1. COMPASSION “You shall not murder” Exodus 20:15 Matthew 5:21-26

2. John and Ruth Dowland

3. His NAME in Exodus 3:14 “I AM WHO I AM” His NATURE in Exodus 20 – The Ten Commandments “Getting to know you … ”

4. “What is He like?” “He’s like this …”

5. LOVE and …. LAW?! ‘PENNIES FOR HEAVEN’ by Ian Coffey (Kingsway)

6. “Because I am faithful to you …. - you must be faithful to me and to each other.” Exodus 19:4-6 [7 th commandment]

7. “Because I give life to you …. - you must value the life I give you.” Exodus 19:4-6 [6 th commandment]

8. Retzach The Hebrew verb רצח (r- ṣ - ḥ, also transliterated retzach, ratzákh, ratsakh etc.) is the word in the original text that is translated as ‘murder’ or ‘kill’, but it has a wider range of meanings, generally describing destructive activity, including meanings ‘to break, to dash to pieces’ as well as ‘to slay, kill, murder’Hebrewרצח Jesus said, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life - life in all its fulness” John 10:10

9. “In Him was LIFE, and that life was the light of men” 1 THE SOURCE OF LIFE

10. Jesus Others Yourself LIfeinallitsfulnessLIfeinallitsfulness

11. “Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light” John 3:19 2 THE LOSS OF LIFE x 

12. “You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die!” “She took some and ate it, gave some to her husband, and he ate it …”

13. ‘Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him …’ “ - men loved darkness instead of light …”

14. YOU SHALL NOT KILL - fratricide, genocide, herbicide, homicide, infanticide, insecticide, matricide, patricide, pesticide, regicide, sororicide, suicide - abortion, capital punishment, character assassination, execution, euthanasia, manslaughter, murder, war (holy war?) What? How? Why? CHRISTIANS DISAGREE!!

15. TEN LAWS OF LOVE SET IN STONE J. John £9.99 David C. Cook

16. THE ROOTS OF MURDER ANGER “ANYONE who is angry ….”

17. HOW TO STOP ANGER TURNING INTO MURDER 1 Agree with the word of God (anger leads towards murder) [21,22] 2 Remember if someone ‘has something against you’ [23] 3 Be reconciled to him/her BEFORE worship [24] 4 Avoid court action! [25,26] 5 Allow Jesus (and his people?) to judge your anger [1 John 4:1] 6 Count to 10! [Nahum 1:3, James 1:19] 7 Be generous, compassionate and forgiving (like the Lord) [Psalm 103:8-10] 8 Submit to Christ and be filled with his Spirit [Ephesians 5:18]

18. 3 THE GIFT OF LIFE “You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet YOU REFUSE TO COME TO ME to have life!” John 5:39,40 “Come to me!”