I feel that there is God’s law, and man’s law. We are subject to both. God doesn’t want us to kill each other. I think that includes war, self defense, and abortion.
If we follow this to the letter, if we are attacked by someone intending to take our life, we shouldn’t retaliate. Passive to the point of being wiped out. Now, how many people do you know will do that? Will stand there passively while the thief breaks into their house and kills their family? No one, right? They will retaliate in some way, even maybe kill the person.
Was this right?
By which law? By God’s law, no. This was murder. You sinned protecting your family.
Will it keep you from heaven? No.
Will it get you sent to prison? Maybe, depending on how good your lawyer is.
Will you have to live with the consequences of your actions for the rest of your life? Yes.
When you die, will you be judged by man’s law, or God’s law? Luckily, when facing God’s law, we have Jesus as our lawyer. And we know the outcome before we even walk into the courtroom.
If you have an abortion, you have killed someone. Was that a sin? Yes.
Will you go to prison? No.
Will you have to live with the consequences? Yes. You will carry that weight the rest of your life.
Will that murder keep you from God’s love? No.
Will you carry that weight in heaven? No.
If you divorce your husband, was that a sin? Yes.
If you remarry, what does that mean? According to God, you are now an adulteress.
Will you go to prison? No.
Will you and your children have to live with the consequences? Yes. So I hope that the situation you left was worth the consequences during their lives.
Will any of this matter in the end? No.
3 comments:
So... you don't translate 'thou shalt not kill' to 'thou shalt not murder?' You feel it's ok to let someone murder your children if you would have to kill them to stop them?
No, I'm saying that if you do, it would be murder in the eyes of God. And you would have to live with that. I would murder in that situation, I have or would break all ten commandments if I were provoked. But whether I do or not will not keep me from heaven. That's the ultimate grace we receive. God sees in black and white, unfortunately, we are covered in black. But His grace is enough.
I believe that there is no situation where one is forced to do anything wrong. That's in the Bible, that God always makes a way out.
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