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The Investigation Discovery Channel began airing in 1996. Twenty years later, the ID channel has inspired a series of programming based upon finding the killer of unsolved cases. Recent shows like Snapped examines the mind of a murderer. This phenomena has influenced Headline News to develop the Making of a Murderer to add to their late night murder mysteries.
And the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you so angry? And why do you look annoyed? 7 If you do well [believing Me and doing what is acceptable and pleasing to Me], will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well [but ignore My instruction], sin crouches at your door; its desire is for you [to overpower you], but you must master it,” Genesis 4:6-7.
According to the Bible, a murder ruined the earth’s first family as jealousy led the oldest son Cain to kill his younger brother Able. In the earliest days on earth, God walked and talked with Adam and Eve. Apparently, God approached Cain before this act of murder occurred. Like a parent warning their child, God warned Cain of his jealous heart, seeing his displeasure and frustration. Unfortunately, the thought of getting rid of his brother had already conceived, only a matter of time before these thoughts inspired an evil action.
Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will have respect for him.’ 14 But when the tenants saw him, they discussed it among themselves, saying, ‘This [man] is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’ 15 So they threw the son out of the vineyard and killed him, Luke 20:13-15a.
During a first century parable, Jesus reveals the mind of a murderer. A group of tenants thought if they killed the owner’s only son, these men would be in line to receive his inheritance. This flawed decision did not take into account one obvious fact: God is all-knowing and sees every deed committed by human beings. While some may appear to get away with a crime or murder, sooner or later individuals will be brought to justice either on earth or in the afterlife.
“You have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and ‘Whoever murders shall be guilty before the court.’ 22 But I say to you that everyone who continues to be angry with his brother or harbors malice against him shall be guilty before the court; and whoever speaks [contemptuously and insultingly] to his brother, Raca (You empty-headed idiot)!’ shall be guilty before the supreme court (Sanhedrin); and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fiery hell, Matthew 5:21-22.
Jesus expounds upon this concept in his Sermon on the Mount. In the passage above, Jesus compares hatred with murder. Hatred is an emotion that influences how you act. The more people allow anger to dwell and grow within them, human beings will begin to act, behave and do things out of the ordinary. Under extreme conditions, the mind of a murderer becomes more than a thought. In view of this danger, it’s essential to take every thought captive by making them obedient to Christ. This practice can reverse evil desires implanted by the Devil.
by Jay Mankus
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