Political Antinomianism

Antinomianism has been defined as" Opposed to or denying the fixed meaning or universal applicability of moral law

"If while evangelizing we abandon the sociopolitical realm to its own devices, we shall

fortify the misimpression that the public order falls wholly outside the command and will

of God, that Christianity deals with private concerns only; and we shall conceal the fact

that government exists by God's will as His servant for the sake of justice and order." Carl F.H. Henry, Twilight of a Great Civilization, (Westchester, IL: Crossway, 1988), p. 20.

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"Legislation is forged in the meeting point between the way things ought to be and the way they currently are" says Matt Anderson

But what about the way things "ought to be"? Legislation in and or itself does not provide the foundation for this. We cannot disagree with the need for the existence of laws, we recognize we are sinfull people. We cannot continuing debating individual laws, without appealing to the code to which they are set out to hold us accountable.

We need to be super sensitive to the potential problem that is created when humans (being sinfull) are in positions of power. Not only can they try to blur what the foundation is for laws, but they can create and/or support laws which in fact contradict with the code to which they are set under in the first place.

"One of the most startling commentaries on this century is the fact that millions more

have died at the hands of their own governments than in wars with other nations—all to
preserve someone's power." Chuck Colson, Kingdoms in Conflict, (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1987), p. 270.

As Christians, do we or do we not agree that there is absolutle truth? That truth is not relative? Is this not the code to which laws should appeal?

"By raising segregation and racial persecution to the ethical level of law, it puts into practice the antinomian rules of Orwell's world. Evil becomes good, inhumanity is interpreted as charity, egoism as compassion" (Elie Wiesel).