Week 6 (Oct 13-19, 2019) The Fifth Commandment
You shall not murder.
What does this mean?
We should fear and love God so that we do not hurt or harm our neighbor in his body, but help and support him in every physical need.
Memory work: Jeremiah 1:5
4 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. 17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! 18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.
- The 5th commandment deals with life and death.
- Who creates life?
- Who creates life?
- Write out the phrases from the above readings that show God gives all life.
- Jeremiah 1:5 – example (before I formed you in the womb I knew you)
- Psalm 139:16 –
- Luke 1:41-44 –
- 1st Corinthians –
- Acts 17:26 –
- Jeremiah 1:5 – example (before I formed you in the womb I knew you)
- How do we murder people?
- List 3 physical ways.
- List 3 ways we murder people but do not take their life?
- Why does God want to protect life?
- The 5th commandment deals with life and death.
- Who was the first person to commit physical murder?
- What was the consequence for the sin of murder?
- Can we be forgiven for murder?
How?
- All of the following verses relate to the 5th commandment. Tell me how they relate to the 5th commandment and any other commandments.
2 Samuel 11: The story of King David and Bathsheba
This story shows us a very bad time in King David’s life.
- 1.How did King David murder Uriah?
- This story in not only about murder. What other sins did David commit here and what commandment do these sins pertain to?
- Murder also includes abortion, suicide and euthanasia. What is abortion?
- What are the other options to abortion?
- What is suicide?
- Have you ever thought about suicide?
- What are some things you can do if you are thinking about suicide?
- What is euthanasia?
- If euthanasia is used to end the life of a person that is going to die from a terrible disease like Cancer, is it still wrong?
- Why?