2010-07-07T08:56:33-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/murder/ http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2010/06/29/todays-devotional-the-corrosive-power-of-anger/ 2010-07-07T08:56:33-05:00 Few Bible stories are as well-known as that of Cain and Abel. But this devotional offers us a new take on the age-old story of the first murder. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2020:13&version=NIV 2009-09-25T09:51:18-05:00 God is crystal clear in the ten commandments about how he feels about killing. He states simply, you shall not murder. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204:8-10&version=NIV 2009-09-03T13:31:06-05:00 After he killed his brother Abel, God asked Cain what had happened. Cain replied with an attempt to evade responsibility for what had happened, asking if he were his "brother's keeper." http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Gen.4.1-12&version=NIV 2009-07-21T10:16:23-05:00 The story of history's first murder. Jealous of his brother's relationship with God, Cain kills Abel, but finds that he cannot escape God's judgment on his crime. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt.5.21-22&version=NIV 2009-07-14T10:57:36-05:00 Just as Jesus taught that lust and adultery were both equally sinful in God's eyes, here he shows that anyone who burns with anger against someone else has sinned! God isn't just concerned with our outward behavior, but with the thoughts and attitudes of our heart.