor.

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 Genesis 9, 5 says,

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 from his fellow man,

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 I will require a reckoning

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 for the life of man.

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 The word translated fellow here

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 is the same word for brother.

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 So it's specifically highlighting

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 the heinousness of homicide

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 for a man to kill his fellow man,

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 his brother in the human race.

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 In this sense,

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 homicide,

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 the killing of man,

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 is always fratricide,

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 the killing of one's brother.

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 The second and most important reason

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 why murder is such a heinous crime

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 is given in Genesis 9, 6.

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 For God made man

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 in his own image.

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 Every human being,

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 man or woman,

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 rich or poor,

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 powerful or powerless,

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 strong or weak,

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 beautiful or ugly,

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 old or young,

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 healthy or sick,

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 king or peasant,

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 high IQ or low IQ,

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 black or white,

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 is created in God's own image.

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 And that's what gives human beings

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 inestimable value.

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 Why is a baseball

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 that's signed by

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 Yankees slugger Aaron Judge

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 worth thousands of dollars?

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 It's made the same way

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 as any other ordinary baseball

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 that you can buy for a few dollars.

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 But the difference is that

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 it has the baseball star's signature on it.

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 Similarly,

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 when you find a painting

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 of Leonardo da Vinci,

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 it doesn't matter how wrinkled

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 or faded or ripped it is,

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 people will pay millions of dollars

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 for that painting

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 because it's an original da Vinci.

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 It has his imprint on it.

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 It was created by the master artist's own hands.

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 Every single human being

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 has God's signature on him.

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 Every single human being

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 was created by God

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 as the pinnacle,

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 the crowning jewel of his creation.

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 So to deface or demean a human being,

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 to murder a human being,

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 is an affront to God himself.

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 This is why God commands

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 capital punishment for murder.

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 So it is not true

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 that the sixth commandment

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 calls for the repeal

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 of the death penalty.

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 This is why the translation

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 thou shalt not kill

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 is too broad.

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 The sixth commandment

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 does not forbid

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 all types of killing.

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 While the Bible teaches

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 the sanctity of life,

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 it does not teach

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 the absolute sanctity of life.

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 Life in and of itself

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 is not the highest good.

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 God's justice,

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 God's righteousness,

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 for example,

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 are higher values.

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 That's why Romans 13.4

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 teaches us

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 that the governing authorities

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 bear the sword

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 in order to punish bad behavior.

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 But on the other hand,

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 if we translate the verse

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 as murder,

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 you shall not murder

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 as the English Standard Version does,

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 that's too narrow.

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 Murder in our language

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 implies intent.

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 It is the unlawful killing

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 of a human being

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 with malice.

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 First degree murder

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 is premeditated,

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 planned killing.

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 Second degree murder

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 is intentional

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 but unplanned killing,

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 like in the heat of anger,

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 for example.

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 When someone kills

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 another person

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 with neither plan

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 nor intention,

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 we call it manslaughter,

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 not murder,

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 at least in most states.

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 But the Hebrew word

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 translated murder

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 in verse 13

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 includes both murder

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 and manslaughter.

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 For example,

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 Numbers 35

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 authorizes the avenger of blood

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 to kill a murderer.

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 The word avenger

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 is the same word

00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:12.360
 that is sometimes translated

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 redeemer

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 or kinsman redeemer.

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 It refers to

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 the nearest male relative

00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:19.779
 of the affected person.

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 In an event

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 that a person is murdered,

00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:23.720
 his nearest relative,

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 his redeemer

00:11:24.820 --> 00:11:26.100
 or his avenger,

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 was legally responsible

00:11:28.180 --> 00:11:29.060
 for avenging

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 his family member.

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 But this only applied

00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:32.960
 to cases of murder,

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 to intentional killing.

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 If someone unintentionally,

00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:39.019
 accidentally killed someone,

00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:40.120
 he was permitted

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 to flee into

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 one of the six

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 designated cities

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 of refuge,

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 where he would have

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 immunity

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 and be protected

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 from the avenger of blood.

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 Killing a person

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 created in the image

00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:51.939
 of God

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 was such a grave issue

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 that even if it

00:11:54.579 --> 00:11:55.679
 happened accidentally,

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 the avenger of blood

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 was activated.

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 And if the manslayer

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 refused to take shelter

00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:02.839
 in a city of refuge,

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 and if he ever left

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 the city of refuge

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 prematurely

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 before his allotted time

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 was up,

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 the avenger of blood

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 could kill him

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 with impunity.

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 But the accidental

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 manslayer

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 would be protected

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 from the avenger

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 within a city of refuge.

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 In this way,

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 the Bible clearly

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 distinguishes

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 the punishment

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 for murder

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 and manslaughter.

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 But interestingly,

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 in Numbers 35,

00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:27.000
 verse 25,

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 it refers to both

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 the one who commits

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 murder

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 and the one

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 who commits

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 manslaughter

00:12:32.799 --> 00:12:34.860
 as manslayers,

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 which is the noun form

00:12:36.500 --> 00:12:37.039
 of the verb

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 that's used here

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 in verse 13.

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 You shall not murder.

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 This is why

00:12:42.180 --> 00:12:43.100
 translating it as

00:12:43.100 --> 00:12:44.440
 murder is too narrow.

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 The sixth commandment

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 is not restricted

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 to intentional killing,

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 but extends to

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 unintentional killing

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 as well.

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 We should take care

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 to avoid the taking

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 of an innocent life,

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 even accidentally.

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 Having defined

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 the command then,

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 let's look at

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 its many applications

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 in our lives.

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 Obviously,

00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:06.360
 the command forbids

00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:06.760
 murder,

00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:08.819
 but since it also

00:13:08.819 --> 00:13:10.139
 forbids manslaughter,

00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:11.439
 we must give

00:13:11.439 --> 00:13:12.439
 utmost thought

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 and care

00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:14.159
 in activities

00:13:14.159 --> 00:13:14.899
 that can threaten

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 another person's life.

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 It means

00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:18.840
 we should avoid

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 reckless,

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 distracted,

00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:22.100
 or drunk

00:13:22.100 --> 00:13:22.980
 driving

00:13:22.980 --> 00:13:26.620
 because it selfishly

00:13:26.620 --> 00:13:27.319
 endangers

00:13:27.319 --> 00:13:28.460
 the lives of others.

00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:31.240
 Vehicular homicide

00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:33.220
 is the most common

00:13:33.220 --> 00:13:34.319
 type of

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 involuntary

00:13:35.220 --> 00:13:35.799
 manslaughter.

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 It means

00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:38.179
 we should not

00:13:38.179 --> 00:13:38.620
 start

00:13:38.620 --> 00:13:41.860
 campfires

00:13:41.860 --> 00:13:43.340
 in the middle

00:13:43.340 --> 00:13:44.319
 of a drought season

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 in areas

00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:45.580
 with risk

00:13:45.580 --> 00:13:46.220
 of wildfires.

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 It means

00:13:48.139 --> 00:13:48.580
 we need to

00:13:48.580 --> 00:13:49.399
 take extreme

00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:50.080
 care while

00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:51.220
 hunting for sport

00:13:51.220 --> 00:13:52.399
 to not shoot

00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:53.019
 at the slightest

00:13:53.019 --> 00:13:53.919
 sign of movement

00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:55.500
 without confirming

00:13:55.500 --> 00:13:56.200
 what it actually

00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:56.759
 is that you're

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 shooting.

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 I think

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 this commandment

00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:00.759
 is a general

00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:01.639
 warning against

00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:02.899
 a gun-loving,

00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:04.100
 trigger-happy

00:14:04.100 --> 00:14:04.539
 culture.

00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:07.179
 It forbids

00:14:07.179 --> 00:14:07.799
 duels,

00:14:09.139 --> 00:14:09.959
 Alexander Hamilton

00:14:09.959 --> 00:14:10.919
 and Aaron Burstile.

