What Is the Purpose of Government?
By Jake MacAulay - Posted at The American View:
There is a God. Our rights come from Him. The purpose of civil government is to protect and secure God given rights.
This is the American View of Law and Government. It is also the Christian View. It is set forth very concisely and precisely in our Declaration of Independence.
Under this Christian, American view, civil government is charged with two principle functions.
First, civil government is responsible for protecting the integrity of our borders.
Secondly, civil government is duty bound to administer the justice system. However, in making and enforcing laws, civil government is required to follow God’s law as the ultimate standard to determine the validity of all earthly laws.
This ultimate standard which limits what civil government can do is referred to in the Declaration of Independence as “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God”.
Read more here.
There is a God. Our rights come from Him. The purpose of civil government is to protect and secure God given rights.
This is the American View of Law and Government. It is also the Christian View. It is set forth very concisely and precisely in our Declaration of Independence.
Under this Christian, American view, civil government is charged with two principle functions.
First, civil government is responsible for protecting the integrity of our borders.
Secondly, civil government is duty bound to administer the justice system. However, in making and enforcing laws, civil government is required to follow God’s law as the ultimate standard to determine the validity of all earthly laws.
This ultimate standard which limits what civil government can do is referred to in the Declaration of Independence as “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God”.
Read more here.
Comments
Post a Comment
Please feel free to comment, but profanity, anti-Christian or argumentative comments will not be published. Thank you, ed.