A Sermon by Reverend Hollis Ray Mathis

reetings, holy children of God, in the wonderful name of our lord and saviour Jesus, the Christ. The sermon subject for today is:

Thou Shalt Not Kill

THE MOVIE INDUSTRY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TELEVISION INDUSTRY, SOW SEEDS OF VIOLENCE, AND CRIME WITHOUT PUNISHMENT. IT MAKES YOUNG MEN, AND YOUNG WOMEN BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE A LICENSE TO DEAL OUT THEIR OWN JUSTICE. AND, IN CERTAIN TIMES THEY ACT AS JUDGE, AND JURY; AND SENTENCE MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE TO DEATH. BUT LET ME MAKE THIS VERY CLEAR, THAT WE AS CHRISTIANS ARE SOLDIERS IN THE ARMY OF GOD. AND WE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO AN EVERLASTING PEACE, AND WE ARE NOT TO BREAK THE PEACE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. IF YOU ARE A NEW CONVERT TO THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHEN GOD CALLED ALL HIS CHILDREN TO PEACE. LET ME READ THE CALL TO YOU. THE CALL TO PEACE WAS AT THE TIME OF THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF PEACE, JESUS CHRIST.

ST.LUKE 2:7 AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRSTBORN SON, AND WRAPPED HIM IN SWADDLING CLOTHES, AND LAID HIM IN A MANGER, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR THEM IN THE INN. 8. AND THERE WERE IN THE SAME COUNTRY SHEPHERDS ABIDING IN THE FIELD, KEEPING WATCH OVER THEIR FLOCK BY NIGHT. 9. AND, LO THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CAME UPON THEM, AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHONE ROUND ABOUT THEM,; AND THEY WERE SORE AFRAID. 10. AND THE ANGEL SAID UNTO THEM, FEAR NOT; FOR, BEHOLD, I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY, WHICH SHALL BE TO ALL PEOPLE. 11. FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID A SAVIOUR, WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD.12. AND THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO YOU; YE SHALL FIND THE BABE WRAPPED IN SWADDLING CLOTHES, LYING IN A MANGER. 13. AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS WITH THE ANGEL A MULTITUDE OF THE HEAVENLY HOST PRAISING GOD, AND SAYING. 14. GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN.

BELOVED OF GOD, WHEN NATIONS ARE AT WAR, AND THEIR COMMANDERS IN CHIEF, COMMAND THEIR SOLDIERS TO CEASE FIRE, TO CEASE THE KILLING; THE TROOPS OBEY. BUT, WHAT IF A MAN IS STILL ANGRY, AND WILL NOT CEASE THE KILLING. I BELIEVE THAT SOLDIER WOULD PLACE HIS OWN LIFE IN EXTREME PERIL. IF A MAN HAS KILLED BEFORE GOD CALLS HIM TO REPENTANCE, THEN I BELIEVE THAT THE WATER OF HIS BAPTISM WILL WASH THE SINS AWAY. BUT, IF AFTER A MAN HAS BEEN CALLED TO REPENTANCE, JUSTIFIED, GLORIFIED, TRANSLATED OUT OF THE WORLD, AND INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND RECEIVES THE WASHING OF REGENERATION, AND THE RENEWING OF THE HOLY GHOST. AFTER THE INWARD MAN THE SOUL COMES TO LIFE, A MAN MUST BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT HE DOES. FOR IF HE KILLS WITH THE SWORD, THE BOMB, THE GUN, THEN HE MUST BE KILLED. LET ME READ THE PUNISHMENT.

REVELATION 13:9 IF ANY MAN HAVE AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR. 10. HE THAT LEADETH INTO CAPTIVITY SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY; HE THAT KILLETH WITH THE SWORD MUST BE KILLED WITH THE SWORD, HERE IS THE PATIENCE AND THE FAITH OF THE SAINTS.

SAINTS OF GOD, NOW I KNOW, THAT YOU KNOW, MEN THAT HAVE KILLED, AND HAVE NOT BEEN KILLED WITH A SWORD. LET ME DEFINE THE WORD TRUTH, TRUTH IS THAT WHICH AGREES WITH FINAL REALITY. AND, I BELIEVE THAT FINAL REALITY WILL BE WHEN A MAN STANDS BEFORE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, ON THE DAY WHEN GOD BY JESUS CHRIST JUDGES ALL MEN. AND THERE IS A SHARP TWO EDGE SWORD THAT PRECEDES FROM HIS MOUTH. AND, THAT IS THE SWORD THAT I WARN YOU OF. LISTEN AS THE APOSTLE SAINT JOHN DESCRIBES JESUS CHRIST IN HIS GLORIFIED BODY.

