“WHEN A CRIME IS NOT PUNISHED, PEOPLE FEEL IT IS SAFE TO DO WRONG.” Ecclesiastes 8:11
There is no greater proof of this truth than the condition of our current society. Laws mean little and punishment means less. When a criminal is told that he is being sentenced to ten years; he begins calculating hat he will only do two. What would happen if a ten year sentence was actually a full ten-year sentence? What would happen if that 10 year sentence was of hard labor?
I do not understand how it is unjust to make people work hard in prison, if they are not willing to work hard and resort to crime within society. Hard labor is considered cruel; I consider crime cruel. How many sad stories have been told of countless innocent lives destroyed by repeat defenders who were out of prison early? How many of those offenders were out early because of heir “good behavior” within the controlled environment of prison? I never had trouble behaving with when my parents were in the same room either. It was always when I was left to my own resources that I broke the rules.
I once had a thirteen year old boy stand toe to toe with me and say, “If I killed you right now, they wouldn’t touch me because I’m too young! And even if they arrest me, by law, I can only be held until I am 18, then I’ll be released and you’ll still be dead. “WHEN A CRIME IS NOT PUNISHED, PEOPLE FEEL IT IS SAFE TO DO WRONG.”
Parents make the same mistake with their children; by trying to be loving and merciful they sabotage their own authority and household rules. “If you do hat ONE more time . . .” should never be in a parent’s vocabulary. I you know they disobeyed, they know they disobeyed. Delayed obedience is disobedience and punishment that is lessened isn’t punishment at all.
Think carefully what wise Solomon is saying, “WHEN A CRIME IS NOT PUNISHED, PEOPLE FEEL IT IS SAFE TO DO WRONG.”AMEN!VISIT OUR WEBSITE; http://www.newhopecommunityfellowship.com N.H.C.F. Touching Hearts - Changing Lives
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