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The Biblical Solution to Crime
by Dr. Peter Hammond
Biblical Solutions to Crime
The Biblical Solution to Crime
by Dr. Peter Hammond
There
was a
time
when
few of us
were
touched
by crime.
Then we all began to know somebody who had been affected by crime.
Now each of us have our own stories of how we were stolen from,
directly threatened by crime, or worse.
At a public meeting, the 80-odd people in attendance were asked to
name some of the crimes they had personally experienced.
In short order, those present related: house-breaking, car theft, cell
phone theft, fraud, assault, hijacking, armed robbery and murder - all
experienced either by themselves or their immediate family, all recently.
At almost any
social occasion
you can find
South Africans
swapping
stories about
a brush with
death,
or the long
hand of
crime
having
stolen from
them and
their loved
ones.
Crime is a
reality
that
affects
each one
of us.
The situation in
South Africa got
so bad that the
government at
one time even
placed
a moratorium
on crime
statistics,
forbidding the police to release statistics of incidents of crime
in South Africa to the voters and tax payers
they are meant to represent and serve.
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According to a study by the American Management Association,
US businesses annually lose over $10 billion to employee theft,
The Cost of Crime
over
$4 billion
to
embezzlement
over $2,5 billion to burglary,
over $2 billion to shoplifting,
over $1,3 billion to arson .
and over half a million dollars per incident
of computer fraud.
According to the US Department of Commerce, approximately one-third
of all business failures each year can be traced to employee theft.
When businesses close down, employees lose their jobs
and families suffer.
US law enforcement officials estimate that
almost half of all employees are guilty of stealing.
The figures in Africa are believed to be even higher.
Similarly retailers in South Africa lose billions of Rand each
year to shoplifting and even more to theft by employees.
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Now, obviously, somebody has to pay for the costs of all this theft.
Who Pays?
You and I and all the other customers have to share the burden of the
billions of Rand shoplifted or stolen by employees.
In addition, we have to pay for the increased insurance premiums,
and the additional
security personnel
and equipment necessitated by this shoplifting spree.
It all gets added to the price tag of everything we buy.
Of course we also pay for the cost of crime through our taxes
and in supporting the police force,
the legal and judicial system and the prison service, which is all meant to
be designed to protect us from the criminal elements of society.
Far more seriously, however, a vast number of South Africans
are directly suffering the effects of crime, personally
- often tragically.
Biblical Solutions to Crime
What causes crime? I have heard university professors and other so
called ‘experts’ speaking about how very complicated it is to analyse the
sociological and economic factors that lead to the phenomenon of crime
… etc ,etc!
What Causes Crime?
Yet, if we turn to the Bible, we will find a very straightforward answer:
“Why do people commit crimes so readily?
Because crime is not punished quickly enough.” Ecclesiastes 8:11
Surely that is the common sense answer. It is so obvious.
Crime is increasing in our society because our courts seem to be more
obsessed with the “rights” of the criminal, but not as concerned about
the rights of the victim, or the policemen for that matter.
Murderers have been released
while policemen have been prosecuted.
Rapists have been set free on amnesties and presidential pardons,
while victims have been imprisoned for defending themselves.
Right has become wrong
and wrong has become right!
“Woe to those
who call evil good
and good evil, …
who acquit the
guilty for a bribe,
but deny justice to
the innocent.”
Isaiah 5:20-23
The Bible is very clear that God has instituted civil
government as “an agent of wrath to bring punishment
on the wrongdoer.” Romans 13:4
The Role of Government
The civil government is called to be a minister of God's justice:
“to punish those who do wrong.” 1 Peter 2: 14
The primary
duties and
responsibilities
of civil
government
are the
protection of
law-abiding
citizens
and
punishment
of law-
breaking
criminals.
Psalm 101 reminds
us that the duty
of God-honouring
rulers is to
destroy the
wicked,
to root out evil
and to protect
the law-abiding
- all to the glory
of God.
“Every authority instituted among men … who are
sent by Him to punish those who do wrong and to
commend those who do right.”
1 Peter 2:13-14
“For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do
wrong … for he is God's servant to do you good.
