Killers 3 – Homicide is Fratricide is Deicide is Suicide

Killing is bad! I am sure you can agree with this statement. But killing is worse than you think.

God created a world with no killing. Since the fall into sin, God allows killing in specific areas such as sacrifice for sin, self-defense, and punishment for killing. Although He allows these types of killings, He did not endorse them in His original creation. And God definitely does NOT allow murder. He says “Do not murder” in the 10 commandments. (Exodus 20:13)

Our modern word for murder is homicide, and this type of killing is worse than you think. Homicide is much more than randomly killing someone… and ultimately it murder is the destruction of your own self.

Not only is killing worse than you think, it is also easier that you think. We need to ask God to deliver our hearts from homicide.

Welcome to Redemption Church. My name is Chris Fluitt and I am glad you are here.

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We are in the 3rd week of our Killers series.

In week 1 we invited you to find the killer. Jesus told us about a thief that comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. A killer is a person or thing that takes life. Somewhere in your life, there is a killer.

In week2, last week, we told you about Killer Clowns. Not every killer is an evil genius. We are often killed in foolish ways by foolish things. The Devil is a foolish killer clown .

Today I would like to make a statement that should be non-controversial: killing is bad.

Killing is bad

God created a world without killing. It would be amazing to live in a world without the need to kill… That world exists but it is not here and now. Heaven is a place with no death.

God actually allows killing… for example sacrifice for sin, self-defense, and the wages for taking someones life.

God allows killing, but it was not endorsed in His original creative plan.

However God’s Word does not allow for murder…

Exodus 20:13 (NIV2011) “You shall not murder.

The thief who steals, kills, and destroys is a murderer. In our modern world, we call a murder a homicide.

Homicide – the deliberate & unlawful killing of a person.

The 1st Homicide is recorded in Genesis 4.

Genesis 4:8 (NIV2011) Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Cain lured Able out into a field with the deliberate plan to murder.

Now we know that killing is bad, but maybe it’s worse than you can even imagine.

Genesis 4:10 (NIV2011) The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.

The blood of the murdered cries out to God from the ground.

This was the first homicide. Now we can’t go a day without hearing of a homicide. Every single murdered person’s blood still cries out to God from the ground where it was spilled.

In Genesis 4:9 God asked Cain, “Where is your brother?”

Now Cain & Able were brothers in the sense that they had the same parents. But consider today that God may be teaching us something deeper.

Homicide is Fratricide

Fratricide is the killing of a sibling.

Sharing a common parent (father or mother) makes you a brother or sister. ARE WE BROTHERS & SISTERS? Do we share a common parent.