What in the World
Good day to each of you reading this column on our world and how man’s laws are so opposite to God’s laws.
Let’s delve into this subject and use a few examples on the Sixth Commandment.
By the way, do you know the Ten Commandments and has your pastor ever used many sermons on the Ten Commandments and why we need to follow each of them.
For you to say they are outdated, let’s give’s some of man’s laws and see how they stack up as a barometer.
Look at Matthew 15: 9 (NIV) But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
The above statement shows us how far we have fallen as all so many worship in vain while holding the Ten Commandments as outdated or purely fictional and not relevant in today’s society.
Before I begin, what is the 6th Commandment? “Thou shalt not kill.” (KJV) The ESV & NIV insert you for thou. But the rest of the remains the same for this is a “command” from God.
The authority of this command is direct from God to be implemented among the population to enforce its observance so that society will not violate this law.
God hath authorized the establishment of governments by delegating to man the power to both administer his laws and authorize the bringing to justice of the individual who violates His commandments. (Page 66—Digest of the Divine Law).
Logically, how can individuals try to set up a standard of personal conduct when God through the Ten Commandments has established the personal conduct. The same holds true when a nation takes the right to say the type of punishment to those who violate any of the commandments when God hath already established them in the Bible.
Here are a few examples of man’s laws versus God’s laws on Thou shalt not kill:
A South Carolina man who was recently arrested after a woman was assaulted during an attempted kidnapping has been charged with a new crime Monday, according to the Richland County Sheriff's Department.
Timothy Ulness was taken into custody again after investigators found sexually explicit images and videos of children on his cell phone, the sheriff's department said in a news release.
The driver - later identified as Ulness - got out of the vehicle, but did not offer aid to the victim, who suffered major lacerations and abrasions to her body and face, according to an incident report. Instead, he began to assault the woman by hitting her in the face and putting her in a chokehold, the sheriff's department said.
He then attempted to drag her to his vehicle, according to the release.
The woman fought back and was able to break free, and Ulness left in his vehicle once the victim escaped, the sheriff's department said. Before he drove away, Ulness tried to run over the victim again, according to the incident report.
On Aug. 7, Ulness was released after posting a $100,000 bond on the combined charges from the first arrest, according to court records.
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South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper First Class Dennis Ricks was conducting a traffic stop in Orangeburg County over the weekend when a passing box truck struck him.
What to know
- South Carolina Trooper First Class Dennis D. Ricks died Wednesday from injuries suffered Sunday when he was struck by a box truck during a traffic stop in Orangeburg County.
- The 31-year-old trooper had served with the Highway Patrol since January 2023.
- The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident, and the driver was charged with driving under suspension.
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Next, our tax dollars at work--
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WIS) - The condemned mass shooter who killed nine Black parishioners at a Charleston church in 2015 will not get a new trial.
The 4th Circuit of Appeals denied a motion from Dylann Roof requesting a new trial. Roof’s legal team filed a 300-page request earlier this year, claiming his attorneys were dishonest with him and that the federal judge presiding over his case was biased against him.
Roof did not, however, dispute that he killed the Rev. Clementa Pinckney and eight others at the end of a Wednesday night Bible study on June 17, 2015.
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Folks, these were articles pulled out in the past few days and why these individuals have not been found guilty of murder and sentenced to die quickly is beyond me.
Think about this, neither individuals nor nations have the right to set up their own standard of personal conduct—why? Because God has put in writing as to the punishment that fits the crime through God’s statutes and judgments.
Outdated? No, for they are not being used in today’s society and look at the mess that has been created. Deterrent? Yes, because the individual who created that crime such as the first individual that assaulted and then tried to run the individual over would then be put to death in a very timely manner.
Let me quote Howard Rand in Digest of the Divine Law on page 68 concerning Swiftness of Justice—It has been a fact of our history that when crime becomes intolerable the Anglo-Saxon mind unconsciously reverts to the ancient Israel laws of administration. This was evident in the early days of the west, in the organization of vigilant committees to deal with crime. The swiftness with which justice was soon restored law and order to a troubled community. This swiftness of judgment was the method God inaugurated in the handling and punishment of the criminal. The case was tried and before sunset of the day following the verdict the murderer was dead. The man or woman who feels such swiftness of justice will not have a law-abiding effect fails in an understanding of human nature. A man desires to live, not to die. God knows this and therefore gave laws and judgments which would deter men from committing crimes. In the swiftness of his judgment He said, “So shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.” Deuteronomy 21:21 (NIV)
Here is the wisdom of God and the failure of man—Let’s look at Leviticus 35: 6-33 as our points to ponder.
Here is the NIV breakdown on 35:11-28, if anyone died because of violence, murder was assumed, but the murder suspect was not automatically assumed guilty. The cities of refuge assured the accused that justice would be served. But if he or she left the city, then he or she would be assumed guilty and able to be killed by the avenging party. The people were to be intolerant of the sin, yet impartial to the accused so that he or she could have a fair trial. The cities of refuge represented God’s concern for justice in a culture that did not always protect the innocent. It is unjust both to overlook wrongdoing and to jump to conclusions about guilt. When someone is accused of wrongdoing stand up to justice, protect those not yet proven guilty, and listen carefully to all sides of the story.
Number 35:6 shows the dynamics of a murderer who strikes someone with an iron object or a stone or a wooden object so that he dies, the murderer shall be put to death.
Turn to Exodus 21:12 where anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death. If a man schemes and kills another man deliberately, take him away from my altar and put him to death.
Look at Exodus 21:15-17 where anyone who attacks his father or mother must be put to death, or kidnaps another and either sells him or still has him, when caught must be put to death and anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.
