The Sixth Word and the Advent of Vindicating Assult By Tongue

Dennis Tuuri

Outline: Deuteronomy 19:11-20 The Sixth Word and the Advent of Vindicating Assault by Tongue The Sixth Word, Part Three Sermon Notes for November 21, 2010 by Pastor Dennis Tuuri Deuteronomy 5:17 You shall not kill (a man). Intro - Tentative Advent Season Sermon Schedule 11/21 - Dt 19:13-21 The Advent of Vindication 11/28 - Dt. 20 The Advent of the Anointed of the War 12/5 - Dt. 21 The Advent of Atonement and Honor 12/12 - Dt. 22:1-8 The Advent of Neighborliness 12/19 - Dt. 5:18 The Advent of Purity Ex. 21:12-14 (PUP); Num. 35:16-34 (PUP) ; Dt. 4:41-43 (CUC), Joshua 2:2-9 ( UCU ) Deut. 19 (CUCP) Word Biblical Commentary Overview of Chapter 19 A The six cities of refuge in the promised land 19:110 B Intentional murderersPurge the guilt of innocent blood 19:11 13 X The inviolability of boundary markers 19:14 B Laws about witnessesPurge the evil from your midst 19:15 19 A Lex talionis is intended as a deterrent to false witness 19:20 ,21 Deuteronomy 19:11-20 and the Protection of Life 11 But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities, 12 then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there , and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die. A. 13 Your eye shall not pity him, B. but you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel , so that it may be well with you. C. 14 You shall not move your neighbors landmark, which the men of old have set, in the inheritance that you will hold in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. 15 A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any iniquity or for any sin in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a sin be established. 16 If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, D. 17 then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord , before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days . 18 The judges shall inquire diligently, C ' . and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, 19 then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. B ' . So you shall purge the evil from your midst . 20 And the rest shall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you. A ' . 21 Your eye shall not pity . It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. Summary Comments 1. Life is a tremendous gift, the gift of all gifts! It is to be celebrated, honored and protected. 2. Life is protected by executing those who murder, whether they do so by act or tongue. Speed Diligent Inquiry When Necessary Deterrence 911 3. Even the accidental killing of a man seriously disrupts one ' s life. 4. Innocent blood will be vindicated. Getting the Picture - 1 Kings 20-22; Rev. 6:9-11; Matt. Release of the guilty Ben-Hadad Appropriation by Theft of Naboth ' s Vineyard (His Inheritance) Perjured Testimony in Court of Naboth ' s Supposed Apostasy Blood for Blood 1 Kings 21:19 Elijah as the Avenger of Blood 1 Kings 21:20-24; 2 Kings 10 Appropriation by War of Syrian Land 1 Kings 22 Lies From the Lord ' s Court and Ahab ' s Battle Ahab Dies Providentially in Battle at Ramoth-Gilead, A Levitical City of Refuge A Cautionary Tale - The Blood of Aahb and the Blood of Naboth 1 Kings 22:38 5. We are to be careful to do no harm to the life of our neighbor, by deed or tongue. Lev. 19:15-18; Pr. 17:4; 14:1; 11:11 Conclusion: We are to be thankful for life, the breeze on our face, and promote it.