We are moving to the day when our elderly will be encouraged to die when they become an inconvenience. The horrible events of the past few days are a testimony to the lack of respect for life that our secular society has encouraged.
Life is no longer a sacred thing, it is a dispensable thing.
It is not surprising that the further our society moves away from God's commandments the less sacred society considers those things God cherishes. The sixth commandment was given to Israel to teach them to love life, to consider it so valuable that the taking of life would result in the loss of your own life. The Bible teaches us that life is a sacred gift from God, that any society or individual that despises the value of life will lose their way and become corrupt. We are to love life and seek to preserve and sanctify it. In Christ we must not only deal with the outward act, we must also deal with the inside drives that move us toward action.