Therefore let us notice that it was God's will that false prophets should be rooted out from among his people. Now at first sight this Law seems overly strict. Is it fitting that a man should be punished so severely for speaking his mind? Isn't it a wonder that we can tolerate that someone be punished for speaking against a mortal man, yet find it in our hearts to let a man escape unpunished who has blasphemed the living God?