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Exodus 20:13,15 (You must not...)

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Last week had a great response. In fact, the best response I've yet had to a post. Thank you to all who took time to read and consider the post. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. I plan to take time to look into how to make the Sabbath holy in our modern times and hope to post more on my findings at some point in the future. This week we return to our series on the Ten Commandments and the relationship aspect of them. The next two commandments deal with our relationship to society. I'm going to look more closely at verse 14 next week. Exodus 20:13,15 “You must not murder. “You must not steal. All members of a society have a right to feel safe and to be safe. As we read or watch in the news nearly everyday, this safety is not something we can take for granted. Violent death is an unfortunate part of our daily news consumption. And yet this flies in the face of God's will for our lives. Murder first entered the world in Genesis 4 when Cain killed his brother A...