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Job 24:14
14 The murderer [ratsach] rising [quwm] with the light ['owr]
killeth [qatal] the poor [`aniy] and needy ['ebyown], and in
the night [layil] is as a thief [gannab]. KJV-Interlinear
14 'The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night
he is as a thief. NASB
In these next few verses, Job describes three
categories of sinners. Those who take
away life, those who are unfaithful to life and those who take things that do
not belong to them.
The murderer is among the seven worst sins, Prov. 6:16. The only overt sin to make that list, by the
way.
Each person who is born into this world has the right
to pursue their life to the best of their ability, to make choices, to come to
know God or to reject Him.
Anyone who denies them that right by taking their life
away from them, is among the worst of the worst.
A person cannot come back from the dead and resume
their life. They are forever stopped from participating in life. Murder is the quintessence of selfishness,
and the ultimate in the theft of ones right to making ones own decisions in
life, even to having a life.
Everyone is dependant on God for life, and in that
respect everyone is classified as poor and needy. But just living in this world, and because of
the nature of the jungle of this world, there are folks who lack many
advantages and opportunities in life.
They are often times exposed to criminal activities because of the
environment in which they live.
But even though the murderer is the lowest of the low,
they are still no different than any other person who pursues wickedness.
Light, or the light of the sun, or any light per se,
correlates in the Bible with the light of truth.
Everyone who is born into this world, is raised or
grows up within the light of truth.
Truth is all around. Truth, or the knowledge of it, saturates the
earth. Truth is the only force that can
stabilize the evils of this world. There
is no one who does not have at least some exposure to truth, and therefore
there is no one who does not grow up with at least some knowledge of good
morals and standards for living.
People know right from wrong, and murder is definitely
wrong.
In the ancient world, a murderer would rise up very
early and go out to do his dastardly deed.
Premeditated because his objective in murder is theft, and therefore his
objective is to leave no witnesses in the event he gets caught in the act.
We certainly have murders which are acts of passion,
revenge, hate, self-righteousness, and such, but in every case, the taking of
ones life is the ultimate theft of someone's future opportunities and right to
make their own choices.
Murder is prohibited by God, Gen. 9:5-6, Ex. 20:13,
Deu. 5:17, Rom. 13:9. The sin and crimes
of murder need to be distinguished from the legal due process of capital
punishment or acts taken during war.
Removing the life of another by means of a criminal
act, can never advance your own life nor solve any desires or beliefs you may
have. Certainly, committing murder in
order to get possession of someone's things, will never help your own life.
God provides everything we all need and in a timely
manner. All it takes is a dedication to
ones spiritual life.
To commit a murder is the ultimate rejection of Gods
support, of His promises, and of His plan for ones life.
Everything that comes from God is permanent,
legitimate and proper.
Everything that comes from sin or crime, is temporary,
illegitimate, and improper.
Now is the time to post a prayer.
End Of Lesson
Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth.
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