The following authorities from the Holy Bible and secular sources
describe why everyone, and especially Christians, must learn and
follow the law.
The Whole Duty of Man
And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he pondered and sought out and set in order many proverbs. The Preacher sought to find acceptable words; and what was written was upright—words of truth. The words of the wise are like goads, and the words of scholars are like well-driven nails, given by one Shepherd. And further, my son, be admonished by these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all.
For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.
[Eccl. 12:9-14, Bible, NKJV]
"It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations,
that you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between
unclean and clean, and that you may teach the children of Israel
all the statutes [laws] which the LORD [God] has spoken to them
by the hand of Moses."
[Lev.
10:9-11, Bible, NKJV]
"And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws [of both
God and
man], and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk,
and the work [of obedience to God] that they must do."
[Exodus
18:20, Bible, NKJV]
“Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of
this law [God’s Law or Caesar’s law] to do them. And all
the people shall say, Amen.”
[Deu
27:26, Bible, NKJV]
"One who turns his ear from hearing [or learning] the law
[
God's law or
man's law], even his prayer is an abomination."
[Prov.
28:9, Bible, NKJV]
"But this crowd that does not know [and quote and follow
and use] the law is accursed.”
[John
7:49, Bible, NKJV]
“Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but such as
keep the law contend with them.”
[Prov.
28:4, Bible, NKJV]
"Ye
shall do My judgments, and keep Mine ordinances, to walk
therein: I [am] the LORD your God."
[Leviticus
18:4, Bible, NKJV]
"And the statutes,
and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which
he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore;
and ye shall not fear other gods."
[2
Kings 17:37, Bible, NKJV]
"And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit
within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh,
and will give them an heart of flesh:
That they may walk in My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances,
and do them: and they shall be My people, and I will be their
God."
[Ezekiah 11:19-20, Bible]
"Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your
[God's] statutes."
[Psalm
119:155, Bible, NKJV]
"This
Book
of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall
meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according
to all that is written in it. For then you will make
your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good
courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your
God is with you wherever you go.”
[Joshua
1:8-9, Bible, NKJV,
IMPLICATION: If you aren't reading and trying to obey
God's law daily, then you're not doing God's will and you will
not prosper]
"Every man
is supposed to know the law. A party who makes
a contract [or enters into a
franchise, which
is also a contract] with an officer [of the government] without
having it reduced to writing is knowingly accessory to a violation
of duty on his part. Such a party aids in the violation of the
law."
[Clark v. United States, 95 U.S. 539 (1877)]
"Thus it happened,
when the king [America
is the Land of the Kings/Sovereigns] heard the
words of the Law,
that he tore his clothes. Then the king commanded
Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah,
Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying,
"Go, inquire
of the LORD for me, [. . .] concerning
the words of the book [of the Law] that is found; for great
is
the wrath of the LORD that is poured out on us, because our
fathers have not kept the
word [Law] of the LORD,
to do according to all that is written in this book."
[. . .] "Thus says the LORD God of Israel, "Tell the man
who sent you to Me,
"Thus
says the LORD: "Behold, I will bring calamity on this place
and on its inhabitants, all the curses [Deut.
28:15-68] that
are written in the book [of the Law] which they have read before
the king of Judah, because they have forsaken Me and burned
incense to
[idolatry towards] other [government] gods,
that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their
hands. Therefore My wrath will be poured out on this place,
and not be quenched.""
[2
Chron. 34:19-25,
Bible, NKJV]
"I [God] brought you up from Egypt [slavery] and brought
you to the land of which I swore to your fathers; and I said,
'I will never break My covenant with you. And
you shall make
no covenant [contract or franchise or agreement of ANY kind]
with the inhabitants of this [corrupt pagan] land; you shall
tear down their
[man/government worshipping socialist] altars.'
But you have not obeyed Me. Why have you done this?
"Therefore I also said,
'I will not
drive them out before you; but they will become as thorns [terrorists
and persecutors]
in your side and their gods will be a snare [slavery!] to you.'"
So it was, when the Angel of the LORD spoke these words to
all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their
voices and wept.
[Judges
2:1-4, Bible, NKJV]
The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly
1 Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
3 He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
[Psalm 1:1-6, Bible, NKJV]
An entire chapter on studying God’s law also explains why we must study and mediate upon it continually. This chapter is our favorite chapter in the entire Bible:
If you would like an exhaustive description of requirements that
God places upon Christians in relation to the subject of law, see:
If you would like a demonstration from SATAN himself of what
happens to a society that refuses to collectively and individually
learn the law, see:
Lastly, for the purposes of this page “law” is defined to EXCLUDE any and all civil statutory codes, franchises, or privileges in relation to any and all governments. Involvement in such activities undermines sovereignty, autonomy, and equality and turns government into an unconstitutional civil religion. This is explained in:
