Love doesn't kill.

I don't actually hate anyone, though there are some that I seriously dislike. I honestly don't want anyone dead, though there are some I wish would just go to another country, another planet, another universe. But hating someone and wanting them dead is just something I do not feel. In fact, I am not sure that if the life or death opportunity presented itself...the situation where it was either them or me...that I would choose my life over anyone elses life. 
When I was a very young adult, I allowed myself to be talked into having an abortion, even though it was not what I wanted. I was weak and I was wrong for not standing up to Satan and his two vessels, and I will regret that horrible decision for all of my days since. 
I knew the instant that my unborn child died. The horror of what I had done coursed through my veins like ice water and a part of me, in addition to that child, died. For months I teetered between life and death, every night falling asleep wanting to die and some of those nights coming within inches of bringing about my death. Eventually, I found my way back to God and after several years, I finally forgave myself. Doesn't mean that I will forget it or stop regretting it. Just means I forgave myself. Of course, some people reading this may not believe that, but those readers will have to discuss this with God.
After that, I realized the true value of human life. I realized how wonderfully precious and unique every life is to God, both the unborn and the born, both the good people and the very bad. As I've grown older, I've grown to the point that the mere flippant remarks of people who say, "I'm going to kill so & so." and "I wish so & so was dead!", not only makes me ill, it makes me want to get as far away from that person as possible; wash my hands of them and move as far away from their presence as I can get! I truly do not want or need that kind of negativity and hatred in my life! And I don't care if it's in joking, either. It shouldn't be said, even lightly. The very Bible tells us that we shall be held accountable for every word uttered from our mouths, and I really don't want to have to explain my ugly, hate & death filled words to God because I am already going to have enough to have to answer for.
I know a man who told his wife that if he ever caught her with another man he would kill her; blow her brains out. What made this even more shocking was that the wife was not doing a single thing wrong, nor had she been. Fact is, she was old, obese and in questionable health at the time and 'fooling around' was just not something her mind had ever entertained. This same man gets mad at random people and says he's going to shoot them, cut them, kill them. He hates anyone who disagrees with him, anyone who he feels wrongs him, anyone who might be a different race than he. And even though he's never been in any trouble with the law, he freaks out every time they get close to him. It makes me wonder if his flippant threats are maybe not quiet so flippant, and he fears that he's going to get caught if he ever acts on them.
Regardless, love does not hate. Love does not kill. Love does not want others dead. Love does not even threaten death, especially to those that one has been sworn to honor and love and protect. Love does not entertain ugly thoughts, nor does it play negative scenarios through ones head where it eventually erupts from their mouths.
God is love and if we have God in us, His love will guard our hearts AND our minds. We won't think about hating and killing because it is contrary to the God that is in us. But people who spout words of hatred and murder are not, can not, be walking with God, nor can they truly have God in their hearts. It is just impossible for God and Satan to inhabit the same vessel. 
However, as hypocritical as this may sound, I do believe in the death penalty. I believe that we should establish firm and unwaivering consequences to certain crimes. There was a time in this world where coldblooded killers knew that they would themselves die via hanging, firing squad, electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection. The consequences of coldblooded murder was enough to deter many an individual. But something changed and people grew soft and now? No one seems to care if threats are made, and if those threats are eventually carried out, some bleeding heart is going to try and blame the victim or some other nonsense, and more times than not the killer gets a hard slap on the wrists, maybe even life behind bars, but rarely are they put to death by our Criminal Justice system. How is that a deterrent? The thing is...I believe in the Death Penalty, but I could never be the person who administers it!

When someone tells me that they are going to kill me, I take that threat seriously, even if law enforcement does not. I don't make threats such as that because I value human life, even if I don't like certain humans. When someone threatens my life, I feel that they do not value human life and I believe that if given the chance, that person would kill me dead and do so without hesitation. 

Love doesn't kill. It's as simple as that. 
Real love would rather be humiliated and embarrassed, than cause fatal harm to those it loves. 
So the next time someone who claims to love you says that they will kill you, even in a supposedly joking manner, do yourself a favor and sever ties with that person as soon as you can! You aren't God. He is the only being that can fix a heart filled with that much hatred and callousness.