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Hoe die wet boosheid laat voortduur

Hoe die wet boosheid laat voortduur

In die onlangs vrygestelde Apple TV-periodestuk Franklin, met Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin, is daar ‘n toneel waarin John Adams Franklin se misleiding van die Franse bevraagteken en iets vra in die sin van die effek: “So ons is veronderstel om hulle te mislei?”

Hierop antwoord Franklin: “Nee, ons verwar hulle met die reg.”

Wat ‘n insiggewende teateruitbeelding van die werklikheid van die wet wat deur die mens opgelê is! Opgelegde wette is die tipe reëls wat wesens opmaak en daarom is hulle deel van die koninkryke van hierdie wêreld – en al die koninkryke van hierdie wêreld is Satan s’n (Matthéüs 4:8, 9; Johannes 18:36), wat die vader van leuens is (Joh 8:44).

Opgelegde wette definieer nie die werklikheid nie, bepaal nie uitkomste nie, verwyder nie sonde nie, suiwer nie karakter nie, boesem nie liefde in of maak mense regverdig nie; hulle maak nie ‘n beter en regverdiger samelewing of wêreld nie; hulle genees nie harte en gedagtes nie. Hulle verlos nie van die dood nie, genees nie siekte nie en wek nie geliefdes op nie; hulle genees nie verhoudings nie; hulle openbaar nie die waarheid oor God nie; en hulle verteenwoordig nie God se koninkryk of regering nie!

Opgelegde wette stop nie boosheid nie – trouens, hulle hou dit instand, want opgelegde wette beperk die totale chaos en die onvermydelike selfvernietiging wat andersins sou gebeur het as sonde onbeteuel was. Opgelegde wette skep egter terselfdertyd die raamwerk vir boosheid om “wettig” te funksioneer. Met ander woorde, opgelegde wette is die wette wat Satan gebruik om sy koninkryk te bestuur om te verhoed dat sy goddelose volgelinge hulself heeltemal vernietig, terwyl hulle aanhou om kwaad te doen, mekaar uit te buit, te misbruik, te lieg en te bedrieg – maar alles deur meganismes wat dit “wettig” maak of deur die stelsel te manipuleer (soos om onsedelike prokureurs te gebruik om te mislei) om die kunsmatig toegediende gevolge te vermy wat die strafregstelsel andersins sou afdwing.

Slawerny is byvoorbeeld nou “onwettig” in elke land, maar daar word steeds verskillende vorme van slawerny beoefen – sekshandel, goedkoop handearbeid (sweat shops), gedwonge kinderarbeid, ens. Dit toon dat opgelegde wette nie harte en gedagtes verander nie, nie geregtigheid bring nie, nie sonde verwyder nie, maar eerder sonde voortsit omdat die verskillende wette wat opgelê is, handelaars toelaat om hul boosheid voort te sit. Hulle gebruik wette teen afluister, afloerdery en ondersoeke sonder lasbriewe en buit reëls van behoorlike regsproses, getuienis en soveel meer uit om voort te gaan in hul sonde. Bose mense, diegene wat nie God se wet in hulle harte het nie, probeer nie om die wet te gehoorsaam nie; in plaas daarvan gebruik hulle die wet om ongehoorsaam te wees en die regverdiges daarvan te weerhou om hulle aanspreeklik te hou.

Met ander woorde, soos Franklin uitgebeeld word, word hulle verwar. Hulle mislei, verkul en manipuleer om waarlik kwaad te doen terwyl hulle dit “wettig” noem – of gebruik ten minste die regstelsel om te beweer dat dit nie wetlik is om hulle aanspreeklik te hou nie omdat die verskillende reëls van getuienis of prosedure nie gevolg is nie.

Opgelegde wetgewing was nog altyd korrup, onregverdig, ‘n skynstelsel wat nog nooit ware geregtigheid gebring het nie, maar oor die afgelope dekade of wat het die ontbloting van die onreg van opgelegde wetgewing aansienlik toegeneem. Dit gebeur omdat mense God se ontwerpwette oortree, wat altyd daartoe lei dat hulle hulle harte teen God verhard, hulle harte sluit vir die Heilige Gees en dus die teenwoordigheid van God, wat die bose in toom hou. Die Heilige Gees se invloed word stadig van die aarde onttrek. Soos dit gebeur, neem boosheid toe en word die opgelegde regstelsel ontbloot vir wat dit is: ‘n bedrieglike stelsel van korrupsie wat deur bose mense gebruik word om ‘n bose agenda te bevorder.

Solank as wat die meerderheid mense in ‘n samelewing sensitief gebly het vir die werking van die Heilige Gees en ‘n mate van moraliteit in hulleself behou het, ‘n begeerte om goddelike lewens te lei, dan het hulle redelik opgetree in hul gemeenskapsdiskoers om “wetsgehoorsame burgers” te wees; dus het die opgelegde wette ‘n skyn gegee van geregtigheid. Maar die goeie wat ons in die samelewing gesien het, is nog nooit as gevolg van opgelegde wette nie; dit was slegs as gevolg van die goedheid van God wat in die mense werk!

Op 11 Oktober 1798 het John Adams, stigtersvader van die Verenigde State en sy tweede president, aan die Massachusetts Militia geskryf dat:

Omdat ons geen regering het wat gewapen is met mag wat in staat is om te stry met menslike hartstogte wat nie beteuel is deur moraliteit en godsdiens nie, sal gierigheid, ambisie, wraak of dapperheid, die sterkste toue van ons Grondwet breek soos ‘n walvis deur ‘n net gaan. Ons Grondwet is slegs vir ‘n morele en godsdienstige volk gemaak. Dit is heeltemal onvoldoende vir die regering van enige ander.

