The Justices spar over the constitutionality of the death penalty

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(07-01-2015, 03:41 PM)Johnny Cupcakes Wrote: Feel free to let me know if I'm interpreting this in a different way than you, so I don't label you in a way that is wrong.  This pretty much says that you must live the law in the way in which it was written....word for word....to enter the kingdom of heaven.  So....in this case, you WOULD be in favor of executing homosexuals?

Matthew 5:17-20  King James Version (KJV)
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

He is saying do not forget, but be "better”. Replace the word righteousness with forgiveness or mercy. He does say that you can violate the laws and still enter Heaven (his salvation). IMO this is why you hear some joke about they are going to heaven; they just might not get the Mansion on the Hill.
 
WTS, I would not be in favor of executing homosexuals; but I do think they may have to answer for it one day; they just might not get the Mansion on the Hill.