Thursday, May 5, 2011

Does this Commandment speak only of killing?

Heidelberg Catechism

Question 106.
Does this Commandment speak only of killing?

Answer. No, but in forbidding murder God teaches us that He abhors its very root, namely, envy,[1] hatred,[2] anger,[3] and desire of revenge; and that in His sight all these are hidden murder.[4]

[1] Rom 1:28-32;
[2] 1 Jn 2:9-11;
[3] Gal 5:19-21; Jas 2:13;
[4] 1 Jn 3:15; Jas 1:19, 3:16

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