00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:13.599
 And it forbids

00:14:13.599 --> 00:14:14.839
 starting brawls

00:14:14.839 --> 00:14:15.599
 and riots

00:14:15.599 --> 00:14:16.839
 that endangers

00:14:16.839 --> 00:14:17.779
 the lives of others

00:14:17.779 --> 00:14:19.219
 like the riot

00:14:19.219 --> 00:14:20.240
 after the Indonesian

00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:21.099
 soccer match

00:14:21.099 --> 00:14:21.559
 that left

00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:22.839
 174 people

00:14:22.839 --> 00:14:23.240
 dead

00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:24.099
 due to a stampede

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 yesterday.

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 I think

00:14:28.199 --> 00:14:28.659
 the sixth

00:14:28.659 --> 00:14:29.179
 commandment

00:14:29.179 --> 00:14:30.179
 also forbids

00:14:30.179 --> 00:14:30.720
 abortion.

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 I'm not

00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:34.220
 talking about

00:14:34.220 --> 00:14:35.139
 dilation

00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:35.500
 and

00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.919
 curatage,

00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:39.299
 the DNC

00:14:39.299 --> 00:14:39.819
 procedure

00:14:39.819 --> 00:14:42.199
 after a woman's

00:14:42.199 --> 00:14:42.699
 miscarriage,

00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:43.139
 of course,

00:14:43.659 --> 00:14:44.299
 they need that

00:14:44.299 --> 00:14:44.639
 treatment.

00:14:45.179 --> 00:14:46.079
 I'm talking about

00:14:46.079 --> 00:14:47.120
 aborting a baby

00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:47.879
 that's alive

00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.379
 in the womb.

00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:51.500
 I want you

00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:51.799
 to know

00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:52.240
 that I'm not

00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:52.600
 trying to

00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:53.360
 take political

00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:53.899
 sides.

00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:54.960
 I would

00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:55.539
 oppose

00:14:55.539 --> 00:14:56.320
 abortion

00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:57.220
 on biblical

00:14:57.220 --> 00:14:57.860
 grounds,

00:14:58.299 --> 00:14:58.759
 whether it's

00:14:58.759 --> 00:14:59.279
 Democrats

00:14:59.279 --> 00:14:59.980
 or Republicans

00:14:59.980 --> 00:15:00.700
 promoting it.

00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:03.399
 In fact,

00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:03.899
 when it comes

00:15:03.899 --> 00:15:04.460
 to politics,

00:15:04.700 --> 00:15:05.279
 I'm cynical

00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:05.919
 enough to

00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:06.419
 believe that

00:15:06.419 --> 00:15:07.279
 most politicians

00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:08.539
 say and do

00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:09.080
 whatever it

00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:09.659
 takes to win

00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:10.220
 elections,

00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:11.179
 and that if

00:15:11.179 --> 00:15:11.960
 the pro-life

00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:12.659
 advocates were

00:15:12.659 --> 00:15:13.059
 not as

00:15:13.059 --> 00:15:13.419
 numerous

00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:14.419
 and influential,

00:15:14.700 --> 00:15:15.320
 that most

00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:15.840
 Republicans

00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:16.519
 would have

00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:17.580
 abandoned

00:15:17.580 --> 00:15:18.039
 opposing

00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:18.379
 abortion

00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:18.839
 long

00:15:18.839 --> 00:15:19.179
 time

00:15:19.179 --> 00:15:19.459
 ago.

00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:24.079
 According to

00:15:24.079 --> 00:15:24.459
 the Center

00:15:24.459 --> 00:15:24.980
 for Disease

00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:25.399
 Control,

00:15:25.599 --> 00:15:26.299
 in 2020,

00:15:26.719 --> 00:15:27.179
 the leading

00:15:27.179 --> 00:15:27.639
 cause of

00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:28.039
 death was

00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:28.659
 heart disease,

00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:29.699
 which claimed

00:15:29.699 --> 00:15:32.360
 696,962

00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:32.740
 lives.

00:15:33.819 --> 00:15:34.579
 The second

00:15:34.579 --> 00:15:35.219
 was cancer,

00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:35.759
 which claimed

00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:37.299
 602,350

00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:37.959
 lives.

00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:39.459
 According to

00:15:39.459 --> 00:15:40.139
 the Gutmacher

00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:40.579
 Institute,

00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.379
 in 2020,

00:15:41.579 --> 00:15:41.919
 the same

00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:42.179
 year,

00:15:42.719 --> 00:15:42.980
 there were

00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:45.879
 930,160

00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:46.919
 abortions in

00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:47.179
 the United

00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:47.620
 States.

00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:50.259
 more than

00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:50.620
 both of

00:15:50.620 --> 00:15:51.120
 those two

00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:51.719
 leading causes

00:15:51.719 --> 00:15:52.179
 of death

00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:52.419
 in the

00:15:52.419 --> 00:15:52.719
 country.

00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.799
 There were

00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:55.559
 more abortions

00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:56.199
 in 2020

00:15:56.199 --> 00:15:56.620
 than there

00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:57.719
 were people

00:15:57.719 --> 00:15:58.120
 who died

00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.779
 from COVID,

00:15:59.519 --> 00:15:59.980
 accidents,

00:16:00.459 --> 00:16:01.120
 and strokes

00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:02.039
 combined.

00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:02.879
 people

00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:12.879
 in the

00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.319
 child.

00:16:13.319 --> 00:16:14.699
 It

00:16:14.699 --> 00:16:15.259
 repeatedly

00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:16.379
 says that

00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:16.719
 God

00:16:16.719 --> 00:16:17.659
 forms and

00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:18.679
 fashions the

00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:19.319
 baby in the

00:16:19.319 --> 00:16:19.719
 womb and

00:16:19.719 --> 00:16:20.279
 relates to

00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:21.120
 them personally.

00:16:23.199 --> 00:16:24.000
 And if

00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.759
 God relates

00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.059
 to the

00:16:25.059 --> 00:16:25.799
 babies in

00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:26.299
 the womb

00:16:26.299 --> 00:16:27.079
 as persons,

00:16:27.199 --> 00:16:27.860
 then we

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.500
 have no

00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:28.980
 right to

00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:29.379
 kill them.

00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:33.100
 Galatians 5,

00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:34.340
 19-20 lists

00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:35.519
 sorcery as

00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:36.399
 a sin.

00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:37.980
 That's not

00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:38.659
 just referring

00:16:38.659 --> 00:16:39.480
 to witchery or

00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:40.320
 black magic.

00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:41.399
 In the

00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:42.000
 ancient world,

00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:42.939
 sorcery referred

00:16:42.939 --> 00:16:43.539
 to the use of

00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:44.340
 potions and

00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:45.139
 poisons and

00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:45.639
 drugs.

00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.100
 And people

00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:48.019
 frequently turned

00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:49.120
 to sorcerers to

00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:50.139
 terminate unwanted

00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:51.019
 pregnancies.

00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:53.759
 sonarists of

00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:54.199
 Ephesus,

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.039
 2nd century

00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:55.919
 AD Greek

00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:56.659
 gynecologists

00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:57.379
 used this

00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:58.000
 very term,

00:16:58.159 --> 00:16:58.799
 sorcery,

00:16:59.120 --> 00:16:59.639
 to refer to

00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:00.240
 drugs that

00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:01.319
 induce abortion.

00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:03.919
 That's listed

00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:04.799
 in Galatians 5,

00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:05.940
 19-20 as a

00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:06.160
 sin.

00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:07.859
 Moreover,

00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:08.200
 it is

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:08.700
 theologically

00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:09.700
 significant that

00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.019
 Jesus'

00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:11.220
 incarnation did

00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:12.019
 not begin when

00:17:12.019 --> 00:17:13.059
 he was born

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.619
 of the Virgin

00:17:13.619 --> 00:17:14.079
 Mary,

00:17:14.639 --> 00:17:15.139
 but when he

00:17:15.139 --> 00:17:15.980
 was conceived

00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.779
 by the Holy

00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.240
 Spirit.

00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:19.039
 Even though

00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:19.779
 Jesus could

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.660
 have been

00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:21.899
 incarnated as

00:17:21.899 --> 00:17:22.779
 a grown man

00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:24.379
 or even as

00:17:24.379 --> 00:17:25.299
 a baby and

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:26.339
 skipped his

00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:26.980
 time in the

00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.240
 womb,

00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:28.279
 God in his

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:29.339
 wisdom sent

00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:30.319
 his son into

00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:31.180
 Mary's womb.

