(November 15, 2012 at 8:55 am)Greatest I am Wrote: God’s law versus secular law. Which is moral?Morality is subjective, so in the end it is up to the indivisual to define 'morality.'
Quote:Our literature is rife with criticisms of God’s laws denouncing them as immoral. This is mostly done by non-believers and secular law makers and even many believers. The whole world has rejected the morality of God’s law.
Satan shall deceive the whole world. That is scripture.
Quote:Believers say that God’s laws are moral; yet very few believers are trying to push for adoption of God’s laws by secular governments.No. Believers (Of the biblical varity) say that God's law is Absolute Righteousness. Morality is Man's attempt at righteousness, or rather it is man's own personal version of righteousness. Christ Identified this personal righteousness as Self righteousness.
That said without also implimenting the attonement aspect of God's law, making His law the law of the land would be a terriable mistake. As witnessed by the Dark Ages.
Quote:If believers believed that God’s laws are moral, it follows that they would be trying to have them implemented by governments. Strangely, they do not.Because we can not offer the attonement God offers. God's law is also elective. Meaning that believers have already accepted His law to govern their lives, so why would we push to have them dictate our goverments ESPECIALLY, when attonement is not offered by the goverment?
Quote:Can a believer believe in God yet not believe in his laws?no. We must believe in all of it. This includes the bit on attonement.
Quote:No believer is living by God’s law.We are not meant to. Otherwise Christ would have never had to die for our sins.
Quote:If believers believe in God’s laws, should believers be living by them?No. That is legalism. Christ tells us that upon his completeion of the law that no man will be found righteous under it. So we must look to obtaining righteousness apart from the Law.
Paul also tells us we do not live under the law to find righeousness. We live in a state of grace/forgiveness. It is through this attonement that we find the righteousness that can no longer be obtained by living by the law as the OT Jews did.
Quote:Law without punishment is impotent law.That is why we have Hell.
Quote:Should believers demand that secular law use God’s punishments where those few laws are basically identical?No. Not undless goverments can also offer God's attonement.
Regards
Drich
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