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Life’s Devalued

05 Tuesday Dec 2017

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The Sentence of Death

In the Columbus Dispatch today (11.25.2017, A-8), the headline reads that the once-Olympian had his sentence doubled for the murder of his once-girl friend. Initially, Oscar Pistorius received a sentence of a little more than 6 years in prison for her murder. He maintains her death was by accident, but a court in South Africa was not convinced, thus his 6 years. Life, evidently, is not valued highly in South Africa, at least not in the case surrounding Pistorius and his once girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

As if righteous indignation seemed to get the better of the court system, his verdict, on appeal, was double to a little over 13 years.

13 years? That is all he got for conviction of murder?

She no longer has life, and he gets 13 years in prison! No longer do her parents have a daughter, and he gets 13 years?

Via an attorney, her parents now believe justice was served in this matter. Justice was not served. According to the Lord, when one is convicted of murder, the life of the convicted one should be taken from him. From the time of antiquity, the Lord said as much. “Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man” (Genesis 9:6, Jewish Publication Society Bible).

Those who have no love-loss for the Lord will speak against such justice, but the course (path) they are on and the path they take us down is the de-valuing of life. Is that the justice you want? The Lord does not, for He spoke on the matter already. RT

Dismiss the Sacred

18 Monday May 2015

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“Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright” (Genesis 25:34, ESV). The event recorded in Genesis 25 is, of course, an actual occurrence of what took place quite a long time ago. Yet, though actual, it is also a metaphor. For Esau, that which should have been held sacred in traditional family matters was not held sacred at all. In fact, in order to satisfy a desire, the sacred was dismissed for a belly full of food. Many find fault with Esau for such an action, but how guilty are many of us today who do the same, but in different areas of life? For instance, in Jeremiah 6:10, the Lord spoke to a people of “uncircumcised ears,” that is, they had ears, but they could hear nothing at all. They desired rest, but they sought rest in a different location than that which the Lord provided (cf. 6:16). Our “Esau moment” occurs when events and recreation points in life become our attractions to be pursued.