00:17:32.399 --> 00:17:33.039
 In this way,

00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:34.019
 Jesus embraced

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.879
 the whole of

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 human existence

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 from conception

00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:37.420
 to death,

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 from womb

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 to tomb.

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 Hebrews 2,

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 14-17 says

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 that in order

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 to save us,

00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:44.680
 Jesus had to

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 be made like

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 us in every

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 respect,

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 taking on

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 flesh and

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 blood.

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 And becoming

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 like us

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:51.940
 for Jesus,

00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:52.940
 becoming human

00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:53.899
 involved

00:17:53.899 --> 00:17:54.759
 conception,

00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:56.500
 first trimester,

00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:58.000
 second trimester,

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 and third

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 trimester.

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 Let me bring

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 up one more

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 passage which I

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 will address in

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 greater detail

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:06.000
 in two months.

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 Exodus 21,

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 20-24 specifically

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 says this,

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 when men

00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.539
 strive together

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 and hit a

00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:11.779
 pregnant woman

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 so that her

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 children come

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 out,

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 but there is

00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:14.980
 no harm,

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 the one who

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 hit her shall

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 surely be fined

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 as the woman's

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 husband shall

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 impose on him,

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 and he shall

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 pay as the

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 judges determine.

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 But if there

00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:23.059
 is harm,

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 then you shall

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 pay life

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 for life,

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 eye for eye,

00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:27.480
 tooth for tooth,

00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:28.599
 hand for hand,

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 foot for foot,

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 burn for burn,

00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:31.640
 wound for wound,

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 stripe for stripe.

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 A pregnant

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 woman is

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 specifically

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 mentioned in

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 this case law

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 because it is

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 concerned with

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 what happens

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 to the

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 prematurely born

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 baby as well

00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:42.339
 as to the

00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:42.599
 woman,

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 to the mother.

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 If men

00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:45.480
 strike a

00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:46.180
 pregnant woman

00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:46.660
 so that her

00:18:46.660 --> 00:18:47.259
 baby comes

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:47.980
 up prematurely

00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.380
 and there is

00:18:48.380 --> 00:18:48.880
 harm,

00:18:49.339 --> 00:18:49.599
 then they

00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:49.920
 have to

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 pay life

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 for life.

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 There's a

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 similar law

00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:54.519
 even in our

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 country,

00:18:55.860 --> 00:18:56.680
 the Unborn

00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:57.700
 Victims of

00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:58.460
 Violence Act

00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.460
 of 2004.

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 It states

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 that whoever

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 engages in

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 violent conduct

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:06.660
 and thereby

00:19:06.660 --> 00:19:07.400
 causes the

00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:08.000
 death of

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 or bodily

00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:09.400
 injury to

00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:10.019
 a child

00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:10.980
 who is in

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.700
 utero at

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 the time

00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:12.720
 the conduct

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 takes place

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 is guilty

00:19:14.620 --> 00:19:15.279
 of a separate

00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.940
 offense under

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.539
 this section.

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 It says

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 later on,

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 the punishment

00:19:18.659 --> 00:19:19.119
 for that

00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:19.460
 separate

00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:19.980
 offense is

00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.759
 the same

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 as the

00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:21.680
 punishment

00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.359
 provided under

00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:22.980
 federal law

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.319
 for that

00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:24.039
 conduct had

00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:24.500
 that injury

00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:24.960
 or death

00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:25.440
 occurred to

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:26.000
 the unborn

00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:26.859
 child's

00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.180
 mother.

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.319
 This

00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:31.700
 federal

00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:32.379
 criminal law

00:19:32.379 --> 00:19:32.779
 does not

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.500
 apply to

00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:33.899
 crimes

00:19:33.899 --> 00:19:34.700
 prosecuted by

00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:35.180
 the individual

00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:35.559
 U.S.

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.019
 states,

00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:36.779
 but still

00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.940
 38 states,

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:38.379
 including

00:19:38.379 --> 00:19:39.059
 Massachusetts,

00:19:39.579 --> 00:19:40.099
 have

00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:41.039
 fetal

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.460
 homicide

00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:41.980
 laws.

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:44.880
 So even

00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:45.519
 our laws

00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.039
 acknowledge

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.620
 the fact

00:19:46.620 --> 00:19:47.259
 that when

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:47.700
 a violent

00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:48.200
 offender

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.759
 hurts a

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.180
 baby in

00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:49.519
 the womb

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:49.819
 that he

00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:50.160
 should be

00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:50.620
 punished

00:19:50.620 --> 00:19:51.220
 as if

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.680
 the baby

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.019
 were a

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.640
 human being

00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:54.539
 because that

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:54.900
 baby is

00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:55.799
 entitled to

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.460
 protection

00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:57.279
 every bit

00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:57.660
 as much

00:19:57.660 --> 00:19:57.960
 as the

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.220
 mother.

00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:00.420
 Sadly,

00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:00.839
 however,

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.740
 the right

00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.460
 of that

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:03.019
 baby in

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.279
 the womb

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:04.059
 is entirely

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:04.779
 taken away

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.039
 when it

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.360
 comes to

00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:05.680
 abortion.

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:09.599
 So then,

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.440
 when the

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:11.460
 woman wants

00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:11.960
 the baby,

00:20:12.840 --> 00:20:13.259
 killing the

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:13.720
 baby is

00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.140
 criminal.

00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:16.720
 But when

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.039
 the mother

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.600
 does not

00:20:17.600 --> 00:20:18.039
 want the

00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.360
 baby,

00:20:18.840 --> 00:20:19.299
 killing the

00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:19.799
 baby is

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:20.340
 totally

00:20:20.340 --> 00:20:20.700
 legal.

00:20:23.100 --> 00:20:23.700
 How is

00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:24.140
 that right?

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:30.000
 The baby

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.460
 is either

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:30.960
 a person

00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.519
 or not.

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.460
 And if

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:32.779
 the baby

00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.259
 is a

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.579
 person,

00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:34.220
 killing him

00:20:34.220 --> 00:20:34.519
 or her

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:34.759
 is a

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.220
 violation

00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:35.640
 of the

00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:35.920
 sixth

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.620
 commandment

00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.440
 regardless

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:37.920
 of the

00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.259
 woman's

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.620
 wish.

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:41.859
 according to

00:20:41.859 --> 00:20:42.059
 the

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:42.699
 encyclopedia

00:20:42.699 --> 00:20:42.979
 of the

00:20:42.979 --> 00:20:43.259
 National

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.819
 Library of

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:44.199
 Medicine,

00:20:44.479 --> 00:20:44.659
 at

00:20:44.659 --> 00:20:45.339
 conception,

00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:46.419
 the

00:20:46.419 --> 00:20:46.879
 fertilized

00:20:46.879 --> 00:20:47.179
 egg

00:20:47.179 --> 00:20:47.579
 already

00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:48.139
 contains

00:20:48.139 --> 00:20:48.619
 all of

00:20:48.619 --> 00:20:48.739
 the

00:20:48.739 --> 00:20:49.139
 unique

00:20:49.139 --> 00:20:49.599
 genetic

00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:50.119
 material

00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:50.399
 of

00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:50.559
 that

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:50.879
 baby.

00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:55.379
 And

00:20:55.379 --> 00:20:55.919
 three to

00:20:55.919 --> 00:20:56.699
 four weeks

00:20:56.699 --> 00:20:57.079
 after

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.599
 conception,

00:20:58.419 --> 00:20:58.839
 the baby

00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.219
 already

00:20:59.219 --> 00:21:00.079
 has at

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.399
 least the

00:21:00.399 --> 00:21:00.739
 beginnings

00:21:00.739 --> 00:21:01.439
 of arms

00:21:01.439 --> 00:21:02.179
 and legs,

00:21:02.459 --> 00:21:02.899
 eyes and

00:21:02.899 --> 00:21:03.239
 ears,

00:21:03.419 --> 00:21:03.799
 brain,

00:21:03.959 --> 00:21:04.219
 and a

00:21:04.219 --> 00:21:04.459
 beating

00:21:04.459 --> 00:21:04.859
 heart.

