This commandment concerns the respect we ought to have for our own lives and the lives of other people. Violence has become almost an accepted way of life: everywhere on a daily basis people are getting killed. Even through destructive words people’s lives are destroyed. This is what sin has done to the people who actually belong to God. Even the Son of God was not spared. They also killed Him. Yet through His death God opened our eyes to the meaning of life, and its worth. Life is a gift of God. We are made in the image of God to reflect His glory. To harm anyone is an act directed against God.