Proverbs 6:30-31 (KJV) Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy his soul when he is hungry; But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.

I like Ceasars

To live by the law = death

To be justified by the law is to be fallen from grace.
Jesus lived by the law perfectly and we have eternal life only though that perfect fulfillment oft the law.
Not man's law of course.
But the law of God.

Didn't somebody write a story about some guys taking venison from Sherwood Forest or robbing the rich to give to the poor or something ? Maybe they was living by a law, but whose law ?

And the modern version would be men in tights.

Robin Hood didn't steal from the rich, he stole illegally-taken taxes from the government coffers and returned the money to the people.

What is commitment to morality over legality?

Did God provide by allowing me to kill a deer or should I wait for someone to bring ma a basket of food?

Old Pup: Today you might get a basket of food but maybe tomorrow get cut back to a ration of rice.

If it is not God's law also then no.

https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/12/20/how-should-we-balance-morality-and-the-law/

Interesting read but sorry no cliff notes!

Swamp, throw other states and Fed. laws in with this question and it gets crazy.

Then coondagger2, what is the character of a man's heart that intentionally disobeys man's law? Even simple speed limit laws? Is that man's conscious clear? Is his heart truly pure in character?

Then what is it then BruceT? Is it just something we can all just shrug off as unimportant in God's eyes? Not meaning anything when we're standing at the gates?

Is a man's heart pure that continuously violates man's law? Is the penalty for this intentional law breaking only penalized in man's court?

I've got a good friend who is truly addicted to deer hunting. He is a professing believer, and I believe he is saved. The problem is deer hunting has become an idol in his life. Game laws are for other people to follow. He loves to hunt on and over the line, but will call the GW on you in a heartbeat for the same thing. I've talked with him about this on several occasions. He can't see that this hurts his witness to non-believers. I've put this scenario to him a couple of times since it has happened to him already. If you get busted by the GW for killing an illegal deer, does it it help or hurt your testimony if you tried to witness to him while he's writing the ticket?

I've always looked at it this way too.

That would be between you and Him, however my personal belief is it would depend on what you were praying for.

Exactly! You have hit on what I'm wanting to learn more about.

And in addition to his potentially tarnished testimony (in the eyes of those that see this guy's behavior), what is the finality of his behavior?

Here we go with the law following to be sinless. lol

Imagine my surprise when I became a law abiding citizen only to realize my sin wasn’t just willful disobedience of the law but disobedience to His voice and the things He asked of me where man’s law was absent.