The doctrine of legislation

Daniel 6:1-13 — “And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed (legislation) … hast signed a decree (law) … (Daniel) regardeth not thee, O King, nor the decree ...”

1) All legislation of a nation under divine institution #4 is pertinent to the protection of the people of that nation. NOTE: Laws should be designed to protect, not enslave!

Legislation which proceeds out of government (DI #4) actually protects the other three DI’s (Volition, marriage, family). All socialism (socialistic legislation) is an attack against freedom.

2) Legislation cannot make people equal. People are not born equal ever.

a) Legislation cannot remove property.

b) Legislation cannot stop war.

c) Legislation cannot bring world peace.

d) Legislation has never solved the evils of this world and was never designed to solve the evils of this world.

e) Legislation is not a substitute for the gospel, or the Christian way of life.

f) Legislation is designated to protect freedom in a nation.

We have been so bitten by the mad dog of socialism that legislation today is trying to make all people equal, or give them equal opportunity. You cannot legislate equal opportunity for minority or majority races.

Salvation and the Christian way of life is the only equaliser and that equaliser is bona fide.

3) Legislation is designed by God to protect the rights, the privacy, the property, the volition of individuals within a national entity.

4) Legislation should be designed to allow freedom of choice in matters of religion, social or business activity.

5) Legislation should never coerce the individual in matters of religion, social, or business activity.

6) The government does not have the right to tell me I cannot believe in Jesus Christ, nor does it have the right to keep me from worshipping in the church of my choice. Also the government does not have the right to penalise me if I am an atheist.

7) The government does not have the right to dictate to me who I hire or fire in my business. The government does not have the right to pick my friends and associates. These are matters of personal choice and personal freedom.

8) The law of the Medes and Persians forbids Daniel to pray (6:7) but God’s law commands Daniel to pray (1 Kings 8), therefore Daniel did the right thing and patriotic thing by prayer. Daniel is actually operating under a higher law — and is actually doing more for the Persian empire by praying.

9) It is God who sustains the Persian empire (Isaiah 45). Hence by violating this ludicrous legislation Daniel is faithful to the Lord and a patriot to the Persian empire. Patriotism is the heritage of regeneration. Born-again believers in fellowship are the salt of the earth.