1. textbox center textbox center If God Relents, Why Wouldn’t We? Exodus 32:14

2. textbox center textbox center 1.The death penalty (DP) is what we all deserve. 2.The Cross was capital punishment and the price paid there in that one life was enough. 3.Mercy to those who’ve shown no mercy releases mercy our way too.

3. textbox center textbox center 4.The DP accomplishes nothing but retribution today and the Gospel invites us out into something beyond that: there is a higher spirituality in mercy than in judgment. 5.A broken society produces broken people and at some point we need to own that fact.

4. textbox center textbox center 6.The first mile is justice, the second mile is the mercy mile. There is a higher spiritual place out in that second mile that releases God’s favor over both individuals and nations.

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6. textbox center textbox center Five Standard Reasons for the DP  Retribution  Deterrence  Safety  Healing and closure  Economics