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:09.279
 But even

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.000
 before all

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.459
 of this,

00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:11.339
 the biblical

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:12.019
 perspective,

00:21:12.939 --> 00:21:14.079
 it's not a

00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:14.619
 person's

00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:15.699
 capacity for

00:21:15.699 --> 00:21:16.879
 self-consciousness,

00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:17.459
 reason,

00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:18.519
 independence,

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.559
 speech,

00:21:19.679 --> 00:21:20.259
 or moral

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.899
 choice that

00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:21.639
 makes him

00:21:21.639 --> 00:21:21.979
 or her

00:21:21.979 --> 00:21:22.539
 a human.

00:21:23.179 --> 00:21:23.719
 It's the

00:21:23.719 --> 00:21:24.379
 fact that

00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:25.039
 he or she

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.879
 is created

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:27.159
 by God

00:21:27.159 --> 00:21:28.259
 himself in

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.819
 his own

00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:29.559
 image that

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.379
 makes a

00:21:30.379 --> 00:21:30.759
 person.

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:34.579
 But the

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.180
 personhood of

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:35.759
 the baby is

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.220
 not even the

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.779
 crux of the

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.420
 abortion debate.

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:39.079
 The linchpin

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.920
 argument of

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.779
 abortion proponents

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.339
 is not that

00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:41.819
 the baby in

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:42.160
 the womb is

00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:42.460
 not a

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:42.819
 person,

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.559
 but that

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:43.859
 the woman

00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:44.279
 has the

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.619
 right to

00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:45.140
 privacy,

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:47.440
 that she

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:47.779
 has the

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.119
 right to

00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:48.480
 be led

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:48.879
 alone.

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:50.960
 An

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.420
 influential

00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:51.940
 paper

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.859
 presented by

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.640
 Judith Jarvis

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.099
 Thompson in

00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:54.819
 1971

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.259
 entitled

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:55.940
 A Defense

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.519
 of Abortion

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.379
 claims that

00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:57.920
 abortion is

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.259
 morally

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.900
 permissible

00:21:58.900 --> 00:22:00.000
 even if

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.500
 the fetus

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:00.740
 is a

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.059
 person

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.539
 has the

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:01.859
 right to

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.160
 life.

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.259
 Because the

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.759
 woman has

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.160
 the right to

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.599
 control her

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.119
 own body.

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.880
 In a 2008

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.799
 Salon.com

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.180
 article,

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:09.640
 American

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.099
 feminist

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.660
 academic

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.099
 Camille

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:11.700
 Paglia

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.500
 puts it

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:12.920
 even more

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.460
 bluntly.

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:14.680
 Quote,

00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:15.380
 let's take

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:15.740
 the issue

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.200
 of abortion

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.720
 rights of

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.079
 which I'm

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:17.380
 a firm

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:17.859
 supporter.

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.619
 As an

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.200
 atheist and

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.740
 libertarian,

00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:20.099
 I believe

00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:20.579
 that government

00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:21.480
 must stay

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.140
 completely out

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.339
 of the

00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:22.700
 sphere of

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:22.980
 personal

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.440
 choice.

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.240
 Every

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.680
 individual

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.099
 has an

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:25.460
 absolute

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:25.980
 right to

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.240
 control

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.559
 his or

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:26.680
 her

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.039
 body.

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:27.799
 And

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.220
 later on

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.440
 in that

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:28.640
 same

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.039
 article she

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.619
 says this,

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.559
 hence I

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.000
 have always

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.519
 frankly

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.139
 admitted that

00:22:32.139 --> 00:22:32.979
 abortion is

00:22:32.979 --> 00:22:33.419
 murder.

00:22:34.219 --> 00:22:34.379
 The

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:35.459
 extermination

00:22:35.459 --> 00:22:35.879
 of the

00:22:35.879 --> 00:22:36.339
 powerless

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:36.899
 by the

00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.379
 powerful.

00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:38.779
 Liberals

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.079
 for the

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.500
 most part

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.119
 have shrunk

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:40.739
 from facing

00:22:40.739 --> 00:22:41.299
 the ethical

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.899
 consequences

00:22:41.899 --> 00:22:42.279
 of their

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.759
 embrace of

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.179
 abortion.

00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:44.000
 Which

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.719
 results in

00:22:44.719 --> 00:22:44.879
 the

00:22:44.879 --> 00:22:45.739
 annihilation

00:22:45.739 --> 00:22:46.979
 of concrete

00:22:46.979 --> 00:22:47.699
 individuals

00:22:47.699 --> 00:22:48.579
 and not

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.359
 just clumps

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:50.459
 of insensate

00:22:50.459 --> 00:22:51.019
 tissue.

00:22:52.379 --> 00:22:52.979
 The state

00:22:52.979 --> 00:22:53.519
 in my view

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:53.979
 has no

00:22:53.979 --> 00:22:54.419
 authority

00:22:54.419 --> 00:22:55.179
 whatever to

00:22:55.179 --> 00:22:55.819
 intervene in

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.299
 the biological

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:57.039
 processes of

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.899
 any woman's

00:22:57.899 --> 00:22:58.199
 body.

00:22:59.619 --> 00:23:00.139
 I

00:23:00.139 --> 00:23:00.519
 appreciate

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:00.699
 her

00:23:00.699 --> 00:23:01.199
 honesty

00:23:01.199 --> 00:23:01.899
 even

00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:02.119
 though I

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.279
 think

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.099
 what she's

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.459
 saying is

00:23:03.459 --> 00:23:04.239
 monstrous.

00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:08.099
 In other

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.500
 words,

00:23:08.719 --> 00:23:09.099
 in her

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:09.399
 words,

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:09.779
 abortion

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:09.979
 is

00:23:09.979 --> 00:23:10.279
 murder

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:11.439
 but it's

00:23:11.439 --> 00:23:11.659
 still

00:23:11.659 --> 00:23:12.039
 okay

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.519
 because

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.819
 the

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.299
 woman's

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:13.599
 right to

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:13.919
 control

00:23:13.919 --> 00:23:14.319
 her own

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.619
 body

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:15.059
 trumps

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.279
 the

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.639
 baby's

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:15.959
 right to

00:23:15.959 --> 00:23:16.219
 life.

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.559
 But we

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.439
 find such

00:23:19.439 --> 00:23:19.919
 a right

00:23:19.919 --> 00:23:20.919
 to bodily

00:23:20.919 --> 00:23:21.599
 autonomy

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:23.500
 nowhere in

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:23.779
 scripture.

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:23.879
 scripture.

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.460
 1 Corinthians

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.599
 6 19-20

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:29.940
 says,

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:30.279
 Do you

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.879
 not know

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.359
 that your

00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:32.700
 body is a

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.299
 temple of

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.639
 the Holy

00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.279
 Spirit within

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.139
 you whom

00:23:35.139 --> 00:23:35.619
 you have

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:36.480
 from God?

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.779
 You are

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.599
 not your

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.579
 own for

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:39.899
 you were

00:23:39.899 --> 00:23:40.619
 bought with

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:41.379
 a price.

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.599
 So glorify

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.279
 God in

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.779
 your body.

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.160
 Our

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.579
 bodies

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.240
 belong to

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.740
 God.

00:23:49.379 --> 00:23:49.859
 It's not

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.519
 ours to do

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.019
 with whatever

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.839
 we wish.

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:53.839
 it's not

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.039
 rich.

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.759
 Sure it

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.199
 might be

00:23:55.199 --> 00:23:55.980
 legal to

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:57.559
 tattoo racial

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.679
 slurs all

00:23:58.679 --> 00:23:59.119
 over your

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.740
 body since

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.379
 it's your

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:00.819
 body and

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.199
 you can do

00:24:01.199 --> 00:24:01.699
 whatever you

00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:02.079
 want with

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.319
 it.

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.759
 But that's

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.419
 still wicked.

00:24:05.459 --> 00:24:06.119
 That's still

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.699
 wrong.

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.579
 And you

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:07.919
 have to

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.179
 give an

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:08.699
 account to

00:24:08.699 --> 00:24:09.139
 God for

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:09.359
 it.

