Ten Words of Life #7: Freedom for Life (Exodus 20:13, Matthew 5:17-18, 21-26)

"We see, then, that the sixth commandment prohibits much more than just cold-blooded, premeditated murder. It prohibits killing or causing to be killed by direct action or inaction any legally innocent person.”- Kevin DeYoung, The Ten Commandments: What They Mean, Why They Matter, and Why We Should Obey Them In this week's message from our Large Group meeting, we look at the Sixth Command from Exodus 20:13. In this command God requires us to preserve, protect and respect the life and dignity of every human person. Jesus' expanded interpretation of the command in Matthew 5 shows us that if we truly want to experience God's life-giving forgiveness, we first have to live under the full weight of God's law.