What should Christians think of criminals?

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Explain the attitude that Christians may have towards Criminals?

There are many different types of Christians and their beliefs mainly follow the same thread. In this essay I am going to explain how Christians use their knowledge from the bible to treat Criminals.  

In the parable of the lost son, Luke 15, v11-32; the younger son receives inheritance from his father early, so he goes away and spends it on reckless living and eventually ends up working with the pigs. He realises the error of his ways and repents and goes home. The older loyal son is jealous that the dad let him back into his life like nothing happened. Then the father says, “All I have is yours”, and “my son was lost and now is found, he was dead and now is alive.” This parable shows the father as being God, the young son as the people who make mistakes and repent, and the older son as believers loyal to God the father. When the father says to the loyal son “Everything I have is yours” I think this is talking about Eternal life, because in the bible God promises everyone who believes eternal life.  This story should show Christians to not want to take Revenge, because in the end God will make it fair on Judgement day, like the Father made it fair to the son, by not still making sure they had both equal property and the other son would get no more, just because he came back. Also it shows that if God can value a sinner, and could see them as a person; this is what the father did to the by letting the son back. Furthermore Christians should learn that they shouldn’t turn the person away, if they ask fro forgiveness but help them to become a better person, like the father tried with the repentant son.

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Another parable in the bible, which teaches how Christians should treat criminals, is in Mathew 18: v23-35, the parable of the Unmerciful servant. In this story a servant is in heavy debt and the King forgives him and takes away the debt. Someone else owes that servant money, and instead of forgiving him like the King forgave him, he throws the un-paying man in prison. When the king finds out that he did not forgive like he was forgiven, he puts him in jail and he to has to pay the whole amount, Jesus says “This is how God will ...

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