Capital_Punishment_In_The_Religious_Perspective

Capital Punishment In The Religious Perspective Capital Punishment in the Religious Perspective Some Christians believe that capital punishment does not apply to the New Testament and church age. First we must acknowledge that God gave the principle of capital punishment even before the institution of the Old Testament law code. In Genesis 9:6 we read that "Whoever sheds man's blood by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God, He made man." “Capital punishment was instituted by God because humans are created in the image of God. The principle is not rooted in the Old Testament theocracy, but rather in the creation order” (Anderson). It is a much broader biblical principle that carries into the New Testament. Even so, some Christians argue that in the Sermon on the Mount Jesus seems to be arguing against capital punishment. But is He' In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is not arguing against the principle of a life for a life. He is speaking about the issue of our personal desire for vengeance. He is not denying the power and responsibility of the government. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is speaking to individual Christians. He is telling Christians that they should not try capital, punishment, testament, government, old, murder, anderson, penalty, law, death, principle, teaches, jesus, god, new, sword, human, christians, wrong, stone, specifically, should, life, image, theocracy, sermon, said, roman, rather, power, paul, objection, obey, never, must, murderer