Law #2

      No they are not. It does not make sense for legal standards to be up to the individual’s interpretation. It could not really be considered a standard if everyone gets to make up their rules. Also, if everyone did make up their own standards, then the world would be in total chaos. That is why there must be some form of legal standards that cannot be determined and interpreted by the individual. Ultimately, God is the one who has made all of our legal standards. We may not always like or think that His standards apply to us, but they do. As much as we may wish that we can get around God’s standards we cannot. These standards apply to everyone, and there are no exceptions. For example, God says in the Ten Commandments that murder is wrong. Even if someone thinks that they have a very legitimate reason for killing another person, there is no way that their killing another human being is a good thing. God has set the standard; murder is wrong, and there is no way to justify that it is right. God has made many standards for man to obey. While it is impossible to obey them all, for we are all sinners, God still expects us to obey these standards. He knows that there is no way for us to do this, and that is why He sent Jesus to die for our sins. By doing this, He created a way for us to be forgiven for disobeying His standards. However, this still does not mean that we don’t have to obey God’s standards, and that we can simply do whatever we want. As followers of Christ, we are to strive to obey His standards, and to hold our fellow believers accountable as well.