The Religious Nature of Law, Part 2

We continue today to explore the religious nature of law. I shared last week five points regarding law from the work of R. J. Rushdoony in The Institutes of Biblical Law.  1) Law is in every culture religious. 2) The source of law is the god of that society. 3) When laws change what is taking place is a change in religion. 4) You can’t get rid of religion in any society. 5) There can be no tolerance in a law system for another religion. If you understand these points you can understand at least what is motivating the legal changes in our society. Some of these changes go back a number of years. Other changes are taking place much more quickly. As the Christian faith more and more is pushed aside and sadly abandoned, we see the rise of a new faith, humanism, and significant legal changes. When the US Supreme Court with no basis in history or the US Constitution legalized same sex marriage, that was a clear sign that a new religion dominates our nation. And this explains the attacks on Christian businesses that refuse to bow the knee to the tyranny of the new law system. Now because the US is a large country and also because there still are by God’s grace many Christians, there is still a fight taking place. Christians properly are standing up against tyranny. But the hostility and attacks on the Christian faith are growing. Witness the hatred shown to Vice President Pence and his wife, Karen. Karen Pence started teaching again at a Christian school that holds what all Christians used to believe about morality and there was vehement anger directed against her. There were calls that she should lose her Secret Service protection. The British Broadcasting Corporation headline was typical: Vice-president’s wife Karen Pence to teach at anti-LGBT school. So, we must seek to help our children understand the nature of law and what is taking place in our nation. There is a great spiritual battle and many even in our nation are learning what it means to suffer for the sake of Jesus Christ. As we teach our children these things, let us also remind them of the promise of the Lord Jesus Christ. lo, I am with you always, evento the end of the age.” Matthew 28:20. He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4.