(January 19, 2013 at 4:56 pm)Christian Wrote:In 1 Timothy 1:9-10, the Holy Spirit writes through Paul, "Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane...." By trying to keep the law, you expose yourself as truly lawless disobedient, ungodly, a sinner, unholy, profane, and so forth
"But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe." Romans 3:21-22
"We know that the law is good if one uses it properly." 1 Timothy 1:8
You see, for all God-fearing Christians, the law does not apply. The righteousness in us powered by the Holy Spirit makes us immune to any law of the land.
So much for you debating tactic....
(January 18, 2013 at 8:19 pm)Christian Wrote: I usually don't use references from our Good Book - Bible while debating here. Reason for this is that I don't want to see myself trying to proselytize others.
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in rare cases, I may need to reference the Good Book.
ok, I'll let you have this one rare case.
OT: The thing with "the law of the land" is that it applies to everyone in the land where that law is in action.
Anyone is free to abstain from following the law... But if you're caught in that land, you'll have to answer for it.
If you manage to escape a particular country to avoid the law of that country, you may still be in jeopardy, given that there are some international protocols for cooperation between the authorities.
So, yeah... be my guest to go against "the law of the land"... but be ready to pay the consequences.
