Growing Deep Reaching Out

2. Growing Deep Reaching Out

3. Lunch with World Christians Sunday, June 29, 200812:30 pm-----TBC’s Outback Guest speakers: John & Bess Jez & Dan Hadlock See bulletin insert for more information

4. Family Pool Party @ The Summit6:00-9:00pmSunday, July 27th

6. TEN Exodus 20:13

7. VIOLENCE STATS Every 48 seconds... aggravated assault occurs Every 24 seconds... a violent crime occurs Every 23 minutes... a murder occurs

8. VIOLENCE STATS Every 10 seconds... child abuse is reported Every year... 1500 children die from abuse; that’s 4 per day on average 79% of children who die from abuse are under the age of 4

9. Respect for LIFE

10. Respect for LIFE the COMMAND... MURDER ” “do not

11. לֹא תִגְנֹב Respect for LIFE

12. Respect for LIFE the FOUNDATION... “man is made in theIMAGE of God”

13. Whoever sheds man's blood,         By man his blood shall be shed,         For in the image of God         He made man. ~Genesis 9:6

14. Respect for LIFE the APPLICATION of the COMMAND

15. the question of WAR...

18. Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God ... for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. Romans 13:1,4

19. We will magnify the mercy of God by praying for our enemies to be saved and reconciled to God. At the personal level we will be willing to suffer for their everlasting good and we will give them food and drink.

20. We will put away malicious hatred and vengeance. But at the public level we will also magnify the justice of God by praying and working for justice to be done on earth, if necessary through wise and measured force from God-ordained authority. ~John Piper

21. the question of SUICIDE...

22. Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. ~Romans 8:1

23. the question of EUTHANASIA...

24. Whoever sheds man's blood,      By man his blood shall be shed,      For in the image of God      He made man. ~Genesis 9:6

25. the question of ACCIDENTAL DEATH...

26. Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live: when he kills his friend unintentionally, not hating him previously--as when a man goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his friend so that he dies--he may flee to one of these cities and live;

27.  otherwise the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in the heat of his anger, and overtake him, because the way is long, and take his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously. ~Deuteronomy 19:4-6

28. the question of Capital Punishment...

29. Exodus 21:12-17, 29

30. the question of ABORTION

31. Psalm 139:13-15 For You formed my inward parts;   You wove me in my mother's womb.     I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;   Wonderful are Your works,   And my soul knows it very well.    My frame was not hidden from You,   When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;

32. Jeremiah 1:4-5 Now the word of the LORD came to me saying,    "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,    And before you were born I consecrated you;    I have appointed you a prophet to the nations."

33. Respect for LIFE the APPLICATION of the COMMAND... byJESUS&JOHN

34. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; ~1 John 3:15a

35. Respect for LIFE the MURDER of GOD’S SON...

36. having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. ~Colossians 2:14

38. MURDER... not only an ACTION, but also an ATTITUDE!

39. TEN Exodus 20:13

40. See you next week !