The Law and Civil Government

The Law and Civil Government 

A Kingdom Catechism

Civil governments should seek to obey the Law of God.

Q 28:    Should civil governments then seek to follow the Law of God?

A 28:    Because the Law of God brings life and peace, civil governments do well to follow the Law of God. (Dan. 4:27; Matt. 14:1-4; Lev. 18:1-5)

Civil governments should and do follow the Law of God, whether or not they admit this to be so. Even appeals to “natural law” bear witness to the Biblical teaching that the Law of God is written on the hearts of all people.

Politicians and lawmakers will often seek to find ways around the holy and righteous and good standards of God, but they are only able to do so as they equivocate their intentions and as a people, uninformed of the requirements of God’s Law, allow them to do so.

Hence the continuing need for Christians to live, practice, and work for the implementation of God’s Law in public policy and civil statute.

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.