tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34749839.post1687197331293127067..comments2024-01-24T15:46:14.823-05:00Comments on Covenant Theology: Gospel and LawPuritan Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02240560332777968090noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34749839.post-64679242805222484882006-12-30T01:12:00.000-05:002006-12-30T01:12:00.000-05:00Thanks PL. :)
I have now linked this post to a si...Thanks PL. :)<br /><br />I have now linked this post to a similar one of mine on <i>Judah's Journal.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34749839.post-35205981224182448982006-12-29T16:19:00.000-05:002006-12-29T16:19:00.000-05:00Judah,
Hopefully this will clarify things a bit.
...Judah,<br /><br />Hopefully this will clarify things a bit.<br /><br />The same Peter who wrote, <i>"Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good"</i> (1 Peter 2:13-14) is the same Peter who said, <i>"We must obey God rather than men"</i> (Acts 5:29). No contradiction here. If any earthly authority has unbiblical laws which go against the laws of God, then these laws may be (and should be) broken, and the rulers who enforce cush laws are unworthy to rule.Puritan Ladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240560332777968090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34749839.post-61891794456819877252006-12-29T16:03:00.000-05:002006-12-29T16:03:00.000-05:00Thank you for setting this out so clearly, August....Thank you for setting this out so clearly, August. I am forever coming up against confusion whereby I am told that "if it is not a sin to eat shellfish or wear clothes of mixed fibre anymore, then neither is homosexual sex a sin". I have a similar entry on Judah's Journal <a href="http://www.visiblesoul.org/judah/blog/?m=20061115">here</a> and would like to link this post to it also.<br /><br />But one question I have...<br /><br />You write "<i>All of these authorities are secondary to God's will, and we are implored to do God's will first.</i>" and then "<i>To disobey government, is to disobey God Himself</i>".<br /><br />Can you see (as I do) a possible contradiction? I am thinking of situations such as where the state (as in China) enforces abortion as a population control method, and the dilemma that may place some Christian women in where an "unlawful" pregnancy occurs. Or in an Islamic nation where a Muslim converts to Christianity. Your final two sentences "<i>If we think some laws are unwise, we can work to change them. But like it or not, we must obey them exactly as long as they don't require us to sin.</i>" also presents this apparent contradiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34749839.post-54707221856870930212006-12-29T10:47:00.000-05:002006-12-29T10:47:00.000-05:00"Civil governments rule as agents of God. They ans...<i>"Civil governments rule as agents of God. They answer to God and must submit to all of His laws as they carry out their duties."</i><br /><br />It is the fact that we have forsaken this principle that <a href=http://www.denverpost.com/nationalpolitics/ci_4751950>may allow a Muslim congressman to take his oath of office on the koran</a>. I, for one, want nothing to do with the law of allah. One who refuses to take his oath on the Bible is unfit for office.Puritan Ladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240560332777968090noreply@blogger.com