Are legal standards limited to the determination and interpretation of each individual?
As Christians, I think first and foremost we must realize that God is an all-powerful God who governs this world, and has created His own sets of rules that each of us are to follow and live by. According to the book of James, "There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy..." (4:12). The fact that God has set up and revealed His own laws and rules to us through the Bible and our conscious, which is ingrained with His morals, shows that legal standards shouldn't be up to the indiduals interpretation as we are given these guildlines.
We must realize that there may come some instance where man's law goes against that of God's law. We know that God has set up these laws and rules for us to follow, yet we may be in a situation where we are unsure what to do. If ever, in any given situation we encounter laws that go against what God's law says, such as "You must worship idols," then it is up to our determination and decision to go aaginst what man's law is. God has laid our all we need to know about His laws and rules for us. I beleive that legal standards are up to the determination and interpretation of the individual whenever one is unclear on what they should do. As Christians, we have the Bible to use as a tool in which we can pull out information that should help us through these decisions. For the most part however, we are to understand that God's natural/divine laws have been set up, and that through our conscience and the Word of God, we are able to determine what does, and what doesn't please God.
To conclude, I would like to say that whenever in a situation in which you are unsure to act or respond, use your knowledge of God and His Word and your conscience to determine what the right interpretation of that legal standard or whatever it may be is. For it is much better to please God, then to please man. We do not want to misinterpret God's laws as we do not want to hinder our chances at eternal life.
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