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LAWS, LAWS, AND MORE LAWS.
You and I would not even be able to count all the
laws we are supposed to abide by. One year the
state I live in put into effect over 1,100 laws,
statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, mandates,
etc. in one day. What ever day it is that new laws
go into effect in this state. That of course was for
all the various cities, counties and the state.
And, I live in one of the more rural states.
When I moved into this state over forty five years
ago, we never even bothered to lock the house and
often did not even take the keys out of the car.
I SURE COULD NOT DO THAT NOW.
That's about how much new laws help.
And over the years I have noticed that about
all new laws accomplish is, cost tax payers
more money and limit their freedom.
Am I advocating we should be lawless instead?
No, of course not.
My point is, laws do not fix the problem -
HUMAN NATURE is the problem. And
until we concentrate on getting ourselves
right with God and our fellow man, things
will only get worse.
Laws simple do not fix it, even when it comes
to pleasing God. God gave us some laws to
help us see where we fail. But even His laws
do not put us right with Him.
"Yet we know that a person is made right
with God by faith in Jesus Christ, not
by obeying the law. And we have believed
in Christ Jesus, so that we might be made
right with God because of our faith in
Christ, not because we have obey the law.
For no one will ever be made right with God
by obeying the law."
(Galatians 2:16 NLT)
