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Respecting Others
"Yes, you must execute anyone who murders another person, for to kill a person is to kill a living being made in God's image."
[Genesis 9: 6 (NLT)]
[Genesis 9: 6 (NLT)]
Well, this just occurred to me a few hours ago. First, when I read this, I thought that the main idea is to not kill a person. But, when I thought about it, it was saying to me another thing: we are created in God's image!
The point? We respect God, right? So, we need to respect others, for other people are created in God's image!
There is another evidence in the Bible that says we are created by God and we are part of God.
"And the LORD God formed a man's body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life. And the man became a living person."
[Genesis 2: 7 (NLT)]
[Genesis 2: 7 (NLT)]
God breathed into human and we became alive. We are a part of Him. Thus, all humans that He creates is an image of Him! If we want to respect Him, we have to respect others too! If we want to love Him, we have to love others too!
Genesis 9: 6 literally says that we must not kill anyone because killing anyone symbolically means that we are killing God. This is actually not just for killing others. If you sin against a person, you are sinning against a living being created in God's image, or plainly, sinning to God Himself. So, if we don't want to sin against God, we should not sin against other people!
And I mean everyone! Not just believers or non-believers. We have to have equal respect to everyone, for God's Love is not divided unequally. He is just to everyone. So, we must also be just to anyone and everyone.
So, what can we do to not sin? Respect and love others. For loving others is loving God's Creation and thus respecting God. Now, change the way you look at others. Before disrespecting anyone, remind yourself who they are - they are living beings in God's image!
God Bless You!
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