You cannot legislate righteousness, it comes from the inside out. Obedience to legislature based on the Bible will mislead people into thinking they are obedient to the Word of God and thus safe from Hell. This is the folly of the Pharisees, “Lord we obey your law and then some!”
It also breeds a society of people who because they are obedient to the laws of the land, consider themselves righteous before God, this is the folly of the Jewish nation, “We are the people whose nation is founded on the Word of God!” Salvation is an individual decision that causes a heart change and manifests itself in behavior change and a more law abiding society. It does not come from obeying the law, “grace through faith, not of works so no man can boast (Ephisians 2:8).
Xerxes and his drunken cronies tried to legislate respect of husbands, respect is given and earned, the moment it is forced it is no longer respect but rather subordination and that is NOT right for a marriage relationship.
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