00:24:12.939 --> 00:24:13.679
 During the

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:14.339
 COVID-19

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:14.779
 pandemic,

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.879
 many people

00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:16.480
 were upset

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:16.720
 about

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.699
 anti-vaxxers

00:24:17.699 --> 00:24:18.559
 because

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.959
 decision not

00:24:19.959 --> 00:24:20.519
 to inject

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.419
 vaccines into

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.000
 their own

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:24.180
 bodies was

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.779
 negatively

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.660
 affecting other

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.060
 people.

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:29.460
 But abortion

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:31.279
 even more

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.940
 directly and

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:34.240
 fatally

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:36.019
 affects someone

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.360
 else.

00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:42.060
 As far as

00:24:42.060 --> 00:24:42.620
 I'm aware,

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.140
 every single

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:45.140
 church father

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:46.240
 condemned

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.000
 abortion as

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.360
 morally

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:48.120
 reprehensible.

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:50.180
 Long before

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.660
 Roe v.

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.120
 Wade and

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.619
 long before

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.259
 Dobbs v.

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:52.779
 Jackson

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.279
 Women's

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.479
 Health

00:24:53.479 --> 00:24:53.939
 Organization,

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.739
 long before

00:24:54.739 --> 00:24:55.419
 the United

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:56.019
 States Supreme

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.299
 Court,

00:24:56.439 --> 00:24:56.899
 long before

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.459
 our country

00:24:57.459 --> 00:24:58.259
 even existed,

00:24:58.739 --> 00:24:59.479
 in every

00:24:59.479 --> 00:25:00.179
 generation,

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:01.439
 churches have

00:25:01.439 --> 00:25:02.459
 steadfastly

00:25:02.459 --> 00:25:02.919
 opposed

00:25:02.919 --> 00:25:04.159
 abortion and

00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.699
 the exposure

00:25:04.699 --> 00:25:05.219
 of infants

00:25:05.219 --> 00:25:06.259
 and murder

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.759
 because of

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.159
 the sixth

00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:08.799
 commandment

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:10.419
 until the

00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:11.139
 20th century.

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:12.340
 earthen.

00:25:12.340 --> 00:25:17.240
 I think the

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.860
 sixth commandment

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.560
 also forbids

00:25:18.560 --> 00:25:19.140
 suicide.

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.140
 The Bible

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.940
 nowhere gives

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.400
 us the right

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:22.860
 to end our

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.380
 own lives.

00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.340
 The sixth

00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:25.740
 commandment

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.160
 has no

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:27.140
 personal object.

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.240
 It doesn't

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.040
 say you shall

00:25:29.040 --> 00:25:29.480
 not murder

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.100
 your neighbor.

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.400
 It says you

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:32.100
 shall not

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.600
 murder,

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.000
 period.

00:25:34.560 --> 00:25:35.300
 And I think

00:25:35.300 --> 00:25:35.840
 that includes

00:25:35.840 --> 00:25:36.620
 killing yourself.

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:39.019
 We are man,

00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:40.159
 not God.

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.879
 Creatures,

00:25:41.219 --> 00:25:41.659
 not the

00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:42.000
 creator.

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.859
 And it's not

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.839
 our prerogative

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.579
 to destroy

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:47.159
 the image

00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:47.659
 bearers of

00:25:47.659 --> 00:25:47.899
 God,

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.939
 even when it

00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:49.219
 comes to

00:25:49.219 --> 00:25:49.639
 ourselves.

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.199
 There are

00:25:51.199 --> 00:25:51.799
 several people

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.299
 in Scripture

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.799
 who commit

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.379
 suicide.

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.819
 Saul and

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.179
 his armor

00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:55.739
 bearer,

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.479
 Ahithophel,

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.459
 Israelite king

00:25:57.459 --> 00:25:57.879
 Zimri,

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.500
 and Judas

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.119
 Iscariot,

00:25:59.239 --> 00:25:59.759
 the betrayer

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.319
 of our Lord.

00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:01.959
 While Scripture

00:26:01.959 --> 00:26:02.439
 makes no

00:26:02.439 --> 00:26:02.959
 comment on

00:26:02.959 --> 00:26:03.739
 their suicide,

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.619
 none of

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:05.179
 these men

00:26:05.179 --> 00:26:06.579
 are exemplary

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.220
 characters in

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.500
 Scripture.

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.699
 In contrast,

00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:11.899
 godly characters

00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:12.439
 who are set

00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:13.019
 forth as

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.759
 examples for

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.059
 us to

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.419
 follow,

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.460
 do at

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.419
 times despair

00:26:16.419 --> 00:26:17.059
 of life.

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:19.199
 They do get

00:26:19.199 --> 00:26:19.659
 depressed,

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.220
 they do get

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.639
 discouraged,

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.159
 and sometimes

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:21.720
 they despair

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.299
 of life,

00:26:22.439 --> 00:26:23.019
 but they

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:24.099
 never take

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.480
 their own

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:24.879
 lives.

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.619
 Job,

00:26:27.699 --> 00:26:28.339
 in Job 3,

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.179
 curses the

00:26:29.179 --> 00:26:29.740
 day of his

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.519
 birth and

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.339
 longs for

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.679
 death,

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.460
 and yet he

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.879
 does not

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.279
 take his

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.740
 life into

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.259
 his own

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.279
 hands and

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.980
 expresses his

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.559
 trust in

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:36.839
 God.

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.579
 In Job 19,

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:37.899
 saying,

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.539
 for I know

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:38.980
 that my

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:40.220
 redeemer lives,

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.179
 and at the

00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:41.720
 last he will

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.319
 stand upon

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.879
 the earth,

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.759
 and after my

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.539
 skin has been

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.359
 thus destroyed,

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.039
 yet in my

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.940
 flesh I shall

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.639
 see God.

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.799
 In 1 Kings 19,

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.799
 when his hope

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.700
 of revival in

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.259
 Israel is

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.700
 dashed to

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.000
 pieces,

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:55.099
 and when wicked

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:56.319
 queen Jezebel

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.879
 is seeking to

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.299
 kill him,

00:26:57.679 --> 00:26:58.460
 prophet Elijah

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.679
 is so discouraged

00:26:59.679 --> 00:27:00.599
 that he longs

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.200
 for death,

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.599
 but even then

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.200
 he does not

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.799
 kill himself,

00:27:03.919 --> 00:27:04.319
 instead he

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.480
 asks God

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.180
 that he might

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.440
 die,

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:06.860
 saying,

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.500
 it is enough

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.319
 now,

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.880
 oh Lord,

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.819
 take away my

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.220
 life,

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.120
 for I am no

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.779
 better than my

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.120
 fathers.

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.140
 In 2 Corinthians

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:17.000
 1, 8-9,

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:17.720
 Paul writes

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.200
 that he and

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:19.240
 Timothy were

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.620
 so utterly

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.400
 burdened beyond

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.980
 their strength

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.440
 due to their

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.240
 affliction that

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.799
 they experienced

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.360
 in Asia,

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.099
 that they

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:26.099
 despaired of

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:27.180
 life itself.

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.240
 They felt that

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.000
 they had received

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:31.019
 a sentence of

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.380
 death,

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:31.420
 death,

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.340
 but their

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:33.180
 response was

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.560
 not to

00:27:33.560 --> 00:27:34.080
 contemplate

00:27:34.080 --> 00:27:34.560
 suicide,

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.600
 instead they

00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:36.520
 chose to

00:27:36.520 --> 00:27:37.560
 rely not

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:38.140
 on themselves

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:38.620
 but on

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.280
 God who

00:27:39.280 --> 00:27:40.020
 raises the

00:27:40.020 --> 00:27:40.320
 dead.

00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:42.620
 Even when

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.280
 we are faced

00:27:43.280 --> 00:27:43.760
 with such

00:27:43.760 --> 00:27:44.260
 a dire

00:27:44.260 --> 00:27:44.900
 situation,

00:27:45.280 --> 00:27:45.880
 that death

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:47.200
 seems preferable,

00:27:48.040 --> 00:27:48.800
 we should not

00:27:48.800 --> 00:27:49.580
 choose death

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:50.400
 because we

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.940
 have a God

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.740
 who raises

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.280
 the dead.

