The series of "The Call to Undivided Intimacy"
The 6th Commandment Part2
“Living a Life Worthy of Your Dignity”
(Exodus 20:13)

​“You shall not murder.”
This commandment is God’s call for every one of us to stop living in fear of each other, in hatred of each other, in anger of each other, and to start loving one another, caring for one another. We can make new culture, overflowing love, joy, justice, hope, healing, peace. This is the life we are living, the life worthy of our dignity.
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For LifeNet groups and Personal Reflection
1. Think about two cases: A) a poor street person kills a son of a CEO of a big company, and B) a son of a CEO of a big company kills a poor street person. How would they be treated respectively? What kind of judgment would they receive? How would the world see each case?
2. How dose sin affect our relationships, and social systems? 
3. What kind of words do you often listen to and believe when you are angry? Where do these words come from? Where are these words taking you to? Are you coming near to God or going your own way?
4. How will you live your life with your dignity, worth and honor? What kind of attitude and actions may reflect the truth that life is sacred and precious to God?
 
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Lamentations 3:22-24
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1.  Stepping out (Genesis 12:1-3)
          Move out of your comfort zone, as you do a great job of coming out of your home country to come stay here among strangers. You need to hear God first, through the reading of the Bible and praying. In prayer don't just talk to God, but listen to God in silence as well. Hear the Word and take action on the word by faith. Faith helps us to act on God's word. Mary the mother said to the wedding waiters, "Do whatever he tells you."

2.  Have a big vision (Genesis 15:1-6)
           Talk with God to get a big vision. People get so stressed out because the vision is too big. They have their own different thinking when God calls them to do His plan. God pointed Abram to Himself and the sky to have a great vision/reward. God always has the way out, so celebrate and see what God plans for you. With God you can do it.

3.  Invest and serve people for Jesus (Matthew 20:26)
            Greatness actually means serving people, valuing them. Read and study the Word, apply it into your world. And have godly influence on the society out there.

4.  Be on the alert always (1 Peter 5:6-9)
              Little thing can sometimes hinder a great thing. Only a strong person would confront a roaring lion. Let the devil come close to you as a roaring lion, and let him be afraid to see the power of God in you. We have the light of God in us. We are going to bring God's plan/hope to the world. We can stand, fight and defeat the darkness forces. So the sick get healed, those in chains break free. God is going to use you mightily if you believe and act on His word.

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Series of "The Call to Undivided Intimacy"
The Ten Commandments

​“Freedom makes love possible” (Exodus 20:13)
“You shouldn’t murder.” That is to say you shouldn’t mistreat God’s greatest masterpiece. We should treat one another in a worthy manner, because each of us are created in the image of God. 
God requires us to love each other as ourselves, to show patience, gentleness, mercy, and friendliness toward others, through which we reflect our dignity, the image of God.
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For LifeNet groups and personal reflection
1. Read 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. Think of the situation where you observe the commandment “Don’t murder” legalistically, but you are not loving like in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7.
2. In Galatians 5:19-21 the works of the flesh (sinful nature) are listed. How do these works of the flesh hinder us from loving?
3. (1) How do you see people and evaluate them? What are your criteria? How did you learn those criteria?
     (2) When we look at someone as one made in God’s image, how will this change our evaluation of the person?

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John 4:4-26
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Sometimes, to grow spiritually, we have to be willing to let go of what was ignorant or even harmful growing up in order to take hold of what Jesus really intends for us in our relationship with God and in our family lives. Be aware of an all or nothing thinking.
 
Biblical Text: John 4:4-26
 
Jesus’ Encounter with the Samaritan Woman

1. Jesus asks for a drink. (4:7) At homes our children are thirsty for spiritual, emotional support, safe environment, loving care, etc.
2. Jesus reveals that she has a deeper problem. She should be asking him for what he can give her. (4:10-11) She didn't know who Jesus was but her family heritage only. Have you or your children ever received what Jesus wants to give you.
3. Jesus explains that what he has to offer is greater than what she thinks she needs. (4:15-18) The more we know the depth of our need, the more we know what to ask God for. Without that knowledge, we may come to God looking for something we want or think we need but miss out on receiving what we most need. God uses the, sometimes agonizing, questioning process to help us to get to a deeper place of self-awareness and spiritual readiness. Jesus asks the questions not to make her feel bad, but to rethink through how her past and present choices resonate with her belief.
4. The Father wants believers to worship in Spirit and Truth. (See John 3; 4:25-26; 14:6.) It is a life changing experience with God, not just head knowledge or religious tradition.
5. What does all this have to do with our families of origins and current families and relationships? We have to discontinue the judgmental mindset.

 
Conclusion
Look at your own faith, beliefs, and relationship with God. Are they based on the truth of the Gospel? Are they truly Jesus-centered? Are you experiencing streams of living water flowing up from within from the Spirit of God? Do you have the courage to call out what is not healthy or sound? Do you have the strength to chart a course based on what is most true and most Spirit-led?

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Series of "The Call to Undivided Intimacy"
The 5th Commandments
“A Life of the Supernatural Love” (Exodus 20:12)

"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. (Exodus 20:12)"
The purpose of this commandment is to release us from the negative chain, and make us a fountain of God’s love and righteousness. It gives us a life of the supernatural love.
Honor your parents because this is a covenant relationship that lasts forever. Honor them to learn how to be an honorable parent, or to be an honourable person for the following generation. The most important and most difficult one: honor your parents to learn how to forgive people, and how to be graceful to yourself.
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For Lifenet groups and personal reflection
1. Most of family histories include disappointment. Name a couple of ways this has been true for your family. Where do you see sin’s hold on generations in your own family?
2. What is your prayer for your relationship with your parents, children if you have? What faith do you have regarding what God will do?
3. Talk about the valuable lessons you’ve learned in your family.
4. What have you learned about death through the ways of your parents’ living?
 
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“Remember who you are”
(Exodus 20:8-11)

God created everything out of nothing. God saw all that he had made, and it was very good, on the sixth day. God had finished the work of creation, so on the seventh day he rested. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy. (Genesis 1:31- 2:3)
God had finished all his work of creation and rested. It doesn’t mean God stopped working. He is still ruling this universe with order and laws. In that sense God is very active.
And he is inviting us to join in his shalom, he wants to share his rest and peace with us. As he finished his work and is in control, we can just depend on him. That is the heart of the Sabbath rest.
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For LifeNet groups and personal reflection:
1. Have you ever felt tired of being a Christian? Why did you feel so? Describe your Christian life in those days. Why did you do so?
2. During 400 years of slavery in Egypt, Israelites not only learned the pattern of life as slaves, but they also internalized a slave mentality down to their bones. What is a slave mentality like? Can you see any of them in society, in your mind? How dose practicing the Sabbath work for restoring human dignity?
3. Where do you find your value usually? How does that kind of thinking shape your life style? How dose practicing the Sabbath help you to remember who you are?
4. Some ideas about how you can practice the Sabbath are introduced. When and how will you have the Sabbath this week? What preparation is necessary in order to do it?

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