A Reason for Rejoicing!

I have chosen to write my paper on the death penalty in response to "The Death Penalty Is A Step Back." Have you ever experienced grace you did not deserve? We have all at somepoint said something to a friend, lied to someone, stolen something, or cut someone off in traffic. How did that person respond? Did you even notice? Sometimes we take their grace for granted, but when a person has truly experienced forgiveness and they realize that someone has extended grace to them they are humbled in two ways. First, they recognize that this person did not respond in such a way to get even but instead with love and understanding. Second, they realize that the other person has thrown off all stereotypes. This extension of grace can make a person realize that what society tells them they have to be or what they have to does not have to be the case. "The only way to break the chain of violent reaction is to practice nonviolence," and I propose that extending forgiveness is that nonviolent solution. Once you have received grace and been forgiven, how can you withhold that grace from someone else, and seeing as how I have been forgiven by my perfect heavenly father who's forgiveness I did not deserve, how can I withhold that forgivenss from anyone?

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.