Thoughts and Considerations

         JESUS  ASKED, "WILL YOU ALSO GO AWAY?"                                        JOHN 6:67 INDEX: - THE CHALLENGE OF FAITH AND OBEDIENCE - THE GARDEN OF AGONY -WHAT WAS JESUS LOOKING TO? - OBSTACLES OF VICTORIOUS FAITH: THE HARD SAYINGS, and the REPROACH OF DISCIPLESHIP BACKSLIDING - Not letting go of our ways  THE UNBELIEF OF FEAR WHAT ABOUT THE...? -ANSWERS FOR THE PREESTABLISHED DANGERS -THE DEFIANCE OF REBELLION -WEARY OF THE JOURNEY -CONCLUSION  "For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and departed to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me..." 2 Timothy 4:11   "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, my ears You have opened; burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. Then said I, 'Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of Me, I delight to do You will, O My God, Yes, Your law is in My heart.'" Psalm 40:6-8   "And He said to t

                      THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT AND WAR     [In the following study I wish to address from the Biblical perspective what God has to say about this commandment and the duties of the police and the soldier.  INDEX: - THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT,  PRE-LAW,  UNDER THE LAW -THE POLICE -THE SOLDIER -WHAT ABOUT THE BLOOD OF WAR? -SUMMARY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT REGARDING THE TAKING OF A HUMAN LIFE -THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE TAKING OF A HUMAN LIFE -WHAT ABOUT ABORTION, EUTHANASIA, AND SUICIDE...? -WHAT ABOUT REMOVING LIFE SUPPORT? -ADVISE FOR CHRISTIANS AND TAKING UP ARMS FOR WAR -THE GOSPEL WORK VS NATURAL CONFLICT -CONCLUSION                                “ THOU SHALL NOT KILL. ” Exodus 20:13   This is the sixth commandment, and as with all the commandments it is timeless, borderless, leaving none exempt, and stands as a fearsome sentinel against one of the most grievous acts of human folly - taking the life of another human being. Let us take a look at how the Lor