00:27:53.540 --> 00:27:54.380
 Even in the

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:55.060
 most hopeless

00:27:55.060 --> 00:27:55.680
 situations,

00:27:55.800 --> 00:27:56.340
 we can't have

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:57.420
 hope in a

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:59.320
 God who

00:27:59.320 --> 00:27:59.900
 raises the

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.160
 dead.

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.140
 So instead

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:02.560
 of taking

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:03.020
 our lives

00:28:03.020 --> 00:28:03.320
 into our

00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:03.980
 own hands,

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:04.400
 we should

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:04.780
 say with

00:28:04.780 --> 00:28:05.300
 the psalmist

00:28:05.300 --> 00:28:05.720
 of Psalm

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.200
 31,

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:06.800
 15,

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:08.240
 my times

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.920
 are in

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:10.180
 your hand,

00:28:10.300 --> 00:28:10.560
 God.

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.200
 Not in our

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.540
 hands,

00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:13.360
 in God's

00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:13.560
 hand.

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.360
 I believe

00:28:17.360 --> 00:28:17.740
 the same

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.660
 principle applies

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.640
 to euthanasia

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.860
 and physician

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.860
 assisted suicide.

00:28:23.760 --> 00:28:24.620
 But before I

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:25.000
 say anything

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.420
 else, I want

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.100
 to clarify that

00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:26.660
 there is a

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.780
 difference between

00:28:27.780 --> 00:28:29.040
 stopping treatment

00:28:29.040 --> 00:28:30.540
 and taking

00:28:30.540 --> 00:28:31.200
 life.

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:34.560
 when it's

00:28:34.560 --> 00:28:35.280
 certain that

00:28:35.280 --> 00:28:35.920
 treatments offer

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.720
 no relief or

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.880
 cure, there is

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.700
 a place for the

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.220
 patient and her

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:40.020
 family to decide

00:28:40.020 --> 00:28:40.660
 to stop going

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:41.260
 through treatment.

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.680
 Letting someone

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.480
 die when you

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.080
 have no real

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:46.040
 recourse is not

00:28:46.040 --> 00:28:46.760
 the same as

00:28:46.760 --> 00:28:47.660
 killing someone.

00:28:49.040 --> 00:28:49.840
 And euthanasia

00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.800
 and physician

00:28:50.800 --> 00:28:51.580
 assisted suicide

00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:52.160
 fall in the

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.860
 latter category.

00:28:54.780 --> 00:28:55.640
 Shortly after

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.280
 the Netherlands

00:28:56.280 --> 00:28:57.060
 became the

00:28:57.060 --> 00:28:57.880
 first democratic

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.460
 country in the

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.880
 world to

00:28:58.880 --> 00:29:00.220
 legalize euthanasia

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.400
 and physician

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.180
 assisted suicide

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:03.100
 in 2001,

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.180
 the Wall Street

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.940
 Journal published

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:06.120
 an article noting

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:07.220
 the tragic irony

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:08.200
 of that development

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.940
 in the Netherlands.

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:11.259
 It notes that

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.160
 during World War

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:14.100
 II, doctors in

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:15.339
 every other Nazi

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:16.259
 occupied nation

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:17.799
 complied with the

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.880
 Nazis to perform

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.559
 euthanasia.

00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:21.319
 But the Dutch

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:22.660
 doctors never

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.579
 performed a

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.940
 single act of

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.559
 euthanasia,

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.519
 according to the

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.880
 1949 New England

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.539
 Journal of Medicine

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:28.940
 article.

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:31.519
 Dutch doctors

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.660
 even disobeyed

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.759
 Nazi orders to

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.500
 withhold treatment

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.299
 from the old and

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.860
 those with little

00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:36.680
 chance of recovery.

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:39.019
 But the essayist

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.920
 Malcolm Muggeridge

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:41.759
 has noted it only

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:43.140
 took one generation

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:45.880
 to transform a war

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:47.640
 crime into an act

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.340
 of compassion.

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.220
 Nowadays,

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.019
 proponents of

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:56.140
 euthanasia frame it

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:57.059
 as the right to

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:58.059
 die with dignity.

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:59.460
 They say that it's

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.819
 about personal choice,

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.379
 but that's naive.

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.500
 Imagine that

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.240
 physician-assisted

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.419
 suicide was readily

00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:07.319
 available in our

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:08.220
 society and viewed

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.419
 as a normal option.

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.500
 And imagine

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.279
 yourself in the

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.399
 shoes of the

00:30:12.399 --> 00:30:13.019
 sick, the

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.839
 terminally ill,

00:30:14.139 --> 00:30:14.839
 the disabled,

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.980
 and the elderly.

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:18.039
 when you feel

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.799
 that you are a

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.759
 burden on your

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.440
 loved ones

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.539
 and a financial

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.640
 drain on our

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.240
 society,

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.620
 when insurance

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.700
 companies increasingly

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.460
 prefer to cover

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.980
 cheap,

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.900
 death-inducing

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.960
 drugs over the

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.700
 more costly

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.480
 life-saving

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.039
 treatments,

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.339
 when society

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:33.279
 views you as a

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.079
 nuisance and you

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:35.519
 feel selfish for

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.420
 insisting to

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:37.319
 continue living

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.400
 despite your

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:39.259
 decreasing quality

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.860
 of life.

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.640
 Do you really

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.420
 think that you

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:43.460
 will not feel

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.900
 pressure to choose

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.240
 death?

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:53.000
 In 2019,

00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:54.240
 a Dutch doctor

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.100
 was sued for

00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:56.140
 performing euthanasia

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.820
 on a patient

00:30:56.820 --> 00:30:58.140
 against her

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.500
 will.

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.640
 The patient

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.580
 was 74 years

00:31:03.580 --> 00:31:04.620
 old and she

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.140
 had previously

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.960
 asked the doctors

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.680
 in writing to

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.320
 end her life

00:31:07.320 --> 00:31:07.820
 should she be

00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.480
 admitted to the

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.040
 nursing home in

00:31:09.040 --> 00:31:09.460
 the future.

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:11.280
 A few years

00:31:11.280 --> 00:31:12.000
 later, by the

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.620
 time she did

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:13.200
 enter the nursing

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.980
 home, she had

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.600
 a change of

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:14.959
 mind.

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.419
 But the doctor

00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:17.980
 at the nursing

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.699
 home consulted

00:31:18.699 --> 00:31:19.079
 with the

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.500
 patient's

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.399
 family and

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:20.980
 decided to

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:22.139
 administer lethal

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:22.819
 injection to

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.240
 the patient

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.059
 anyway,

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.679
 concluding that

00:31:25.679 --> 00:31:26.119
 she was

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:26.779
 mentally

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.879
 incapacitated

00:31:27.879 --> 00:31:28.279
 due to

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.679
 dementia.

00:31:33.939 --> 00:31:34.779
 So this

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.539
 doctor killed

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:35.939
 the elderly

00:31:35.939 --> 00:31:37.879
 woman in

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.419
 spite of her

00:31:38.419 --> 00:31:39.659
 active protesting

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:41.299
 based on her

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.899
 written consent

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:42.699
 from years ago.

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:47.440
 shockingly, the

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.900
 doctor was

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.360
 acquitted.

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.400
 This is not

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.880
 an isolated

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.279
 incident.

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.480
 The paper

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.240
 entitled First

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.900
 Do No Harm

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.380
 written by

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:58.259
 Raphael Cohen

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.920
 Almagor and

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.480
 published in the

00:31:59.480 --> 00:31:59.819
 Journal of

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.580
 Medical Ethics

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:01.559
 observes that

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.160
 in Belgium,

00:32:02.340 --> 00:32:02.940
 another country

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.799
 where euthanasia

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.380
 has been legal

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.779
 for a long

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.700
 time, there

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.180
 are over

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:07.860
 1,000 cases

00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:08.580
 per year

00:32:08.580 --> 00:32:09.680
 where patients

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.460
 are euthanized

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.500
 without their

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.700
 explicit consent.

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.600
 Based solely

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:18.940
 on the

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.480
 doctor's

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.259
 assessment of

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:21.000
 that patient's

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.620
 quality of

00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:23.200
 life and

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.840
 whether it

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.180
 is worth

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.740
 saving or

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.039
 not.

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:27.079
 It's a

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:27.819
 slippery slope.

