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Gary discusses revolutionary practices of the Left (like firebombing Teslas) and how nothing has changed in their tactics (the very ones they claim to fear from the Right).
A right is a legal immunity, primarily from the State imposing its will on the people. For example, God had a legal right to the Tree of Knowledge, therefore, He could impose His will (law) on His subjects. No jurisdiction could usurp His rightful claim to the property. As Creator and Owner of all things, no creature could keep Him from making His claim. In the same way, we have no “right to” another person’s property. The State has no “right to” our property. A “responsibility to” implies an immunity from coercive interference. When God tells the church that it has the “responsibility to preach the gospel,” the church is immune from the jurisdiction of the State if the State makes laws prohibiting the church from fulfilling its duties.
Confusion over human rights as they relate to judicial pronouncements arises from moral and intellectual relativism. If it is assumed that no real absolute law exists, then it follows that an individual’s rights must be equally relative. The reason debate over what is right (what is ethical or moral) continues is that too often no one really understands what is right. In fact, many maintain that to define what is “right” is to speak in absolute terms, which does not fit the evolving nature of ethics based on evolutionary assumptions. As long as moral relativism prevails, human rights always will be elusive. How would the West approach the leaders of a Communist country regarding the “right” to private property when one of the basic tenets of Marxism is the “abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes”? There is no common ground to discuss “liberty” as a right without a biblical definition of liberty. The Communist system places law in the hands of the State. “Human rights” are then defined by the State.
When a nation moves away from the absolutes of God’s law we can expect an immediate substitute to fill the void. The “human rights” idea has become the alternative to biblical law; it now forms the basis and foundation for all spheres of life. Human rights has sand as its foundation because in “human rights” theory man is the determiner of what is a right.
God and Government
American Vision has thoroughly renovated, revised, and updated Gary DeMar’s monumental work into this beautiful one-volume hardback. With a fresh new look, more images, an extensive subject and scripture index, and an updated bibliography, God and Government is ready to prepare a whole new generation to take on the political and religious battles confronting Christians today. May it be used in a new awakening of Christians in America—not just to inform minds, but to stimulate action and secure a better tomorrow for our posterity.
Buy NowGary discusses revolutionary practices of the Left (like firebombing Teslas) and how nothing has changed in their tactics (the very ones they claim to fear from the Right). Christians, like others, are called to be revolutionaries, but unlike others, they have a divine example of being non-violent in advancing their revolutionary faith.