Originally Posted by Pilgrim
Originally Posted by via_dolorosa
To develop my last point even further, in cases where Double Jeopardy has applied and a person can no longer be punished by the American justice system even if they confess, is there any hope for them?
scratchchin Would I be correct in concluding that you believe that this particular sin confessed (are there any others?) Christ did not shed His blood, even for those who are truly His? Or, perhaps you believe that Christ's blood was shed for this confessed sin but His atonement is ineffective? Or, do you believe this is what is popularly known as the "unpardonable sin"?

Greetings, Pilgrim.

I believe that murder is a crime against God and against man simutaneously, and reconcilation must be sought with both. The "my sin is private" thinking that has gained a foothold in much of Christianity flies right in the face of Scripture. When Paul addressed sexual immorality within the community of Christians, he treated it as a crime against the Church, defiling the whole body. To say, "I offended both God and man, but only have to answer to God" is to completely deny the many scriptural references to being subject to the laws of men, beginning with the Levitical system of justice God ordained to prosecute crimes not only against God but against man. The Ten Commandments themselves are telling in that the first 4 deal with offenses against God, and the last 6 deal with offenses against God and man alike, along with prescriptions on how such violations are to be dealt with.

So let me turn this back on you. Are you suggesting that if someone commits murder, they may conceal their crime from the justice system so long as they confess it to God privately?

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