[CS-FSLUG] TD: Status of Murder (was: Study Bible)

[Eduardo Sánchez]

On Tuesday 11 November 2008 02.54.29 veritosproject at gmail.com wrote:
> > I respectfully disagree. Murder is no worse than the lie that each
> > of us has probably let slip in the last year, month or week.
>
> This is a pure sidenote, but 1 John 3:15:
>
> Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no
> murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (ESV)
>
> What make y'all of this, since obviously the early (cf. Paul) (and
> modern) church contains the occasional murderer?
>
> Also edited subject

Good question. For a quick answer, let me conjecture that murder was one 
of the most visible, unquestionable sins. It is hard to detect a thieve 
who steals in the middle of the night, but murder is something public 
and also punished by both God's and men's laws. Therefore, murder is 
chosen because of the enormity and the visibility of the offense.

Blessings,


Eduardo
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