Soos God uit ons kultuur verwyder is, soos harte teen die hemel verhard het, en soos die Heilige Gees onttrek is, het die bose passies van die menslike hart toegeneem sodat geen opgelegde wette ‘n gesonder samelewing tot gevolg sal hê nie. Byvoorbeeld,

  • Wapenwette keer nie moordenaars nie.
  • Kinderbeskermingswette keer nie kindermolesteerders nie.
  • Belastingwette keer nie bedrieërs nie.

Het jy die onlangse rits plakkers gesien wat die “wet” gebruik om huise te beset en huiseienaars te verhoed om hul eie eiendom te gebruik?

Of het jy al gesien hoe verskeie regeringsamptenare weier om wette af te dwing? Wat gebeur? Meer onbeheerste boosheid – soos skares wat winkels plunder en winkeldiefstal deur kleinhandelaars.

Het jy al gesien hoe wette aanvaar word wat ‘n ouer se vermoë om hul kinders op te voed en hul kinders teen propaganda en goddelose agendas te beskerm, erodeer?

Of het jy gesien hoe wette aangeneem word wat misdadigers maak van diegene wat die waarheid oor God praat en hulle as bronne van sogenaamde “haatspraak” bestempel?

My punt hier is nie om ‘n politieke stelling te maak nie, maar om jou te help besef dat daar geen “geregtigheid” in ‘n opgelegde regstelsel is nie. Geregtigheid, om te doen wat werklik reg is, kom slegs uit die harte en gedagtes van mense wat God se lewende wet van liefde en waarheid op hulle harte geskryf het.

Die groot misleiding wat oor die wêreld kom, is dat ons geregtigheid, orde, veiligheid en sekuriteit kan hê met meer wette en meer wetstoepassing. Maar dit is ‘n leuen! Die enigste manier waarop ons ware geregtigheid kry, is wanneer God mense genees en Sy wet op hulle harte en gedagtes skryf (Hebreërs 8:10). En dit gebeur slegs wanneer ons gewen word om God lief te hê en te vertrou. En dit gebeur slegs wanneer ons die leuens oor God verwerp, insluitend die leuen dat God se wet soos menslike wet funksioneer, en terugkeer na die aanbidding van God as Skepper, wat vereis dat ons besef dat Sy wette ontwerpwette is, die wette wat die werklikheid gebou is om op te werk.

Die dier van Openbaring is besig om op te staan – en wanneer dit ten volle gevorm is en oor hierdie planeet manifesteer, sal dit opstaan om “geregtigheid” te doen. Dit sal sy “wette” hê en sal dit almal afdwing onder die dekmantel van geregtigheid, die herstel van orde, die straf van boosheid en die inbring van ‘n nuwe era van vrede en veiligheid. Ongelukkig sal baie Christene hierdie valse god omhels omdat hulle geglo het dat God se wet funksioneer soos menslike wet, ‘n stelsel van opgelegde reëls wat vereis dat God straf moet oplê vir die oortreding van reëls. Hulle glo dus dat diegene wat nie die wet sal gehoorsaam nie, se straf in werklikheid “geregtigheid” beteken. Almal behalwe die uitverkorenes van God – diegene wat God as Skepper ken, wat verstaan dat God se wette ontwerpwette is – sal onder hierdie valse stelsel van opgelegde wette en opgelegde strawwe ingeneem word.

Ek nooi jou uit om die valse regstelsel van opgelegde wette te verwerp en terug te keer na die aanbidding van God as Skepper – leer van Hom, omhels Sy ontwerpwette van liefde, waarheid en vryheid, laat Hom toe om Sy lewende wet op jou hart en verstand te skryf – en kies dan doelbewus om Sy metodes te beoefen in hoe jy leef en ander behandel. Soos Paulus in Romeine 13 geskryf het, nadat hy die doel van menslike wet beskryf het:

Laat geen skuld uitstaande bly nie, behalwe die voortdurende skuld om mekaar lief te hê, want hy wat sy naaste liefhet, het die wet vervul. Die gebooie, “Moenie owerspel pleeg nie,” “Moenie moord pleeg nie”, “Moenie steel nie”, “Moenie begeer nie” en watter ander gebod daar ook al mag wees, word opgesom in hierdie een reël: “Wees lief vir jou naaste soos jouself.” Liefde doen geen skade aan sy naaste nie. Daarom is liefde die vervulling van die wet (Romeine 13:8-10 NIV 84).

Wanneer God se lewende wet van liefde op ons harte geskryf is en ons ander werklik liefhet soos Hy ons liefhet, is dit nie nodig dat dit op klip geskryf of deur menslike regerings wetgewing gemaak word nie. Die enigste manier om boosheid uit te skakel en ware geregtigheid te herstel, is vir God om Sy wet van liefde in ons harte en gedagtes te herstel. Soos Petrus geskryf het:

Ten slotte: Wees almal eensgesind, meelewend, vol broederliefde, vol ontferming, nederig, mense wat nie kwaad met kwaad vergeld of skeldtaal met skeldtaal nie; maar, inteendeel, wees mense wat seën, omdat julle daartoe geroep is, sodat julle seën as erfdeel kan verkry. Immers, “wie die lewe wil liefhê, en goeie dae wil beleef – laat hy sy tong weerhou van wat sleg is, en sy lippe daarvan om bedrog te spreek, en laat hy afwyk van die kwaad, en die goeie doen, laat hy vrede soek en dit najaag; want die oë van die Here is op die regverdiges, en sy ore is oop vir hulle gebedsversoeke, maar die aangesig van die Here is teen dié wat verkeerde dinge doen.” (1 Petrus 3:8-12 AFR20)

 

 

 

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