REVELATION 1:12 AND I TURNED TO SEE THE VOICE THAT SPAKE WITH ME, AND BEING TURNED, I SAW SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS; 13. AND IN THE MIDST OF THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS ONE LIKE UNTO THE SON OF MAN, CLOTHED WITH A GARMENT DOWN TO THE FOOT, AND GIRT ABOUT THE PAPS WITH A GOLDEN GIRDLE. 14. HIS HEAD AND HIS HAIRS WERE WHITE LIKE WOOL, AS WHITE AS SNOW; AND HIS EYES WERE AS A FLAME OF FIRE; 15. AND HIS FEET LIKE UNTO FINE BRASS, AS IF THEY BURNED IN A FURNACE ; AND HIS VOICE AS THE SOUND OF MANY WATERS. 16. AND HE HAD IN HIS RIGHT HAND SEVEN STARS; AND OUT OF HIS MOUTH WENT A SHARP TWOEDGED SWORD; AND HIS COUNTENANCE WAS AS THE SUN SHINETH IN HIS STRENGTH,

BELOVED OF GOD, I HAVE HAD MEN ASK ME THIS QUESTION SAYING, BROTHER MATHIS, IF YOU CAME UPON A MAN RAPING YOUR WIFE, WOULD YOU KILL HIM, OR NOT? AND, I

REPLY, LET ME PUT THE SAME QUESTION TO YOU, IF A MAN WAS RAPING YOUR WIFE, ON THE EDGE OF HELL, AND YOU COULD SEE THE PEOPLE IN HELL, SCREAMING WITH PAIN FROM THE FLAMES. AND, YOU KNOW THAT IF A PERSON GETS INTO HELL THEY SHALL BE THERE IN ETERNITY. AND, YOU KNEW THAT IF YOU KILLED THE MAN RAPING YOUR WIFE, THAT A STRONG ANGEL WOULD THROW YOU INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. WOULD YOU KILL THE MAN FOR RAPING YOUR WIFE, OR WOULD YOU LET THOSE MEN IN AUTHORITY HANDLE THE PUNISHMENT? WE AS CHRISTIANS ARE NOT A JUDGE, AND JURY. THE VERY WORD CHRISTIAN MEANS, "TO BE CHRIST LIKE." AND, JESUS CHRIST DID NO VIOLENCE TO ANY MAN. ISAIAH SPEAKING OF JESUS CHRIST, RECORDED THESE WORDS.

ISAIAH 53:8 HE WAS TAKEN FROM PRISON AND FROM JUDGMENT; AND WHO SHALL DECLARE HIS GENERATION? FOR HE WAS CUT OFF OUT OF THE LAND OF THE LIVING; FOR THE TRANSGRESSION OF MY PEOPLE WAS HE STRICKEN. 9. AND HE MADE HIS GRAVE WITH THE WICKED, AND WITH THE RICH IN HIS DEATH, BECAUSE HE HAD DONE NO VIOLENCE, NEITHER WAS ANY DECEIT IN HIS MOUTH.

BROTHERS, AND SISTERS IN CHRIST, TO BE CHRIST LIKE: WE MUST DO VIOLENCE TO NO MAN. WHEN GOD DELIVERED ISRAEL OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE, OUT OF EGYPT. THEY HAD BEEN IN BONDAGE FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS, AND THEY HAD NO RULES OF CONDUCT, THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW HOW TO ACT TOWARD GOD, OR MAN. THEREFORE GOD GAVE THEM TEN RULES OF CONDUCT, WHICH TAUGHT THEM HOW TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES BEFORE GOD, AND MAN. AND THESE ARE THE RULES.