But if you do wrong, be afraid,
for he does not bear the sword for nothing.
He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the
wrongdoer.” Romans 13:3-4
For those who hold the Word of God as authoritative,
capital punishment is not a matter of choice or opinion poll,
or even of court or parliamentary decree.
Capital Punishment
It is God's clear command: “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man
shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.”
Genesis 9:6.
God instituted
capital
punishment
long before
the enactment
of the
Mosaic Law.
In fact, capital
punishment was
declared not
only for Noah's
time, but
“for all
generations
to come.”
Genesis 9:12.
“Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death …
if a man schemes and kills another man deliberately, take him away
from My altar and put him to death … anyone who kidnaps
… must be put to death.” Exodus 21: 12-16
“If anyone takes the life of a human being, he must be put to death …
whoever kills a man must be put to death … I am the Lord your God.”
Leviticus 24:17-22
“Bloodshed
pollutes the
land and
atonement
cannot be
made for
the land on
which blood
has been shed,
except by the
blood of the
one who
shed it.”
Numbers 35:33
God's Law
remains in
force after
Calvary
(Acts 25:22).
As our Lord Jesus
taught:
“Do not think
that I have come
to abolish
the Law or the
prophets;
I have not come
to abolish them
but to fulfil them.
I tell you the truth, until Heaven and earth disappear, not the
smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will
by any means disappear from the Law.” Matthew 5:17-18
The government “does not bear the sword
for nothing.
He is God's
servant,
an agent
of wrath
to bring
punishment
on the
wrongdoer."
(Romans 13:4)
Governors “are sent by Him to punish those
who do wrong.” (1 Peter 2:14)
“Anyone who
kills with a
sword, must
himself be
killed by the
sword.”
Revelation 13:10
By obeying God's
Law and
punishing
murderers with
the death penalty,
a nation can
cleanse itself
from the guilt
of innocent
blood.
On the other hand, a nation that refuses to avenge the
taking of innocent human life, must share the guilt of the
murderer (Deuteronomy 21:1-9).
The opposition of certain “human rights” groups to the death
penalty is selective.
As capital
punishment is
only inflicted
upon
murderers,
one is given to
wonder why
these groups
are so
concerned
for
the “rights”
of murderers?
Should we not provide compassion and justice for the many thousands
of victims and families of victims of violent crimes?
Since the South African Government unilaterally suspended the death
penalty for murder in South Africa (in 1989), criminals have inflicted the
death penalty on well over 500 000 innocent victims in South Africa.
Who is campaigning for their rights?
And what about the 500 000
who could be murdered in the coming decades?
Surely any civilised society has the moral right and
the duty to protect itself from those who have no
respect for human life?
The taking of a murderer's life is akin to the
amputation of a diseased limb in order to save the
rest of the body.
All murder is
serious and
demands capital
punishment.
Those who show
contempt for the
right to life of
others
forfeit their own
right to life.
Capital punishment is necessary for justice, for the rule of law
and for the protection of the innocent.
In cases of theft, arson or malicious damage to property,
the Bible decrees restitution.
Restitution
Restitution is the restoration of a thing to its proper place or owner.
It is reparation for injury or damage to property.
The Bible requires that the restitution goes entirely to the victim of the
crime. Restitution is also required for culpable negligence.
God's Law is clear: the criminal is held accountable
and is responsible to pay for his crime.
He is to work and earn, in money or kind,
that which is required for the reparation
of what he stole, damaged or destroyed.
“… he should make full restitution; if he has nothing,
then he shall be sold for his theft.
If the theft is certainly found alive in his hand,
whether it is an ox or a donkey or sheep, he shall restore double.
If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed and lets loose his animal,
and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the
best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.
If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that stacked grain, standing
grain or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely
make restitution.” Exodus 22: 3-6
The punishment is to fit the crime. The more serious the crime,
the more severe the punishment (Deuteronomy 19:15-21).
Under God's Law, there would be fewer criminals, fewer victims
and much less burden on the tax payer.
Under our present humanistic system, our prisons have
become a higher institute of learning for criminals,
where they cross-train one another
and work out how not to get caught - next time.
Instead of the victim
and his relatives
receiving restitution,
under our
present system,
the victims are forced
to pay taxes which
provide food,
accommodation and
entertainment
for the criminals,
while they languish
in prison.
The solution to this intolerable situation includes
a return to the Biblical pattern of restitution.
There are also some practical, common sense measures which could
ensure that crime does not continue to pay in Africa.
Making Sure Crime Doesn’t Pay
• Repeat offenders should be made
to complete the rest of their sentence
before beginning their second sentence.
• No bail should be available
for repeat offenders.
• All violent criminals should bear the full responsibility for their
actions, whether or not they were deemed mentally competent,
drunk or of diminished capacity, or under the influence of drugs
(Numbers 35:16-21)
• Penalties for violent youths should be the same as for
adults. Those who commit adult crimes, such as rape and
murder, should suffer adult consequences (Ezekiel 18:10-13).
• A return to the
Biblical
principles of
execution for all
first degree
murder, rape and
kidnapping; and
restitution for all
theft of, or
damage to,
property
(Exodus 21 and 22).
• As it is impossible for any police force to guarantee the safety of
every citizen, no hindrance should be placed upon the right of
law-abiding citizens to obtain and use firearms for self-defence.
As the vast majority of violent crimes are committed by criminals using
unlicensed weapons, it is clear that restricting the rights of citizens to
own, carry and use licensed firearms, cannot prevent violent crime.
Disarming the potential victims of crime can only serve the
purposes of the criminal.
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Biblical Solutions to Crime
Biblical Solutions to Crime
We therefore must reaffirm the Biblical rights and
responsibilities of citizens to obtain, own, carry
and use firearms
for personal or family defence.
(Exodus 22:2; Nehemiah 4:14; 1 Timothy 5:8).
It is time for the civil authorities to take consistent,
strong and resolute action to protect law-abiding citizens
and to punish law-breaking criminals.
“Administer justice
every morning;
rescue from the hand
of his oppressor the
one who has been
robbed, or My wrath
will break out and
burn like fire because
of the evil you have
done - burn with no-
one to quench it.”
Jeremiah 21:12
Frontline Fellowship
PO Box 74
Newlands
7725
Cape Town
South Africa
E-mail: admin@frontline.org.za
Web: www.frontline.org.za
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Biblical Solutions to Crime

  • 1. The Biblical Solution to Crime by Dr. Peter Hammond
  • 3. The Biblical Solution to Crime by Dr. Peter Hammond
  • 4. There was a time when few of us were touched by crime.
  • 5. Then we all began to know somebody who had been affected by crime.
  • 6. Now each of us have our own stories of how we were stolen from, directly threatened by crime, or worse.
  • 7. At a public meeting, the 80-odd people in attendance were asked to name some of the crimes they had personally experienced.
  • 8. In short order, those present related: house-breaking, car theft, cell phone theft, fraud, assault, hijacking, armed robbery and murder - all experienced either by themselves or their immediate family, all recently.
  • 9. At almost any social occasion you can find South Africans swapping stories about a brush with death, or the long hand of crime having stolen from them and their loved ones.
  • 11. The situation in South Africa got so bad that the government at one time even placed a moratorium on crime statistics,
  • 12. forbidding the police to release statistics of incidents of crime in South Africa to the voters and tax payers they are meant to represent and serve.
  • 14. According to a study by the American Management Association, US businesses annually lose over $10 billion to employee theft, The Cost of Crime
  • 16. over $2,5 billion to burglary,
  • 17. over $2 billion to shoplifting,
  • 18. over $1,3 billion to arson .
  • 19. and over half a million dollars per incident of computer fraud.
  • 20. According to the US Department of Commerce, approximately one-third of all business failures each year can be traced to employee theft.
  • 21. When businesses close down, employees lose their jobs and families suffer.
  • 22. US law enforcement officials estimate that almost half of all employees are guilty of stealing.
  • 23. The figures in Africa are believed to be even higher.
  • 24. Similarly retailers in South Africa lose billions of Rand each year to shoplifting and even more to theft by employees.
