God’s Law vs. Man’s Law — Legalism Was the Problem With the Pharisees, Legalese

are Opposite of God Will… Paul was not telling us to be subject to the worlds authority, that we were to be subjected to our spiritual authorities. That made this verse more clear for me, as some of man’s laws absolutely contradict Gods law. As a general rule, Christians make excellent citizens. By living as Christ did and loving our neighbor as ourselves, we tend to stay out of trouble. There are many times when man’s laws and God’s laws are the same. For example, many of our current laws are based off of the Ten Commandments. Until recently, they were displayed in many court rooms across the country. In some places they still are. There are times when there is a law that man uses to infringe upon our Christian liberties, such as taking a cross down from a…

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