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in the name of the law (Jun 11, 2008)

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In the name of the Law “Love is the fulfilling of the law”. Romans 13:10 Have you always wondered how to protect your family, your money, your job, and your rights? If you're like most people, you probably don't know much about your legal rights and responsibilities - until you run smack-dab into a messy legal problem. Now revised and updated, there is a friendly guide, which helps you get a handle on a wide range of everyday legal issues, decipher legal mumbo-jumbo - and come out on top. In a book by John Ventura, we can discover different things, like: how to protect your child support rights, arm yourself against identity theft, clean up your credit and improve your credit score, hire the right attorney for your needs, and draw up wills and living wills. You can also learn things like felonies and misdemeanors and the working of the judicial system. Our society has all types of laws ranging from things like bankruptcy to immigration, to traffic violations and no trespassing. According to St. Paul’s letter to Romans, Law is living according to God’s will. This requirement is fulfilled by love towards God and our fellow man. The law was first written into the heart of man; that is, man himself knew right from wrong. Even today, every person has an innate knowledge of the law according to Romans 2:14-15. Through sin, however, the Law became blurred. Though we still know by nature that certain acts are wrong, such as murder and robbery, yet we do not know by nature that the desire to murder or steal is wrong. That is why we have police to enforce laws and attorneys who prosecute us when we break them. Our knowledge of sin is imperfect, and we see as if through a frosty windshield. So, for the sake of clearness, God gave the Law a second time on two tables of stone, and published it through Moses around 1500 BC. Paul, considered to be a lawyer himself, reveals to us in Romans chapter 3 that Christ is liked the policeman, and the Holy Spirit convicts us of sin, as the judge convicts us of crimes. Likewise, Romans chapter 2 is giving us the prosecuting arguments as if we are being convicted of sin. Take Romans 5:13 for example, for until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. But according to Romans 5:15-21, we are pardoned from sin and all offenses by a free gift, which by God’s grace, into justification of life through righteousness in Christ. That is why the Ten Commandments are the foundation of society’s best laws. A bronze tablet was unveiled in a hall of justice in Pittsburgh, PA on April 9, 1918. This tablet contained the fundamental principles of all just laws, which are the Ten Commandments. So, if we obey God by loving him and man, we should have no problem in determining how best to live in society.

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