  • 26. Now, obviously, somebody has to pay for the costs of all this theft. Who Pays?
  • 27. You and I and all the other customers have to share the burden of the billions of Rand shoplifted or stolen by employees.
  • 28. In addition, we have to pay for the increased insurance premiums,
  • 30. and equipment necessitated by this shoplifting spree.
  • 31. It all gets added to the price tag of everything we buy.
  • 32. Of course we also pay for the cost of crime through our taxes and in supporting the police force,
  • 33. the legal and judicial system and the prison service, which is all meant to be designed to protect us from the criminal elements of society.
  • 34. Far more seriously, however, a vast number of South Africans are directly suffering the effects of crime, personally - often tragically.
  • 36. What causes crime? I have heard university professors and other so called ‘experts’ speaking about how very complicated it is to analyse the sociological and economic factors that lead to the phenomenon of crime … etc ,etc! What Causes Crime?
  • 37. Yet, if we turn to the Bible, we will find a very straightforward answer: “Why do people commit crimes so readily? Because crime is not punished quickly enough.” Ecclesiastes 8:11
  • 38. Surely that is the common sense answer. It is so obvious.
  • 39. Crime is increasing in our society because our courts seem to be more obsessed with the “rights” of the criminal, but not as concerned about the rights of the victim, or the policemen for that matter.
  • 40. Murderers have been released while policemen have been prosecuted.
  • 41. Rapists have been set free on amnesties and presidential pardons, while victims have been imprisoned for defending themselves.
  • 42. Right has become wrong and wrong has become right!
  • 43. “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, … who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.” Isaiah 5:20-23
  • 44. The Bible is very clear that God has instituted civil government as “an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.” Romans 13:4 The Role of Government
  • 45. The civil government is called to be a minister of God's justice: “to punish those who do wrong.” 1 Peter 2: 14
  • 46. The primary duties and responsibilities of civil government are the protection of law-abiding citizens and punishment of law- breaking criminals.
  • 47. Psalm 101 reminds us that the duty of God-honouring rulers is to destroy the wicked, to root out evil and to protect the law-abiding - all to the glory of God.
  • 48. “Every authority instituted among men … who are sent by Him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.” 1 Peter 2:13-14
  • 49. “For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong … for he is God's servant to do you good.
  • 50. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing.
  • 51. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.” Romans 13:3-4
  • 52. For those who hold the Word of God as authoritative, capital punishment is not a matter of choice or opinion poll, or even of court or parliamentary decree. Capital Punishment
  • 53. It is God's clear command: “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.” Genesis 9:6.
  • 55. In fact, capital punishment was declared not only for Noah's time, but “for all generations to come.” Genesis 9:12.
  • 56. “Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death … if a man schemes and kills another man deliberately, take him away from My altar and put him to death … anyone who kidnaps … must be put to death.” Exodus 21: 12-16
  • 57. “If anyone takes the life of a human being, he must be put to death …
  • 58. whoever kills a man must be put to death … I am the Lord your God.” Leviticus 24:17-22
  • 59. “Bloodshed pollutes the land and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.” Numbers 35:33
  • 60. God's Law remains in force after Calvary (Acts 25:22).
  • 61. As our Lord Jesus taught: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them.
  • 62. I tell you the truth, until Heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law.” Matthew 5:17-18
  • 63. The government “does not bear the sword for nothing.
  • 64. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer." (Romans 13:4)
  • 65. Governors “are sent by Him to punish those who do wrong.” (1 Peter 2:14)
  • 66. “Anyone who kills with a sword, must himself be killed by the sword.” Revelation 13:10
  • 67. By obeying God's Law and punishing murderers with the death penalty, a nation can cleanse itself from the guilt of innocent blood.
  • 68. On the other hand, a nation that refuses to avenge the taking of innocent human life, must share the guilt of the murderer (Deuteronomy 21:1-9).
  • 69. The opposition of certain “human rights” groups to the death penalty is selective.
  • 70. As capital punishment is only inflicted upon murderers, one is given to wonder why these groups are so concerned for the “rights” of murderers?
  • 71. Should we not provide compassion and justice for the many thousands of victims and families of victims of violent crimes?