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.519
 Soon after

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.640
 legalizing euthanasia

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.400
 in 2001,

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.160
 Netherlands

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.100
 legalized euthanasia

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:34.900
 for children

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.960
 age 12 and

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.220
 older.

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.620
 And soon

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.259
 thereafter, it

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:39.059
 approved it for

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:40.039
 infants less than

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.859
 one year of age.

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.059
 It was not

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.659
 enough to let

00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:45.599
 parents abort

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.319
 children with

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.079
 birth defects

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.799
 while still

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.259
 inside the

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.480
 womb.

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.559
 Now they can

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:50.099
 kill the

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.680
 child after

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.500
 he's born.

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.079
 Just because

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.619
 the child has

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.259
 a birth defect.

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.859
 Who are we

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:01.599
 to decide

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:04.159
 whether that

00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.799
 child's life

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.279
 is worth

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.079
 living or not?

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.119
 child?

00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:09.759
 How do we

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.199
 know what

00:33:10.199 --> 00:33:10.899
 plans God

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:11.319
 might have

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.599
 for that

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:11.859
 child?

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.419
 Ryan Chase

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:17.199
 is one of my

00:33:17.199 --> 00:33:17.859
 friends who's

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.579
 also a pastor

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.679
 within our

00:33:19.679 --> 00:33:20.159
 denomination.

00:33:20.399 --> 00:33:20.939
 He serves

00:33:20.939 --> 00:33:22.000
 Emmaus Road

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.740
 Church in

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.659
 Sioux Falls,

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.319
 South Dakota.

00:33:25.419 --> 00:33:25.939
 He and his

00:33:25.939 --> 00:33:27.000
 wife, Barbara,

00:33:27.159 --> 00:33:27.619
 have four

00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:28.699
 children and

00:33:28.699 --> 00:33:29.159
 one of their

00:33:29.159 --> 00:33:29.960
 children is a

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.480
 nine-year-old

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:30.939
 boy named

00:33:30.939 --> 00:33:31.939
 Caleb who

00:33:31.939 --> 00:33:32.639
 suffers from

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:33.819
 myopathy and

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:35.500
 arthrogryposis.

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:39.319
 which means he

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:39.980
 can't move his

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.899
 muscles and his

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.759
 joints are tight

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.299
 and crooked.

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:44.259
 He uses a

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.960
 ventilator to

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:46.379
 breathe and a

00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:47.179
 feeding tube to

00:33:47.179 --> 00:33:47.779
 eat from.

00:33:48.439 --> 00:33:48.859
 He is

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.859
 wheelchair bound

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:51.240
 and he uses a

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.960
 computer that

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.939
 helps him to

00:33:52.939 --> 00:33:54.079
 talk by using

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.759
 his eyes to

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.179
 look at the

00:33:55.179 --> 00:33:55.699
 words and the

00:33:55.699 --> 00:33:56.220
 pictures that

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.599
 are on the

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.299
 screen in

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.859
 sequence.

00:33:59.939 --> 00:34:00.839
 When Caleb

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.639
 professed faith

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.519
 in Jesus and

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.419
 his church was

00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:03.839
 making a

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.839
 testimony video for

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.519
 him prior to

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.059
 his baptism,

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:07.199
 him, Ryan

00:34:07.199 --> 00:34:07.960
 asked Caleb,

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.559
 Caleb, what

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.279
 has your life

00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:10.980
 been like?

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.299
 And Ryan, when

00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:13.759
 he asked this

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.239
 question, was

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:15.119
 apprehensive because

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.579
 he didn't know

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.059
 what the boy

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.539
 would say.

00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:17.759
 He could have

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:19.039
 said, my life

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.900
 has been hard.

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.480
 He could have

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.500
 said, my life

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.099
 has not been

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.840
 worth living.

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:28.079
 But no, Caleb

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:29.679
 said, my life

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:31.559
 has been great.

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:31.619
 Great.

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:43.500
 who are we to

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:46.019
 decide whether

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:47.339
 someone's life is

00:34:47.339 --> 00:34:48.119
 worth living or

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.519
 not?

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:57.739
 who are we to

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:58.159
 say that

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.739
 suffering has

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.440
 no purpose?

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:04.000
 No human

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:05.280
 life may be

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:06.000
 taken without

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.800
 divine approval.

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:08.599
 And anyone who

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.320
 arrogates the

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.920
 right for himself

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.860
 is presuming to

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.400
 play God.

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:17.000
 notice how all

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.320
 of these

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:18.119
 different ways of

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.639
 breaking the

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.440
 sixth commandment,

00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:20.900
 abortion, suicide,

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:22.240
 euthanasia, are

00:35:22.240 --> 00:35:23.980
 all about my

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:25.420
 choice, my

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.780
 body, my

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.340
 life.

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:30.280
 But where is

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:30.940
 the humility?

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.059
 Where is the

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.900
 surrender to the

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.480
 will of God?

00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:36.640
 Where is not my

00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:37.539
 will but yours

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:38.039
 be done?

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.440
 We have a

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.240
 Lord, we serve

00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:41.960
 the Lord Jesus

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.700
 who laid down

00:35:42.700 --> 00:35:43.940
 his life for us

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:45.019
 and we're going

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:46.000
 to tell him, my

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:47.079
 life, my

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:48.079
 choice, my

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.480
 body.

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.900
 I have another

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:56.539
 pastor friend,

00:35:56.660 --> 00:35:57.300
 Tim Shorey,

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:58.079
 who is languishing

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.800
 with incurable

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.820
 cancer right now.

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:01.200
 He journals on

00:36:01.200 --> 00:36:01.960
 his CaringBridge

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.600
 website every

00:36:02.600 --> 00:36:04.160
 day and he

00:36:04.160 --> 00:36:04.740
 wrote in one of

00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:05.220
 his posts that

00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:05.980
 his favorite song

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.680
 this season is

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:08.160
 whatever my God

00:36:08.160 --> 00:36:09.300
 ordains is right.

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.820
 It goes like

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:13.680
 this, whatever my

00:36:13.680 --> 00:36:15.360
 God ordains is

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.720
 right.

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:17.260
 Though now this

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:18.440
 cup in drinking

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:20.700
 may bitter seem

00:36:20.700 --> 00:36:21.700
 to my faint

00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:23.180
 heart, I take

00:36:23.180 --> 00:36:24.180
 it all

00:36:24.180 --> 00:36:25.280
 unshrinking.

00:36:26.180 --> 00:36:26.980
 My God is

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.820
 true each

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.920
 morn anew.

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:30.360
 Sweet comfort

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:31.460
 yet shall fill

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.719
 my heart and

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.760
 pain and sorrow

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.679
 shall depart.

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:37.840
 Whatever my God

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:39.139
 ordains is right.

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:40.699
 Here shall my

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:41.800
 stand be taken.

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:43.119
 Though sorrow,

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.579
 need, or death

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:46.579
 be mine, yet am I

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.800
 not forsaken.

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:49.599
 My Father's care

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.539
 is round me

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:50.920
 there.

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:52.440
 He holds me that

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:53.300
 I shall not

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:55.019
 fall and so to

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:56.740
 him I leave it

00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:57.340
 all.

00:36:59.019 --> 00:37:00.039
 It's beautiful.

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:05.059
 Maybe Christians

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:06.099
 have a worldly

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:07.059
 perspective on all

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.599
 of these issues

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.420
 because they've

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:09.780
 lost sight of the

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:11.340
 eternal weight of

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:12.360
 glory beyond all

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:13.119
 comparison that

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:13.679
 awaits them.

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.519
 And instead,

00:37:16.700 --> 00:37:17.340
 they've fixed their

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:18.119
 eyes on the light

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.819
 and momentary

00:37:18.819 --> 00:37:19.579
 affliction here

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:20.019
 on earth.

00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:22.759
 I wonder how

00:37:22.759 --> 00:37:23.779
 many people have

00:37:23.779 --> 00:37:24.900
 chosen euthanasia

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.420
 or physician

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:26.539
 assisted suicide to

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.980
 be spared what is

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:29.239
 comparably a light

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:30.059
 and momentary

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.900
 affliction here,

00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:32.400
 only to be cast

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:33.400
 into damnation

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:34.599
 and eternal death.

