Value of Life - life was breathed into man by God. Man was made in the “image” of God and after God’s “likeness.” Man was God’s unique, spiritual, immortal, and intelligent creation. Thus, God commands, “You shall not murder.” To take human life is to assault the image of God in man. Human life should be respected and reverenced. Life, even prenatal life, is always a miracle. No one should feel they have the right to shed the blood of an innocent human being. God will actually pursue or seek a man’s life in payment for the innocent life he has taken. Disrespect for human life should not be allowed to invade any mind. Rather, let us proclaim the value and the sacredness of life. Let us take His values as we “turn and live”

 "For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies," says the LORD God. "Therefore turn and live!" - Ezekiel 18:32

 Life was breathed into man by God. 

Man was made in the “image” of God and after God’s “likeness” (Genesis 1:26; 9:6). 

Man was God’s unique, spiritual, immortal, and intelligent creation. 

Thus, God commands, “You shall not murder” - (Exodus 20:13). 

To take human life is to assault the image of God in man. 

Human life should be respected and reverenced. 

Life, even prenatal life, is always a miracle. 

No one should feel they have the right to shed the blood of an innocent human being. 

In Genesis 9:5, “require” indicates that God was doing more than simply stating a rule. 

He was saying that He will actually pursue or seek a man’s life in payment for the innocent life he has taken. 

Where have “world values” begun to shape believer’s minds? 

Disrespect for human life should not be allowed to invade any mind. 

Rather, let us proclaim the value and the sacredness of life. 

Let us take His values as we “turn and live.”

"And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. 

"From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man." - Genesis 9:5 English Standard Version

Written by Jack Hayford

Jack Hayford served as Chancellor of The King’s University (formerly The King’s College and Seminary) in Southlake, Texas, which he founded in 1997. From 2004 to 2009, he also served as President of The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. He was probably best known, however, as “Pastor Jack,” founding pastor of The Church On The Way in Van Nuys, California, where he served as senior pastor for more than three decades. 

A prolific and best-selling writer, Pastor Hayford was the author (or co-author) of more than fifty books and composed 500 hymns and choruses, including the internationally known and widely recorded “Majesty.”

jackhayford.org

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