The
doctrine and teaching which the Lord has revealed to mankind via His Word, is
complete! It lacks nothing which may be needed by man to live a fulfilled,
purposeful and useful life. The perfection of the laws of God, is observable in
the fruit of righteousness and goodness which they bring forth in the lives of
men and women, who live by them and obey them. The most prosperous and
successful of countries in history, have been those whose governments based
their rules, upon the law of God as found in His Holy Word. We can easily note,
in various Godless regimes, but also and especially in more recent times in western
cultures, that the departure from God’s law and principles has resulted in huge
problems with immorality and instability, in what once were recognised as civilized
and Christian societies. Human nature is fallen and naturally tends towards
evil. Man cannot merely be controlled by law; he must be converted by it! Man’s
law may change some of the behaviour of some of society, but cannot change the soul
of any individual. This results in either an increase the amount of force and
means necessary to control and direct individuals, or worse, the redefining of
what is wrong, sinful and abhorrent, so that less control is needed, doing
further damage to mankind and departing all the more from God’s original plans
and purposes. God’s law is perfect, and can change and convert the soul of man
through faith and obedience, from a lost, sinful, rebellious and spiritually
dead individual, to a godly, fulfilled, loving, faithful, and spiritually alive
person. This means a person will ‘want’ to do what is right from the inside,
not merely because of some rule which society imposes on him. All this, God performs
through His Word! Tampering with what Gods has set down and provided for
humanity, can only result in precisely what we see in our human family today –
increase in crime and immorality, a loss of worthwhile and godly values and
ultimately self-destruction and death. God’s statutes, commandments and
directions for man’s relationship with God, his fellowman, and all other things
created, remain and are eternally established, they are the best way for
mankind and they can’t be improved on by man’s intuition, revisions or
intelligence for they were perfect to begin with!
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