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Originally Posted by martyrologist  What better way to be salt and light than to be a voice of reason, a beacon of peace and to not be associated with killing others?
But on the fulcrum, I would ask you why there would be any Christian magistrates, especially if you are speaking of a case of a Republic like the US? Why should a Christian involve themselves in such endeavors? I do not believe there is any such duty or obligation for a Christian to do so. Do you have any Scriptural support that I can take a look at? |
God requires just laws (does God approve of sinful things?). It is true that unbelievers, acting inconsistently, can pass just laws, but that is not the norm. Christians, having the benefit of God's special revelation, can understand the world rightly.
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I will take a look at the Daniel example you gave, but I am thinking more of instructions or prescriptions or guidance given now that we are under grace. I mean, you have to admit that things are a little different now than in the Old Testament times, right?
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Things might be different, true, but God hasn't changed his morality. Anyway, I reject a dispensational hermeneutics.
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Oh, forgot to say something about that in particular. I actually do believe Christ holds his disciples to a different standard than he does the world. Remember that one group trusts and obeys him. The other doesn't. We are not of this world. We are merely pilgrims.
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Are you saying that Christ approves of two different ethical standards? If so, this is ethical relativism with a vengeance.