By way of introduction, let us talk about the importance of LAW to man. The Microsoft Encarta Dictionary defines the word LAW as:“binding or enforceable rule: a rule of conduct or procedure recognizedby a community as binding orenforceable by the authority.”Furthermore, the same dictionary gives its first definition of the word CONDUCT as:“behavior: the way a person behaves, especially in public language orconduct likely to offend.”Proceeding from these definitions, we can see LAW is an instrument, a binding one for that 5 matter, to regulate our activities and behaviors in the home in particular and in all our undertakings in general. Note this phrase in the definition of LAW above: “a rule of conduct or procedure” – it is meant to moderate the way and manner in which we conduct ourselves and our lives. All these underline the place of LAW in every stratum of life – be it INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, COMMUNITY, SOCIETY, or the WORLD at large.
The Bible aptly declares that where there is no law, there cannot be a sin. Of course, this is because, in the absence of law, people would be free to do whatever they liked. Then, even wrong things would be right; vice would be virtue and evil would be good. All these will be so because there is no law to say that they are wrong.With the LAW, however, the following are achieved:Discipline is maintainedBehaviors are regulatedActivities are guidedConduct, both in private and in public, is modifiedActions and reactions are controlledExcesses are checked.As a direct positive implication of the LAW, the following are achieved:Order is entrenchedTranquility is attainedPeace is establishedMorality is enforced to a reasonable levelProgress is aided to a large extentProtection is enabled meaningfully; etc.
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