The Laws of Man?
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If you willfully and knowingly violate the laws of man (specifically game and fish law) are you committing a sin in the eyes of God?
I've read a few related verses in Romans and have my interpretation.
Your opinions?
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I have wondered this in the past. Mostly when the world was going to end in a Y2K panic.
If I kill a deer out of season because my family is hungry, I am guilty of breaking mans law even if no one ever knows what I've done. My theory, I have sinned against God's law and He saw me.
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I have wondered this in the past. Mostly when the world was going to end in a Y2K panic.
If I kill a deer out of season because my family is hungry, I am guilty of breaking mans law even if no one ever knows what I've done. My theory, I have sinned against God's law and He saw me. The only sin I could see here is your lack of faith that God would provide for you. Me speeding down the highway because my heart says screw the government is much different than speeding because I want to save someone from bleeding out. Even man knows the difference in that situation, surely God does too.
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If you willfully and knowingly violate the laws of man (specifically game and fish law) are you committing a sin in the eyes of God?
I've read a few related verses in Romans and have my interpretation.
Your opinions? Unjust/ immoral / unethical laws? No. I put ethics above laws, and God above gov
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Not a wildlife law, but if the speed limit is 55mph and you intentionally drive 60...what about that?
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Define "unjust law".
Who makes that decision? If man was just we would not need man's law. Or God's law. If there was no sin there would be no need for laws. Man transgresses. Therefore we have laws. but man's law is not always just. If it were then we would be God, then we would not need law.
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Define "unjust law".
Who makes that decision? If man was just we would not need man's law. Or God's law. If there was no sin there would be no need for laws. Man transgresses. Therefore we have laws. but man's law is not always just. If it were then we would be God, then we would not need law. I agree with this ^^^^ But, does man determine what's a just law for him and his fellow man to follow?
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Not a wildlife law, but if the speed limit is 55mph and you intentionally drive 60...what about that? I think God is more concerned with the character of your heart and your relationship with Him than he is with the speed at which you drive
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Who made the creature. God or Caesar? Without “Caesar” will the prophecy be fulfilled? Would we be making our way to a cashless society on our own following God’s law?
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Define "unjust law".
Who makes that decision? Me. For me. And me alone. They say no man is an island. But I am.
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I have wondered this in the past. Mostly when the world was going to end in a Y2K panic.
If I kill a deer out of season because my family is hungry, I am guilty of breaking mans law even if no one ever knows what I've done. My theory, I have sinned against God's law and He saw me. The only sin I could see here is your lack of faith that God would provide for you. Me speeding down the highway because my heart says screw the government is much different than speeding because I want to save someone from bleeding out. Even man knows the difference in that situation, surely God does too. Amen
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