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NASB | Exodus 20:13 ¶ "You shall not murder. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 20:13 ¶ "You shall not commit murder (unjustified, deliberate homicide). [Gen 9:6; Ex 21:12, 14, 18] |
Bible Question:
Dear saints of the Forum, This is the promised new thread. Webster's - 'the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought.' Does the Bible speak of 'conscientious objection' toward capital punishment? Fellows, please be consistent! Capital punishment is NOT murder by any interpretation of Scripure, while abortion and euthenasia are! You are speaking of your own 'conscientious objection' toward taking another life. As has been made so glaringly evident thes past few days, crime is war against humanity. Your argument is that once we have caught and disarmed a proven, admitted murderer, he is helpless, and no longer culpable of his crime. A moment before, when he had a weapon in his hand, we can shoot him, but now... I find this very inconsistent. The human rights of the victim are equal to those of the criminal. Blessings and peace. In Jesus, charis |
Bible Answer: Charis I agree with you to the point that God did give us permission in the OT to do many things, including capital punishment for many crimes, including murder. However, Jesus has taught us that we must help that person to sin no more and to become a Christian, if at all possible. By putting a murderer into prison, even for life, they will have the chance to find Jesus and live their life as Jesus wants us to. They may not find Jesus, but we must try to help them. If we immediately kill that person, or near immediately, then they probably won't have the opportunity to find Jesus during the course of their natural life. If they complete their natural life in prison, they will have a greater chance of being saved and spending eternity in heaven. John 8:7-11 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11 "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin." 12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." Murder is a sin and if a man commits this sin and then truly follows Jesus, his sin of murder will be forgiven. Brian |