Posted on 02/07/2020 7:00:30 AM PST by FourtySeven
A Texas man who murdered five family members, including his 7-year-old and 9-month-old daughters, apologized to his in-laws and thanked his father and Jesus for turning around his life before he was executed Thursday evening.
Abel Revill Ochoa, 47, was denied his last appeal an hour before his execution by lethal injection 18 years after he shot his wife, Cecilia, two daughters, Crystal and Anahi, his father-in-law, Bartolo, and his sisters-in-law Alma and Jackie with a handgun. Alma was the only one who survived. He shot his eldest daughter, Crystal, four times, the Houston Chronicle reported
“ I would like to thank God, my dad, my Lord Jesus savior for saving me and changing my life,” he said, while strapped to the gurney in Huntsville, according to the Chronicle. “I want to apologize to my in-laws for causing all this emotional pain. I love y’all and consider y’all my sister I never had. I want to thank you for forgiving me.”
In August 2002, Ochoa grabbed the 9mm handgun from his bedroom after smoking crack he had bought with money borrowed from his wife that morning on the way home from church.
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Yes. One can repent, but still has to face earthly Justice.
No mention of anti death-penalty protestors on this one.
Yep. God can forgive anything. We humans, not so much.
Took way too long to kill him.
Probably the best end to such a sad story. Definitely better than an unrepentant killer being put to death at least. Hopefully (for him) his repentance was real. Prayers for all involved.
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Amen.
You said everything that can be said about this, in my opinion.
No prayers for the murderer. Thank you.
Forgiveness is an interesting transaction. Yes it is a transaction. It needs to be given and received. If not, it is not COMPLETE. One may give forgiveness, one may ask for forgiveness and those are good things, but if they are not both done the transaction is not complete.
In this case it would appear the transaction is complete.
They pick and choose
...Probably the best end to such a sad story. Definitely better than an unrepentant killer being put to death at least. Hopefully (for him) his repentance was real. Prayers for all involved.
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...Amen.
...You said everything that can be said about this, in my opinion.
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Presuming that his repentance was real, he couldn’t have dreaded death too much. It would have to seem like a welcome break after the mental nightmare he must experience every day knowing what he did.
Hopefully he came to know the truths in this hymn:
I have been at the altar
and witnessed the Lamb
Burnt wholly to ashes for me;
And watched its sweet savour
ascending on high,
Accepted, O Father, by Thee.
And lo, while I gazed
at the glorious sight,
A voice from above reached mine ears:
“By this thine iniquity’s taken away,
And no trace of it on thee appears.
“An end of thy sin has been
made for thee here
By Him who its penalty bore;
With blood it is blotted eternally out,
And I will not remember it more.”
O Lord, I believe it
with wonder and joy;
Confirm Thou, this precious belief;
While daily I learn that I am, in myself,
Of sinners the vilest and chief.
Why did it take so long?
No prayers for murderers. Ever.
Exactly. We are all sinners in need of salvation but it does not exonerate us from punishment in this life for the wrongs we have done. I think often God subjects us to greater punishment here for our sins as a way of disciplining us that He doesn't let us "get away with" our sinful acts. He is a loving God but also a righteous and just God.
Amen.
Have ever hated someone in your heart? Ever? Jesus said such a thought is equivalent to murder. Tough standard huh?
All have sinned/are sinful ( violated Gods perfect standard) and are guilty. God doesn’t parse sins. That is why all need a Savior. We are all guilty before God, so and unless we individually change our mind ( repent) and ask Jesus to be our substitute, we are given the death penalty in God’s economy. Sort of like this situation. While he may have found forgiveness in Gods plan, he still has to face man’s “justice” for crimes against mankind.
At least this man shows repentance for his crimes while on this earth.
Well then I've "murdered" a lot of liberals.
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