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Aug 6, 2024 · Should Christians support the death penalty? This debate has divided believers for years, as both sides of the argument find solace in different biblical interpretations. In this article, we will tackle this contentious issue from a biblical perspective, aiming to provide a balanced viewpoint.
May 2, 2014 · Would Jesus Support the Death Penalty? Scripture seems to back most Americans' view that he would oppose capital punishment—but that hasn't translated into widespread opposition. By Jonathan...
Jan 10, 2022 · Does Jesus condemn the death penalty in Matthew 5:38-39? If not, what did he mean? The answer is "No." Jesus is teaching Christians to avoid paying blow for a blow or taking revenge.
- Christ Died in Our Place For Our Sins: Penal Substitutionary Atonement
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The idea of penal substitutionary atonement is, as the name suggests, the claim that Christ’s death paid a penalty (“penal”). As Christ did not deserve a penalty, he was paying it for others (“substitutionary”). And, the result of Christ’s paying this price for others is that we are now forgiven (“atonement”). The idea of a “penalty” takes us into ...
Depending on your background, the statement above may still leave you scratching your head, wondering what possible objection it could raise? Isn’t everything we’ve just said more or less what the Bible says? Let’s consider the nature of the objections sometimes raised. Some of the objections come from unbelief, or alternative beliefs. For example:...
The doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement has caused headaches for the church’s logicians. It’s never caused much trouble to the church’s poets. It may have fallen out of textbooks at key points, but it’s never far from the church’s hymns. It’s a truth perhaps better sung than said. The truth that Christ in his death took the penalty for my s...
Jun 24, 2014 · Opponents to the death penalty are surely right in holding that Jesus wouldn’t allow it. The incidents we see in the Gospels — the woman caught in adultery, for instance — reject killing, and reject the self-righteousness and anger that lead us to kill.
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Jul 6, 2016 · “An adulterer shall be put to death;” (b) But I say unto you, “Only one without sin may execute the death penalty;” (c) Go, and sin no more. Jesus’ ruling points beyond the letter to the true meaning of the law, just as do his teachings in the Sermon on the Mount.
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Dec 17, 2020 · The death penalty does execute a number of innocent people each year—about 4% of those executed are innocent. (Jesus himself was a victim of an innocent man being wrongly killed at the hand of capital punishment.) The death penalty is essentially useless in deterring violent crime.
