Visit the prisoners

‘Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.’ - Hebrews 13:1-3 (ESV)

Just Mercy is a powerful message of justice, mercy, grace and to not forget those in prison. The world of incarceration is meant to be a punishment for crimes that individuals have performed against society and their fellow man. Some are victims of the system, but many do earn their place in a cell.

Despite their crimes, these men and women are still human.

They do deserve to be treated with respect, even though their actions may not initially earn this right. This is why the church has played such an important role in prison ministries throughout the years.

The God of mercy, grace and love does not forget those in prisons and neither should his people. For many behind bars, this is the only hope they have for the future, the salvation offered to them by Jesus.

As it was depicted in one of the most powerful scenes in the film when one of the prisoners goes to be executed and gains solace from the hymn,‘The Old Rugged Cross.’

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Just Mercy