  • 72. Since the South African Government unilaterally suspended the death penalty for murder in South Africa (in 1989), criminals have inflicted the death penalty on well over 500 000 innocent victims in South Africa.
  • 73. Who is campaigning for their rights? And what about the 500 000 who could be murdered in the coming decades?
  • 74. Surely any civilised society has the moral right and the duty to protect itself from those who have no respect for human life?
  • 75. The taking of a murderer's life is akin to the amputation of a diseased limb in order to save the rest of the body.
  • 76. All murder is serious and demands capital punishment. Those who show contempt for the right to life of others forfeit their own right to life.
  • 77. Capital punishment is necessary for justice, for the rule of law and for the protection of the innocent.
  • 78. In cases of theft, arson or malicious damage to property, the Bible decrees restitution. Restitution
  • 79. Restitution is the restoration of a thing to its proper place or owner. It is reparation for injury or damage to property.
  • 80. The Bible requires that the restitution goes entirely to the victim of the crime. Restitution is also required for culpable negligence.
  • 81. God's Law is clear: the criminal is held accountable and is responsible to pay for his crime.
  • 82. He is to work and earn, in money or kind, that which is required for the reparation of what he stole, damaged or destroyed.
  • 83. “… he should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
  • 84. If the theft is certainly found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or a donkey or sheep, he shall restore double.
  • 85. If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed and lets loose his animal, and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.
  • 86. If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that stacked grain, standing grain or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.” Exodus 22: 3-6
  • 87. The punishment is to fit the crime. The more serious the crime, the more severe the punishment (Deuteronomy 19:15-21).
  • 88. Under God's Law, there would be fewer criminals, fewer victims and much less burden on the tax payer.
  • 89. Under our present humanistic system, our prisons have become a higher institute of learning for criminals, where they cross-train one another and work out how not to get caught - next time.
  • 90. Instead of the victim and his relatives receiving restitution, under our present system, the victims are forced to pay taxes which provide food, accommodation and entertainment for the criminals, while they languish in prison.
  • 91. The solution to this intolerable situation includes a return to the Biblical pattern of restitution.
  • 92. There are also some practical, common sense measures which could ensure that crime does not continue to pay in Africa. Making Sure Crime Doesn’t Pay
  • 93. • Repeat offenders should be made to complete the rest of their sentence before beginning their second sentence.
  • 94. • No bail should be available for repeat offenders.
  • 95. • All violent criminals should bear the full responsibility for their actions, whether or not they were deemed mentally competent, drunk or of diminished capacity, or under the influence of drugs (Numbers 35:16-21)
  • 96. • Penalties for violent youths should be the same as for adults. Those who commit adult crimes, such as rape and murder, should suffer adult consequences (Ezekiel 18:10-13).
  • 97. • A return to the Biblical principles of execution for all first degree murder, rape and kidnapping; and restitution for all theft of, or damage to, property (Exodus 21 and 22).
  • 98. • As it is impossible for any police force to guarantee the safety of every citizen, no hindrance should be placed upon the right of law-abiding citizens to obtain and use firearms for self-defence.
  • 99. As the vast majority of violent crimes are committed by criminals using unlicensed weapons, it is clear that restricting the rights of citizens to own, carry and use licensed firearms, cannot prevent violent crime.
  • 100. Disarming the potential victims of crime can only serve the purposes of the criminal.
  • 105. We therefore must reaffirm the Biblical rights and responsibilities of citizens to obtain, own, carry
  • 107. for personal or family defence. (Exodus 22:2; Nehemiah 4:14; 1 Timothy 5:8).
  • 108. It is time for the civil authorities to take consistent, strong and resolute action to protect law-abiding citizens and to punish law-breaking criminals.
  • 109. “Administer justice every morning; rescue from the hand of his oppressor the one who has been robbed, or My wrath will break out and burn like fire because of the evil you have done - burn with no- one to quench it.” Jeremiah 21:12
  • 110. Frontline Fellowship PO Box 74 Newlands 7725 Cape Town South Africa E-mail: admin@frontline.org.za Web: www.frontline.org.za