1. Life is God's gift. Only He who gave it has the right to take it. The life of our neighbor should be sacred to us.
2. Therefore we should not kill or hurt or harm our neighbor, our fellowman,in his body, nor hate him or be angry with him. God has made man in His image.
3. We should help and befriend our neighbor whenever he is in bodily need, always be kind and merciful to him and forgive him when he wrongs us.
MEMORIZE:—
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man. Gen. 9,6.
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 1 John 3,15.
Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink. Rom. 12,20.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Matt. 5,7.
QUESTIONS.
1. What does it mean to kill? 2. Why should we not take our fellow-man's life? 3. In whose image did God make man? 4. What does God, furthermore, forbid in this commandment? 5. What does it mean to hurt our neighbor in his body? 6. What does it mean to harm him in his body? 7. From whom may we learn how to fulfil this commandment? 8. How did the good Samaritan help the Jew? 9. How did he befriend him? 10. When, even, should we help our neighbor? 11. What does our Lord say Matt. 5,44? 12. Where do all our good works and all our sins rise? 13. What kind of thoughts should not be in our hearts against our neighbor? 14. What does the Bible tell us of him who hates his brother? 15. How should we be disposed towards our neighbor if he wrongs us? 16. When will we fulfill this commandment? 17. What does our Lord say about the merciful?