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SF554
*TIMELESS TRUTHS FOR TERRIBLE TIMES*
*Capital Punishment And The Christian*
*Romans 12:17-13:5*
*INTRODUCTION*
*/Romans 12-13: Threefold Responsibility/*
*12:1-2: Our responsibility to our Savior*
*12:9-16: Our responsibility to the saints*
*12:17-13:5: Our responsibility to society*
*/There is today a great debate concerning what the Bible teaches about Capital punishment./*
*/How are we to approach this issue?/*
*/What does the New Testament say concerning the taking of life and the punishment for murder?/*
*/What does it mean to be humane?/*
*/Where does justice fit in?/*
*/Paul deals with these issues in this passage./*
*/He gives both a prohibition and a principle.../*.
\\ *1A.
THE PROHIBITION OF REVENGE (12:17-21)*
*/1B.
Because Revenge Destroys Relationships (17-18)/*
*/(2 Corinthians 8:21)/*/ For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men./
*1C.
Our tendency to over react*
/We tend to act out of anger when we have been personally wronged./
*2C.
The limitation of our knowledge*
/We can never really know another person’s motive!/
*3C.
Revenge tends to breed revenge! - No peace!*
*/(Proverbs 24:29)/*/ Do not say, "I'll do to him as he has done to me; I'll pay that man back for what he did."/
*/2B.
Because Revenge is a Sin (19)/*
*1C.
It is disobedience to God’s command*
*/(Leviticus 19:18) /*/"'Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself.
I am the LORD./
*2C.
It reveals a lack of faith*
*/(Proverbs 20:22)/*/ Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!"
Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you./
*3C.
It is a form of robbery from God*
*/(Deuteronomy 32:35)/*/ It is mine to avenge; I will repay.
In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them."/
\\ */3B.
Because Revenge Eliminates the Opportunity to Witness (20-21)/*
*1C.
Our actions speak louder than our words...*
*/(Luke 6:32‑33)/*/ "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?
Even 'sinners' love those who love them.
{33} And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you?
Even 'sinners' do that./
*2C.
Good is more powerful than evil*
/Whenever we seek revenge we give into evil and surrender God’s victory!/
\\ *2A.
THE PRINCIPLE OF RESTRAINT(13:1-5)*
*/1B.
God’s Ministers of Restraint (13:1-3)/*
/God repays through human justice and through human law./
*1C.
God establishes all government (1)*
/An evil government is God’s reward to a sinful, rebellious people!/
*2C.
God ordains all government (2)*
/Rebellion against the government is rebellion against God!/
*3C.
God rewards through government (3)*
*/2B.
God’s Method of Restraint (13:4)/*
*1C.
The sin*
*/(Exodus 20:13)/*/ "You shall not murder./
*2C.
The sentence*
/The Sword is an instrument of death not an instrument of discipline!/
*/(Genesis 9:6)/*/ "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man./
*/(Exodus 21:12)/*/ "Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death./
\\ */3B.
God Motive for Restraint (13:5)/*
*1C.
Because God is Love*
/He loves us too much to allow sin to go unpunished!/
/Softness to the criminal is cruelty to the community/
/If you love people you will hate sin!/
*2C.
Because society is sin sick*
/Serious sickness calls for strong medicine!/
/Capital punishment is an effective deterrent to crime - that murderer will never murder again!/
*/King Henry VIII/*
/Henry the eighth once pardoned a murderer and that murderer killed another man.
They came back to King Henry and they said we're going to ask you to pardon him the second time and this is what Henry said.
“No, I want do it, he killed the first man, I killed the second man but I’ll kill no more.”/
*3C.
Because God is just*
/The penalty fits the crime!/
/The innocent are protected/
/The guilty is faced with the consequences of their action/
\\ *APPLICATION*
*/As individuals we have no right to “get even”/*
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