The government is the representative of God’s judgment, as shown by the command “An eye for an eye.” The church is the representative of God’s grace, as shown by the command, “Repent and be forgiven.”
The church should not give way to the government, for the two entities are, in a sense, in competition for humans souls. Should the government surrender some of it’s punitive nature in order to offer mercy, well and good (but we do not expect it). However, the church must never surrender its grace and mercy to become punitive, for then the witness of Christ is lost to the world.
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