Please note that God wrote the Ten Commandments for a reason which include the 5th Commandment which is to Honor your father and your mother. It is with note that this is the first commandment with an attached promise that by honoring your parents you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
I read on the following website: 10 Terrifying Examples Of Children Murdering Their Parents– https://listverse.com/2016/05/23/10-terrifying-examples-of-children-murdering-their-parents/
This was very sad article as to why they children murdered their parents and how they committed the crime and the punishment given to them. Some of the children claimed physical & emotional abuse, adoption problems, watching a TV program, severe depression, acting on a movie, upset at parents parenting, no motive, physically and sexually abused, parents didn’t approve of boyfriend, and she wanted to live with the other parent.
Now let’s do a comparison on man’s law versus God’s law on the 10 terrifying examples of children murdering their parents and see the outcome:
Man’s Law – Case 10— She confessed to the murder In 2009, her sentence was commuted to time served by the state’s governor. In total, she served 18 years. The prosecutor of the case believes that her release was a mistake. He feels that she lied about the abuse and actually, killed her father for a $500,000 inheritance that she received after his death.
God’s Law – Sentence: Murder
Note: Father was abusive toward both daughters which included daughter performing sex acts on father. The father should have been reported and have paid the price.
Punishment: Death
Man’s Law – Case 9 – Sentence: he pled guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Eight of those years were suspended.
God’s Law – Sentence: Murder both parents
See Commandment 6
Punishment: Death
Note: See Colossians 3:21-Fathers, not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Man’s Law – Case 8 – Sentence: He was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 16 years. All of that evidence was enough to get a jury to unanimously convict Daniel of murder.
God’s Law – Sentence: Murder
See Commandment 6
Punishment: Death
Man’s Law – Case 7 – Sentence: Tried as an adult, Greg pled guilty but mentally ill. He was sentenced to 60 years in prison. Note: Greg then drove to a friend’s house and confessed
God’s Law – Sentence: Murder
See Commandment 6
Punishment: Death
Note: God speaks about too much alcohol in Proverbs.
Man’s Law – Case 6 – Sentence: When Marcelo returned home to the crime scene, he committed suicide. A friend told police that Marcelo had wanted to become a professional hit man. Marcelo had also uploaded references to the Amityville killings to social media sites before he killed his family.
God’s Law – No verdict:
Per suicide. Where were the parental controls?
Man’s Law – Case 5 – Sentence: Although the evidence was overwhelming, prosecutors struck a deal with Jeffrey to testify against his brother. Jeffrey was sentenced to 30 years in prison, and Robert received a life sentence.
Note: They considered methods like poisoning and drowning but finally settled on shooting their parents. Jeffrey took the first shots, badly wounding both his mother and father. Then Robert finished them off, taunting them before he actually killed them. Why? Annoyed by their parents’ rules and upset at the constant yelling.
God’s Law – Sentence: Murder
See Commandment 6
Punishment: Death
Man’s Law – Case 4 — Sentence: The two boys were originally convicted of second-degree murder but a sympathetic judge threw out the convictions and accepted guilty pleas to third-degree murder and arson. Thanks to their pleas as well as enormous public outcry, Derek was released after only seven years and Alex after only six.
God’s Law – Sentence: Murdered & burnt father and house. Boys turn to child friend and known child molester. Very sad surroundings of how the children were raised. Let God be the judge!
Man’s Law – Case 3 – Sentence: Convicted and sentenced to death, Aizawa took the case all the way to the Supreme Court, which eventually decided that the law was unconstitutional. She was sentenced to 2.5 years of hard labor.
Note: Physically and sexually abused for Nearly her entire life, Chiyo Aizawa had even given birth to five children with her father. When she fell in love with a friend and wished to marry him, her father locked her in the house, refusing to allow her to leave.
God’s Law – Sentence: Leviticus 18:6-18 says that her father’s wicked actions were an abomination
The result: Death to the Father, problem solved. Unfortunately, improper sexual relations destroy family
Man’s Law – Case 2 – Sentence: Sarah was convicted of both murders and received two life sentences without parole. A number of appeals have failed to overturn the convictions.
Note: Attention turned to an illegal immigrant named Bruno Santos. Sarah had been seeing Santos, but her parents didn’t approve of him.
God’s Law – Sentence: Murder
See Commandment 6
Punishment: Death
Man’s Law – Case 1 — Sentence: In her mind, killing him was the only way out though she claimed that her intention was merely to make him sick. In the end, she was sentenced to 28 years in prison with a mandatory sentence of seven years. Her rationalization was that she wanted to live with her mother and only make the father sick.
God’s Law – Sentence: Murder
Punishment: Death
The question of capital punishment may come into effect but under Numbers 35:24-33 but the above makes capital punishment mandatory and those nations refusing to carry out this law is guilty of failure to administer justice in the land thus resulting in a land filled with violence and crime. Is that not true here in the USA?
God makes it clear that their must be two or more witnesses as shown in Deuteronomy 17:6 (NIV) At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
God shows a s a double witness in Deuteronomy 19:15 that He requires two or more witnesses for the person to be worthy of death.
In fact, in the New Testament, two or more witnesses are needed for the word to be established—Matthew 28:16 & 2 Corinthians 13:1.
Unless the person who did the crime, admits that he or she did it or from the mouths of two more witnesses then the matter is established in capital cases.
In closing, the Ten Commandments were written from God as “commands” knowing that man’s heart if full of evil for Jesus said If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Simply put, if you love God with all your heart, soul and mind, then why would you wish to hurt or hinder your relationship and that God will never leave you nor forsake you abide with you forever. Now that’s a long time
So as for me and my house, our choice is simple—we will abide in the Lord and keep his commandments, statutes, laws and judgments.
