Amanda
Calm as a Hindu cow
- Nov 28, 2008
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amanda, i think you could be letting what man has determined as not being cold blooded murder that makes you think this way instead of God's word.
i had learned in a Bible study that An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.....a life for a life, was God's way of CURBING the Jews from OVER PUNISHING the guilty, as they were doing...
A life should ONLY be taken from the criminal, when he has taken a life....or was in the process of taking a life, thus in self defense you kill him, other wise....it is murder....setting aside war or just war.
MEN, or MAN have tried to change this, to meet their needs and their own rules, but those are not God's in my humble opinion.
So, if someone has broken in to your house to rob you, and has not tried to kill you, or is not armed or threatening you with your life, it would be murder for you to kill him, under God's rules, and those circumstances....REGARDLESS of whether the laws of your state permits you to do such...again, imo.
Our God is a merciful, forgiving and JUST God....this was the lesson of an eye for an eye....not an evil, mean, overbearing, over punishing God, but a just one.....
please ask your youth minister about this, i'd love to hear what he/she says!
I understand where you're coming from, really I do. I would not want to do it. But I would face whatever punishment the state or God had for me. I wouldn't hesitate for a second. I don't think I would even consciously decide to do it, it would just be done.