THOU SHALT NOT KILL a gripping British crime mystery full of twists by ALISON JOSEPH

Author:ALISON JOSEPH [JOSEPH, ALISON]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books Mystery, Crime Thriller, Suspense
Published: 2024-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

‘Satan loves our weaknesses, he feeds on our weaknesses,’ Ross was saying. ‘Satan is hungry for our sins.’ His eyes shone with the urgency of his words, as he allowed his gaze to alight on each person in the group in turn. Agnes counted twelve people including herself, all squashed into the Murphys’ front room.

‘And it is we who feed Satan, by allowing him to feast on our sin,’ Ross went on. ‘Even in the face of the great sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ do we continue to nourish Satan in our hearts.’

Agnes shifted on her floor cushion, glad that she had arrived too late to take one of the chairs. At least here, sitting with her legs curled under her behind an armchair, she was half-hidden from Ross’s view.

‘People ask me, “Pastor, what can we do about this?” And I say to them, the answer is simple. In Jesus is our salvation. And however hard Satan tries, however much we in our frailty give him cause for triumph, the Lord Jesus is there. Because, and this is the great glorious message of the Gospel, Jesus died for us. Once and for all, in that great act of love, he cleansed us of our sins. And as long as we remember that, as long as we recall to mind every day, every moment of every day, that act of love, then Satan will never find a way to our hearts.’

Agnes glanced at the faces around the room. Morris Stanton was there, but not Shirley. Elizabeth, near the door, ready to greet latecomers. Roger by the window. Steven next to him, and Jerry at Ross’s feet, as he was before. There were two young women sharing an armchair rather uncomfortably, both wearing jeans, both with long blonde-tinted, cheaply permed hair. There was a smartly dressed Afro-Caribbean man in his twenties, sitting straight-backed, gazing at Ross. Lastly, there was a shabby-looking grey-haired woman sitting with a stooped elderly man who appeared to be her husband.

‘In the passage from the Bible that Steven chose to read to us earlier, St Paul clearly states to us what we must do. We must follow Christ. That is all we have to do. As long as you keep that idea firmly in your mind, that you are a follower of Jesus, then all else will come from that. In all your daily dealings with people, in your work, with your friends, you are above all else a follower of Christ. And this is the next piece of good news. Because the more you allow Jesus into your heart, the more empowered you will be. You will find Jesus living amongst you, as real as I am now; and you will see Satan recoil from you.’

Ross’s eyes were bright, his tanned skin seemed to glow. Agnes studied the broad forehead, the straight nose. He really was very good at his job. She watched the two girls in the armchair, both concentrating very hard on staring at Ross to avoid having to catch each other’s eye.

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