Who am I

And there have been a few people on death row who found Jesus and did wonderful things to help get others saved with their testimony. There was one not too long ago, I don’t remember his name, but a lot of people were trying to save his life and switch him over to life in prison because he was helping so many people. It didn’t work though and now he is gone. He ended up confessing that he was the guilty one and he deserved to die for what he did. The loss of a life is always a bad thing to someone. Everyone on death row has someone who loves them.

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Blessings to all

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD,
thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

NearertoGod

I agree.

smellycat

the question is the same,we are all sinners,from one extreme to another,the ones who don,t exept being a sinner or justify there sins,they then deny Jesus.even murderers etc who have been used by the spirit of evil and know they do wrong and repent their sins,can be saved,without repenting you cannot be saved.Jesus tells us this.

J. Damascene

The question is not whether a person deserves to die but whether we are in any position to enforce the death penalty, sinners that we are.

NearertoGod

That is actually what I intended this thread to be, however, the thought went to if a person deserves to die or not.

Whirlwind

An eye for an eye.

Then again...say someone out there does something awful - too bad to ever be forgiven. A jury sentences him and he gets the death penalty.

In God's eyes...because we've punished him for his sin, is the man's sin wiped out? Paid for in full because we brought him to justice (instead of the Lord)? We got our justice by killing him, putting him far away from us. That was his punishment. Does it mean that he'll no longer see the flames from the lake of fire? Or have we sent him to the lake of fire faster than was intended.

Vengence is mine, says the Lord. If someone does something very bad to us or anybody else - so bad that we couldn't forgive that person, aren't we supposed to leave that up to the Lord? He'll take vengence on our behalf? Eventually?

Thou shalt not kill. That little dot at the end of the sentence means that this thought is complete. No add-ons. No revisions. No what-ifs.

Personally, I think that life is given by the Lord - and He's the only one with the right to take it back. And punish.

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Chapter-by-Chapter, verse-by-verse.
Jesus is the Living Word.

slavetoChrist

I am a proponent of the death penalty.

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we know the way!
we speak the truth!
we live the life!
cause He's the Lord!

BreathOfGod

For the record, I support the death penalty and am proud to live in a state that enforces it.


Since people want to know Biblically if it should be supported or not, I looked up some info in google about what scriptures are given to support it. I haven't read through the links, but here you go. I have not attended a church that preaches either way on the issue.

Baptist Press - Death penalty biblical, not vengeful, Southern Seminary's Moore says - News with a Christian Perspective

Pro Capital Punishment Page

Capital Punishment: Three Good Reasons for Supporting the Death Penalty

Capital Punishment

Policies of religious groups towards the death penalty

slavetoChrist

I love Texas!

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we know the way!
we speak the truth!
we live the life!
cause He's the Lord!

BreathOfGod

Me too!

Look.... we have a website about our death penalty, complete with info on past executions, upcoming executions, history, etc.

Death Row Home Page

Once on the news they were interviewing this minister who goes in and speaks with the death row inmates.