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So which is better for the USA? Should we follow exclusively man's law, or God's law? Should we use one to monitor how we follow the other? As a Christian, is this a conflict or not? Let's look at this.
Most of man's law was created to protect those who couldn't protect themselves from the predators that live among us. These laws establish civil rights and enhance positive interactions between its citizens. There are some laws that are created with only greed as its motivation. It is legal to gamble, smoke, drink alcohol and express yourself with as many expletives as you can put in a sentence. But is it expedient for us to do so? Many things are lawful, but not everything is to our advantage. Therefore, although I am free to do almost anything I desire, I will not allow myself to become driven to do anything that doesn't build up myself and others.
God's laws were created to protect us from being carried away by our own greed and self-destructive tendencies. They promote putting the welfare of others before fulfilling our own passions and lusts. If there were ever a pure reflection of the holiness of God, we get a good idea from the laws he left for us to follow. Man may morally attempt to follow these laws but sooner or later he offends them at one point or another. If we offend at any point we become guilty of breaking them all. Such high standards are too much for the majority to sustain. God's laws eventually reveal just how much we miss the mark with no hope to help us hit it dead center.
The hope for our country is for man's laws to be followed as they reflect God's law. This can only be accomplished when a heart is first in a right relationship with the God who wrote the law. He will give those who trust him the ability to fulfill the demands of his laws by writing those laws into their hearts. He gives man the strength and desire to want to follow those laws because of the love he first shed upon them. Then we will be able to tell the difference between the laws of man to obey and those to set aside. I will obey the laws not to harm my fellow man and at the same time, find protection for myself when I incorporate God's law as I obey man's law. One of the greatest ways we make God honorable in the eyes of our neighbors is when we submit ourselves to the laws of the land as they reflect the laws of God.