While depicting the younger son as a sinner, Jesus uses the image of a father as a metaphor to refer to a God who embraces and celebrates the repentance of a sinner. ... In addition, the ring for his hand is a symbol to restore his rights as an owner's son and not just as a guest or a servant. ... The theme of "something is lost that is found " appears several times in Luke 15 to emphasize the idea of how God is happy and always welcomes a sinner if he repents and "comes home. " This is illustrated as the father exclaims "my son was a dead man and came to life " (Luke 15). ... In the same...

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On the other hand, those who oppose the death penalty note scriptural exceptions. ... God forgives sin, but we still must pay the penalty for it. ... Second, Jesus is God. ... But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. ... A constant theme is that the executors do not see the victims as men and women made in the image of God, but as sub-humans or animals. ...

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