Where did faith in the Rule Of Law come from?
If you look at the Bible you find that Rule Of Law did not work. The Old Covenant was all about law
→ obedience bringing blessing
→ disobedience bringing curses.
After 1500 years of the Rule Of Law in Israel Christ Jesus came to fulfill the law and institute a single new law, the law of the Spirit Of Life.
What is a law? It is a rule. So the Rule Of Law is the 'rule of rule'. It means domination by rules. It is external control. It is bondage.
If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. |
Jesus was an insurrectionist. He came to overthrow the Rule Of Law and replace it with the law of the Spirit Of Life.
Essentially, salvation is the elimination of external rule, which is bondage, and replacement of it with the character and integrity of the Lord Jesus Christ by His indwelling Holy Spirit.
The Sin Nature in man is unruly. It cannot be managed with external laws. Its very nature is rebellion.
In the New Birth we become New Spirit beings that are perfect. This New Spirit is to manifest in our soul - our mind, will and emotions. This requires a transformation of our minds to accept the Mind Of Christ.
In such a state a person lives in the Law Of Liberty.
The Law Of Liberty is where a person willingly does the will of the Lord. There is no compulsion. There is no condemnation. Such a person is Free Indeed.
The beginning, middle and end of Christianity is the Lord Jesus Christ.
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of Majesty.  |
How did a nation founded by Christians become a nation subscribing to the Rule Of Law?
We see from the verses above that even in the first century there was a competing faction to the Truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
If you study the context of those verses you find that what was competing with Grace, was law.
Did you know that the scribes of Jesus' day are what we call lawyers today? Scribes were invested in the law. Jesus came to fulfill and replace the law with liberty. It is no surprise that the scribes hated Jesus. He was undermining their whole way of life and source of income.
Here we are in 21st century America with 30,000 statutes (laws) on the books. Where did these laws come from? Lawyers (legislators).
Have any of those laws made America better than she was in 1789 when the Constitution was ratified? I am sure lawyers would say yes.
But do you as a citizen even know what these laws are?
During the course of a day how many of those laws come into play in your life?
Every law exacts some level of fear because there is a penalty associated with violating the law. Is fear a good thing? No.
This is why Jesus overturned the Rule Of Law and replaced it with the Law Of Liberty.
In order for the Law Of Liberty to become the mode of living for all people, Jesus commanded us to preach the Gospel to every creature.
What is the Gospel? It is the good news that the Perfect Law Of Liberty In Christ Jesus is the new way of living.
Israel had the best set of laws in the world at the time of Christ. Yet, she was in bondage to Rome. What good were her laws doing her? Absolutely nothing. She was playing the game of religion in weakness and futility.
Now America is in bondage to her 30,000 laws with politicians working every day to implement new laws. How foolish!
Do you realize that the Rule Of Law is the same as the law of Sin And Death?
Both John the Baptist and Jesus came preaching repentance. Repentance from what? Legalism - the Rule Of Law.
America needs to repent. We have departed from the Lord who instituted the Law Of Liberty and resurrected a false god whose nature is the Rule Of Law.
In order for America to repent she must hear the Truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the responsibility of every believer to preach the Gospel.