Question 135. What are the duties required in the sixth commandment?

 

Question 135. What are the duties required in the sixth commandment?

Answer. The duties required in the sixth commandment are, that we spare no careful study and lawful endeavor for the preservation of our own life, and of others; that we resist all thoughts and purposes, restrain all passions, and avoid all occasions, temptations, and habits, which tend to take away the life of any man unlawfully; that we practice self-defense against violence; that we endure the chastenings of God in quietness and cheerfulness; that we exercise moderation in wine, medicine, sleep, labor, and recreation; that we have merciful thoughts, love, kindness, gentleness, grace, kindness, peace, gentleness, courtesy, forbearance, readiness to reconcile, forbearance and forgiveness of injuries; that we return good for evil, comfort and succor the afflicted, protect and defend the innocent.

The words “do not kill” spiritually mean “do not go against the word of God.” The Israelites did not obey the word of God. That is why God commanded them not to kill. In other words, it is a word to obey the word of God. Obeying the word of God does not mean thoroughly carrying out the commandments through action, but it means thoroughly believing and following the word of God’s covenant. If God said that He would let them enter Canaan, they had to believe, but only a very small number of people believed in God’s covenant. God made them live in the wilderness for 40 years and then all died.

Jeremiah 31:31-33 “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them,” saith the LORD. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. ”

This prophecy of the new covenant was fulfilled by what Jesus said during the Eucharist the night before he died on the cross. Luke 22:19-20 “And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way he took the cup after the supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.’”

Breaking bread signifies the death of the cross, and eating bread signifies becoming one with the resurrected body of Jesus. It means that the previous body dies through baptism by fire, and we have a body of resurrected life from heaven. Pouring wine into the cup signifies the blood Jesus shed on the cross, and holding the cup is drinking the water of life from Jesus’ resurrection. The blood Jesus shed when he died on the cross is the blood that atones for sin, but the cup that the disciples drink is the drink of life from the vine when the kingdom of God comes.

Luke 22:18 "For I tell you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." This means that when the kingdom of God comes in the believer's heart, he or she will drink the cup of Jesus' life.

Therefore, the saints are to believe in the death and resurrection of the cross through the Holy Communion of eating the bread and drinking the cup, and be united with Jesus, and be thankful for the coming of the kingdom of God in their hearts. The kingdom of God has come to the saints in their hearts. If they do not believe this, they cannot attain salvation. Those who do not believe this do not believe in what Jesus has accomplished. Then they become enemies of God and spiritual murderers.

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