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:41.880
 having addressed the

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:42.400
 scope of the

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:42.960
 command, let's now

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.799
 look at the spirit

00:37:43.799 --> 00:37:44.360
 of the command,

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:45.099
 and don't worry,

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:46.079
 the last two points

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.860
 of mine are not as

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:47.579
 long as the first

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:47.860
 point.

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.319
 In the Sermon on the

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:52.059
 Mount, in Matthew

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:53.299
 5, 21 to 24,

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:54.519
 Jesus teaches us the

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:55.259
 spirit of the sixth

00:37:55.259 --> 00:37:55.839
 commandment.

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:57.139
 You have heard that

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:58.119
 it was said to those

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:59.360
 of old, you shall

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:01.000
 not murder, and

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.960
 whoever murders will

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.639
 be liable to

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:02.960
 judgment.

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:04.360
 But I say to you

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:05.180
 that everyone who

00:38:05.180 --> 00:38:06.220
 is angry with his

00:38:06.220 --> 00:38:06.820
 brother will be

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.579
 liable to judgment.

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:09.260
 Whoever insults his

00:38:09.260 --> 00:38:10.280
 brother will be liable

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:11.280
 to the council.

00:38:11.700 --> 00:38:12.800
 And whoever says you

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:14.460
 fool will be liable

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.660
 to the hell of fire.

00:38:16.120 --> 00:38:16.880
 So if you are

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.820
 offering your gift

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:18.700
 at the altar and

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:19.360
 there remember that

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:19.900
 your brother has

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.880
 something against you,

00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:22.240
 leave your gift there

00:38:22.240 --> 00:38:23.099
 before the altar and

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.360
 go.

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:25.059
 First be reconciled to

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.840
 your brother and then

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:26.900
 come and offer your

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:27.240
 gift.

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:31.800
 Anger, prideful

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:34.059
 contempt, vindictiveness,

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:35.940
 are at the root of

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.300
 murder.

00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:40.920
 You may have never

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.700
 killed a person

00:38:41.700 --> 00:38:43.019
 physically, but if you

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:44.860
 harbor bitterness and

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:46.260
 anger against someone in

00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:48.120
 your heart, you have

00:38:48.120 --> 00:38:49.579
 murdered that person in

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:51.200
 your mind and in your

00:38:51.200 --> 00:38:53.099
 heart over and over

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.640
 again.

00:38:56.640 --> 00:38:58.240
 And Jesus says we'll be

00:38:58.240 --> 00:38:59.099
 liable to God's judgment

00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.539
 for that.

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:02.219
 God, whom have you

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:03.019
 murdered recently?

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:06.739
 With your thought, with

00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:09.659
 the look of your eyes, or

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:13.079
 with your words, or with a

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:13.460
 gesture?

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:17.779
 It's not enough that we

00:39:17.779 --> 00:39:18.840
 haven't murdered anyone.

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:20.119
 We also need to guard our

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:21.460
 hearts lest we commit

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:22.179
 murder there.

00:39:22.179 --> 00:39:25.739
 By this spiritual standard, we

00:39:25.739 --> 00:39:27.559
 are all murderers.

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:31.960
 And that's why Jesus had to

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:33.079
 come to fulfill this

00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:33.419
 command.

00:39:34.839 --> 00:39:36.379
 In Numbers 35, 31, and

00:39:36.379 --> 00:39:37.779
 33, which is the passage I

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:39.319
 mentioned earlier about all

00:39:39.319 --> 00:39:40.159
 the instructions about the

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:41.139
 cities of refuge, it says

00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:43.719
 this, you shall accept no

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:45.039
 ransom for the life of a

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:47.719
 murderer who is guilty of

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:49.579
 death, but he shall be put

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.019
 to death.

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:52.679
 You shall accept no ransom

00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:54.219
 for him who has fled to his

00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:55.900
 city of refuge, that he may

00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:57.099
 return to dwell in the land

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:58.259
 before the death of the

00:39:58.259 --> 00:39:58.820
 high priest.

00:39:59.420 --> 00:40:01.119
 You shall not pollute the

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:02.219
 land in which you live, for

00:40:02.219 --> 00:40:04.960
 blood pollutes the land, and

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:06.719
 no atonement can be made for

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:08.219
 the land, for the blood that

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:11.500
 is shed in it, except by the

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:13.119
 blood of the one who shed it.

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:17.460
 Unlawfully killing a person

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:18.900
 who bears the image of God is

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:21.340
 so grave a sin that there can

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:23.180
 be no atonement for blood

00:40:23.180 --> 00:40:23.519
 shed.

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:26.820
 No animal sacrifice will do.

00:40:27.720 --> 00:40:30.039
 The only acceptable atonement

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:32.059
 is the blood of the one who

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.639
 shed it.

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:36.500
 That means you and I have no

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.940
 escape.

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:40.960
 The wages of our sin is death.

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:44.940
 The avenger of blood is at our

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:49.460
 heels and no city of refuge will

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.119
 admit us.

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:53.519
 The gates are shut because our

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:54.579
 murder was no accident.

00:40:54.579 --> 00:41:03.259
 But in an amazing turn of events, when the

00:41:03.259 --> 00:41:05.619
 avenger of blood sent by God himself

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:11.199
 comes, he comes not to avenge but to

00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:11.619
 redeem.

00:41:15.099 --> 00:41:18.199
 Instead of putting us to death, Jesus,

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:20.119
 that's what he should have done.

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:21.259
 He should have put us to death.

00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:24.560
 But instead, Jesus takes our guilt of

00:41:24.560 --> 00:41:28.580
 bloodshed upon himself and he dies on the

00:41:28.580 --> 00:41:28.740
 cross.

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:31.660
 He spills his own blood to make atonement

00:41:31.660 --> 00:41:32.640
 for our sins.

00:41:33.600 --> 00:41:36.260
 He makes the only acceptable sacrifice.

00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:39.260
 Bloodshed for bloodshed.

00:41:42.700 --> 00:41:44.820
 Brothers and sisters, do you have blood on

00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:45.280
 your hands?

00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:51.540
 Maybe you've had an abortion and have carried

00:41:51.540 --> 00:41:53.480
 your guilt in silent shame for years.

00:41:56.080 --> 00:41:57.900
 Maybe you were a doctor and you performed

00:41:57.900 --> 00:42:00.320
 physician-assisted suicide in Maine, New

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:02.360
 Jersey, Vermont, or California, or one of

00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:03.660
 those other states where that's legal.

00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:08.300
 Maybe you've been harboring bitter anger and

00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:10.860
 unforgiveness for someone in your heart and

00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:12.640
 you have wished ill on that person.

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:14.819
 You have murdered them in your heart a hundred

00:42:14.819 --> 00:42:15.519
 times over.

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:19.679
 We have blood on our hands.

00:42:22.339 --> 00:42:27.859
 And only the blood of Jesus shed for us can

00:42:27.859 --> 00:42:28.639
 wash us clean.

00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:33.639
 For my cleansing, this I see.

00:42:34.339 --> 00:42:36.359
 Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

00:42:37.279 --> 00:42:40.039
 For my pardon, this my plea.

00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:42.639
 Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

00:42:45.219 --> 00:42:50.839
 Oh, precious is the flow that makes me white as

00:42:50.839 --> 00:42:51.400
 snow.

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:54.860
 Oh, no other fount I know.

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:59.860
 Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:02.059
 Let's pray.

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:15.860
 Father, we confess that we are stained by our

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:16.680
 own sins.

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:30.759
 Lord, thank you for sending our redeemer of blood.

00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:37.819
 Thank you for the blood of Jesus spilled for our

00:43:37.819 --> 00:43:38.199
 cleansing.

00:43:38.199 --> 00:43:43.099
 Thank you for washing us.

00:43:43.099 --> 00:43:52.960
 Lord, we owe you everything.

00:43:55.599 --> 00:44:03.219
 Our lives, our choices, our bodies, our children, our

00:44:03.219 --> 00:44:06.440
 future, they all belong to you, Lord.

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:16.760
 Take our lives and let it be consecrated, Lord, unto

00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:17.019
 thee.

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:21.260
 In Jesus' name we pray.

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:22.300
 Amen.