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America's Laws
Did You Know Our
Laws in the United States of America Are Biblically Based?
There are many today who claim that America's laws were made by a group of
men who had "certain ideas" about the way things should be. They
argue that the laws of today don't really have a biblical basis.
In answer to those people, I submit this teaching and challenge you to
prove otherwise.
Consider This Comparison
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Principle of Law |
Governing Legal Document |
Biblical Principle |
|
Sovereign Authority
of God
Not the sovereignty of the state, nor the sovereignty of man |
Mayflower Compact,
Declaration of Independence, Constitution, US Currency, Legal
Oaths,
The Mention of God in all 50 state constitutions, Pledge of
Allegiance |
Ex. 18:16, 20:3,
Dt. 10:20,
2 Chron. 7:14,
Ps. 83:18, 91:2,
Isa. 9:6-7,
Dan. 4:32,
Jn. 19:11,
Acts 5:29,
Rom. 13:1,
Col. 1:15-20,
1 Tim. 6:15 |
|
Moral Absolutes
Fixed standards,
absolute truth, sanctity of life |
Declaration of
Independence
("unalienable" rights—life, etc., "self-evident" truths) |
Ex. 20:13,
Dt. 30:19,
Ps. 119: 142-152,
Pr. 14:34,
Isa. 5:20-21,
Jn. 10:10,
Rom. 2:15,
Heb. 13:8 |
|
Rule
of Law
Rather
than authority of man |
Declaration of
Independence, Constitution |
Ex. 18-24,
Dt. 17:20,
Isa. 8:19-20,
Mat. 5:17-18 |
|
All
Men are Sinners |
Constitutional checks
and balances |
Gen. 8:21,
Jer. 17:9,
Mk. 7: 20-23,
Rom. 3:23,
1 Jn 1:8 |
|
All
Men are Created Equal |
Declaration of
Independence |
Acts 10:34, 17:26,
Gal. 3:28,
1 Pet. 2:17 |
|
Judicial,
Legislative, and Executive branches |
Constitution |
Isa. 33:22 |
|
Religious Freedom |
First Amendment |
1 Tim. 2:1-2 |
|
Church protected
from state control (&
taxation)..not the so called separation being propagated today.
The Church is to
influence the state |
First Amendment |
Dt. 17:18-20,
1 Kgs. 3:28,
Ez. 7:24,
Neh. 8:2,
1 Sam. 7:15-10:27,
15:10-31,
2 Sam. 12:1-18,
Mat. 14:3-4,
Lk. 3:7-14, 11:52,
Acts. 4:26-29 |
|
Democracy/Republic |
Constitution |
Ex. 18:21,
Dt. 1:13,
Jud. 8:22, 9:6,
1 Sam. 8,
2 Sam. 16:18,
2 Kgs. 14:21,
Pr. 11:14, 24:6 |
|
Government
Self-control, Limited federal powers |
First, Second, Ninth,
and Tenth Amendments |
Mat. 18:15-18,
Gal. 5:16-26,
1 Cor. 6:1-11,
1 Tim. 3:1-5,
Tit. 2:1-8 |
|
Justice Established |
Declaration of
Independence |
Ex. 23:1-9,
Lev. 19:15,
Dt. 1:17, 24:17-19,
1 Sam. 8:3,
2 Sam. 8:15,
Mic. 6:8,
Rom. 13:4 |
|
Fair
Trail
Should
be with Witnesses
|
Sixth Amendment |
Ex. 20:16,
Dt. 19:15,
Pr. 24:28, 25:18,
Mat. 18:16 |
|
Private Property Rights |
Fifth Amendment |
Ex. 20:15,17 |
|
Biblical Liberty
Free enterprise |
Declaration |
Lev. 25:10,
Jn. 8:36,
2 Cor. 3:17,
Gal. 5:1,
James 1:25,
1 Pet. 2:16 |
|
Creation
Not
evolution |
Declaration of
Independence |
Gen. 1:1 |
|
Biblical Capitalism
Not "Darwinian"
capitalism (service and fair play is promoted instead of
strict "survival of the fittest") |
Anti-trust laws |
Ex. 20:17,
Mat. 20:26,
25:14-30,
2 Thes. 3:6-15,
1 Pet. 2:16 |
|
Traditional Family Values |
State sodomy laws,
Very few reasons for divorce listed in the laws. |
Ex. 20:12,14,
Mat. 19:1-12,
Mk. 10:2-12,
Rom. 1:18-2:16,
1 Cor. 7:1-40 |
|
Religious Education
encouraged |
Northwest Ordinance |
Dt. 6:4-7,
Pr. 22:6,
Mat. 18:6,
Eph. 6:4 |
|
Servanthood for
leaders
Not
political power |
Concept of public
servant |
Ex. 18:21,
Rom. 13:4,
Php. 2:7 |
|
Sabbath Day is Holy |
"Blue laws" (most of
which are now gone) |
Ex. 20:8 |
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Restitution for Wrongs |
Restitution laws |
Lev. 6:1-5,
Num. 5:5-7,
Mat. 5:23-26 |
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