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There but by the grace of God, go I


Dear father,

I was listening to your podcast today on the plight of people convicted of brutal crimes. And it made me wonder about how you might understand the meaning of 'the grace of God'?

I was alarmed that you are confidently committed to asking for the death penalty in the cases you support it for. 

May I ask, if you were in the same position as those you want killed, would you have not done the same thing?

I hear you. You might now be thinking "I would never commit such a crime don't be ridiculous". I would respond ironically by suggesting we have a veritable Jesus Christ before us, if so.

My point is, how do you know that you would not commit the same crime in their position? You have been saved by the grace of God. Can you then know what you would have done, if you have already been saved by His grace?

If my interpretation of grace is 'if I do not sin, God will save me', then I will think this way. 

But if my interpretation of grace is WHATEVER I might have done is already forgiven anyway, then it is a very different matter. Psychologically, materially, spiritually. 

In this latter case, is asking for the state to commit homicide against anyone who has already been forgiven, no matter what their crime, something 'the light inside us all' would be happy with?

Yours sincerely,
Robin Smith.
northstokelife.com
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