Yes. One can repent, but still has to face earthly Justice.
No mention of anti death-penalty protestors on this one.
Took way too long to kill him.
Probably the best end to such a sad story. Definitely better than an unrepentant killer being put to death at least. Hopefully (for him) his repentance was real. Prayers for all involved.
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Amen.
You said everything that can be said about this, in my opinion.
No prayers for the murderer. Thank you.
Forgiveness is an interesting transaction. Yes it is a transaction. It needs to be given and received. If not, it is not COMPLETE. One may give forgiveness, one may ask for forgiveness and those are good things, but if they are not both done the transaction is not complete.
In this case it would appear the transaction is complete.
Presuming that his repentance was real, he couldn’t have dreaded death too much. It would have to seem like a welcome break after the mental nightmare he must experience every day knowing what he did.
Why did it take so long?
About 15 years too late and FAR too "humane". Bastards like this should face a firing squad, with the first round being all blanks, so a second round is required. I'm sure he wasn't so humane when he gunned down his family, drugs or no drugs.
Crack Kills
The morale of the story is stay drug free, most of the crimes we see committed are due to substance abuse, it’s the worst global epidemic of all time, but the profits are too good and punishment too light.
So we live in this diseased condition as a society.
Hey, wow that was deep...
I must admit, I am SHOCKED (and very pleased) by the comments here!
Almost all of them accept the repentance (if real) of the criminal and the forgiveness of sin by Jesus.
I have found that in many cases this is one of the hardest concepts to understand.
How can this child murderer be forgiven?
As you know, God has forgiven ALL the sins of man, past, present, and future. All that is required by man is to repent and accept that forgiveness by accepting Jesus as his Lord and Savior.
Similarly, Matthew 19:30 But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.
In the eyes of Jesus, if you were saved as a child, went to church, worshiped the Lord your entire life, you are no more worthy of forgiveness than this child murderer, maybe even less so. But in any case, your reward is the same.
May God bless the many believers here on FR. Thank you Lord for your divine forgiveness of our sins as we are all sinners. I pray this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen
This case is a great argument FOR the death penalty.
Sometimes the fear of certain death is the only thing that causes people to finally seek God before it is too late.