EXODUS 20:1 AND GOD SPAKE ALL THESE WORDS, SAYING, 2. I AM THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH HAVE BROUGHT THEE OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE. 3. THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME. 4. THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE, OR ANY LIKENESS OF ANY THING THAT IS IN HEAVEN ABOVE, OR THAT IS IN THE EARTH BENEATH, OR THAT IS IN THE WATER UNDER THE EARTH: 5.THOU SHALT NOT BOW DOWN THYSELF TO THE THEM, NOR SERVE THEM; FOR I THE LORD THY GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD, VISITING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS UPON THE CHILDREN UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION OF THEM THAT HATE ME; 6. AND SHEWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF THEM THAT LOVE ME, AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. 7. THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN; FOR THE LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS THAT TAKETH HIS NAME IN VAIN. 8. REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY. 9. SIX DAYS SHALT THOU LABOUR, AND DO ALL THY WORK.10. BUT THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD THY GOD; IN IT THOU SHALT NOT DO ANY WORK, THOU, NOR THEY SON, NOR THY DAUGHTER, THY MANSERVANT, NOR THY MAIDSERVANT, NOR THY CATTLE, NOR THY STRANGER THAT IS WITHIN THY GATES.11. FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IN THEM IS, AND RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY. WHEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY, AND HALLOWED IT. 12. HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER ; THAT THY DAYS MAY BE LONG UPON THE LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE. 13. THOU SHALT NOT KILL. 14. THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY. 15. THOU SHALT NOT STEAL; 16. THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOUR. 17. THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE, NOR HIS MANSERVANT, NOR HIS MAIDSERVANT, NOR HIS OX, NOR HIS ASS, NOR ANY THING THAT IS THY NEIGHBOURS.

SAINTS OF GOD,

THE LAW THAT GOD GAVE TO MOSES REMAINED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. FROM THE TIME THAT GOD GAVE THE LAW TO MOSES, UNTIL JOHN THE BAPTIST CAME PREACHING IN THE WILDERNESS. RIGHTEOUSNESS BY THE LAW OF MOSES' ENDED WHEN JOHN CAME PREACHING IN THE WILDERNESS. SINCE THAT TIME THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS PREACHED, AND MEN ARE PRESSED INTO IT.

ST. LUKE 16:16 THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS WERE UNTIL JOHN SINCE THAT TIME THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS PREACHED, AND EVERY MAN PRESSED INTO IT.

CHILDREN OF GOD, UNDER THE LAW OF MOSES, GOD'S CHILDREN KILLED THEIR ENEMIES AS DAVID SLEW GOLIATH, BUT WHEN CHRIST CAME INTO THE WORLD, BEING BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY. THERE CAME A REFORMATION, A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER, A BETTER WAY OF LIVING CAME INTO BEING. AND JESUS CHRIST, THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN, AND EARTH, THE PRINCE OF PEACE, EXPLAINED THE REFORMATION IN HIS SERMON ON THE MOUNT. JESUS IN HIS SERMON ON THE MOUNT SAID THESE WORD

ST. MATTHEW 5:43 YE HAVE HEARD ;THAT IT HATH BEEN SAID, THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR, AND HATE THINE ENEMY. 44. BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU, PRAY FOR THEM WHICH DESPITEFULLY USE YOU, AND PERSECUTE YOU: 45. THAT YE MAY BE THE CHILDREN OF YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN; FOR HE MAKETH HIS SUN TO RISE ON THE EVIL AND ON THE GOOD, AND SENDETH RAIN ON THE JUST AND ON THE UNJUST. 46. FOR IF YE LOVE THEM WHICH LOVE YOU, WHAT REWARD HAVE YE? DO NOT EVEN THE PUBLICANS THE SAME. 47. AND IF YE SALUTE YOUR BRETHREN ONLY, WHAT DO YE MORE THAN OTHERS? DO NOT EVEN THE PUBLICANS SO? 48. BE YE THEREFORE PERFECT, EVEN AS YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN IS PERFECT.

