The Death Penalty

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

I think the church is different than civil government. Roman government was nothing close to a democracy. The church was powerless to halt any execution, and in fact willingly laid their own lives on the line because of their beliefs.

Was the Roman government God-ordained? Was Paul, aka Saul, justified in his evil treatment of Christians? Were the Christians worthy of death simply because an evil government chose to execute them?

Nowhere in the NT does the church assert a right to kill those who are evil. No, the church chose a different method of dealing with the wicked - they converted them.

Maybe instead of trying to enforce morality through legislation, we should actually live godly, mercifully, and be witnesses to the godless.

Killing people seals their eternal damnation.

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