Life is Sacred: You shall not commit murder

A few translations including the KJV state this commandment as "Thou shall no Kill". However, most translations read murder rather than kill. The definition of murder is the unlawful killing of another human being without justification or valid excuse and especially with malice. We will see in the scriptures many times when the killing of another human being was allowed but there was justification and it was never with malice. However, in our society today, the incidents of murder are ever increasing and there seems to be little to no value in human life. This is fueled mostly by the lack of a biblical worldview concerning life and who gives it, when it begins and who can take it. When we come to Christ and believe that all mankind are image bearers of God and have worth it begins to shift how we view life.