CHILDREN OF LIGHT, THERE ARE SO MANY PREACHERS PREACHING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT, THAT YOU MAY THINK THAT YOU ARE TO SHAPE YOUR LIFE BY THE OLD TESTAMENT. BUT THOUGH THERE ARE MANY RIGHTEOUS ACTS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, WE AS CHILDREN OF GOD CANNOT BE RIGHTEOUS BY KEEPING THE OLD TESTAMENT LAWS. IF WE COULD HAVE BEEN MADE RIGHTEOUS BY THE LAW OF MOSES', WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE LAW OF SIN, AND DEATH. THEN CHRIST JESUS IS DEAD IN VAIN. FOR WE AS CHILDREN OF GOD, ARE MADE RIGHTEOUS IN WORD THOUGHT AND DEED, BY FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS, AND FAITH IN THE BLOOD HE SHED ON CALVARY'S CROSS. GOD INSPIRED THE APOSTLE TO RECORD THESE WORDS,

GALATIANS 2:18 FOR IF I BUILD AGAIN THE THINGS WHICH I DESTROYED, I MAKE MYSELF A TRANSGRESSOR. 19. FOR I THROUGH THE LAW AM DEAD TO THE LAW, THAT I MIGHT LIVE UNTO GOD. 20. I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST; NEVERTHELESS I LIVE; YET NOT I, BUT CHRIST LIVETH IN ME; AND THE LIFE WHICH I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH I LIVE BY THE FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME, AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME. 21. I DO NOT FRUSTRATE THE GRACE OF GOD; FOR IF RIGHTEOUSNESS COME BY THE LAW, THEN CHRIST IS DEAD IN VAIN.

LITTLE CHILDREN, IF WE AS CHRISTIANS ARE NOT TO SHAPE OUR LIVES BY THE OLD TESTAMENT, YOU MAY WONDER WHY THE OLD TESTAMENT WAS RECORDED. THE OLD TESTAMENT WAS OUR SCHOOLMASTER TO BRING US TO CHRIST. BUT SINCE CHRIST IS COME WE ARE NO LONGER UNDER A SCHOOLMASTER.

GALATIANS 3:24 WHEREFORE THE LAW WAS OUR SCHOOLMASTER TO BRING US UNTO CHRIST; THAT WE MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH. 25. BUT AFTER THAT FAITH IS COME, WE ARE NO LONGER UNDER A SCHOOLMASTER. 26. FOR YE ARE ALL THE CHILDREN OF GOD BY FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS.

HOLY CHILDREN, YOU MAY WONDER IF CHRISTIANS AFTER THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST, IF THEY SHOULD FIGHT AGAINST OTHER NATIONS. THE POWERS THAT BE ARE ORDAINED OF GOD, THEY ARE MINISTERS OF THE LORD EXECUTING THE WRATH OF GOD UPON THE WICKED. THEY ARE THERE FOR OUR GOOD. IF WE FIGHT AGAINST THE POWERS THAT BE WE RESIST TO OUR OWN CONDEMNATION.

ROMANS 13:1 LET EVERY SOUL BE SUBJECT UNTO THE HIGHER POWERS. FOR THERE IS NO POWER BUT OF GOD; THE POWERS THAT BE ARE ORDAINED OF GOD. 2. WHOSOEVER THEREFORE RESISTETH THE POWER, RESISTETH THE ORDINANCE OF GOD; AND THEY THAT RESIST SHALL RECEIVE TO THEMSELVES DAMNATION. 3. FOR RULERS ARE NOT A TERROR TO GOOD WORKS, BUT TO THE EVIL. WILT THOU THEN NOT BE AFRAID OF THE POWER? DO THAT WHICH IS GOOD, AND THOU SHALT HAVE PRAISE OF THE SAME; 4. FOR HE IS THE MINISTER OF GOD TO THEE FOR GOOD, BUT IF THOU DO THAT WHICH IS EVIL, BE AFRAID; FOR HE BEARETH NOT THE SWORD IN VAIN; FOR HE IS THE MINISTER OF GOD, A REVENGER TO EXECUTE WRATH UPON HIM THAT DOETH EVIL. 5. WHEREFORE YE MUST NEEDS BE SUBJECT, NOT ONLY FOR WRATH, BUT ALSO FOR CONSCIENCE SAKE.

SAINTS OF GOD, LET ME CONCLUDE WITH THIS VERSE SCRIPTURE SPOKEN BY THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, JESUS THE CHRIST.

ST. MATTHEW 7:12 THEREFORE ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER YE WOULD THAT MEN SHOULD DO TO YOU, DO YE EVEN SO TO THEM: FOR THIS IS THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.

BELOVED IF YOU DO NOT WANT SOMEONE TO KILL YOUR CHILDREN, DO NOT KILL THEIRS.


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