SPOUSE’S ARE THE FIRST SUSPECT
You are to preserve your life and the life of others including your spouse.
Prov.6:16-17…The Lord hates…hands that shed innocent blood”
Not only does God hate murder but the sixth commandment also commands us not to kill.
Ex.20:13 “Thou shalt not kill…”
Whenever there is a murder, the first suspect is always the spouse.
You might be saying to yourself that you would never physically harm your spouse but we are going to expose sins that LEAD to murder.
First, we must not injure our spouse’s name.
It is a great CRUELTY to murder your spouse’s name.
You injure your spouse when you maliciously slander them.
Psa.35:11 “False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.”
Do you talk about your spouse with your family?
Do you tell his family when you feel he had done something you don’t APPROVE of?
What about when you are at work with co-workers or other friends?
Any BELITTLING of your spouse with others, is murdering their name.
Second, you must not injure them in their body.
God made this command to PRESERVE life.
Gen.9:6 “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made he man.”
God made your spouse for him to enjoy and he has a reason and purpose for his life.
The following is a list of EMOTIONS that lead to murder:
Anger produces murder.
Jacobs sons Simeon and Levi murdered and it is recorded in the bible for all to read. Gen.49:6”…In their anger they slew a man…”
Envy produces murder.
In Gal.5:21, the apostle puts envy and murder together.
Satan envied and murdered our first parents.
Envy first begins by being DISCONTENTED against God then ends in injuring man.
Envy is deep rooted and wants blood to be quenched.
Hatred produces murder.
The Pharisees hated Christ because he was more POPULAR among the people.
Haman hated Mordecai because he would not bow to him and wanted to destroy the whole Jewish race.
You can commit murder in many ways:
- With the hand 2Sam.20:10
- With the mind 1John 3:15
- With the tongue John 18:30
- With the pen 2Sam.11:15
- By plotting another’s death 1Kings 21:10
- Witchcraft Deut.18:10
- By having an intention to kill another Matt.2:8,13
- By consenting to another’s death Acts 22:20
- Unmercifulness Deut.24:6
Although this has been a gruesome subject, remember that it starts with our mouth.
If you are HARBORING anger, envy or hatred in your heart towards your spouse, this is the time to let it go.
You are killing your marriage.
You can bring LIFE into your marriage by asking the Holy Spirit to give you guidance and direction.
Ask God to forgive you and become the spouse that you and God want you to be.
Take that FIRST step and God will lead you through the rest!
NOTE: Daily there is a new post to help your marriage be a success.
LOVE YOUR SPOUSE 
Funny you should say that. I had a relative whose husband died in his sleep. They treated her like a suspect from the start. When it was obvious, natural causes was how he died from the coroner visit, the police were sympathetic.
Good Bible verse.