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THE LAWS OF GOD - #9.E
Nineth Commandment and Related Scriptures:
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
God has set forth HIS Laws in the Holy Scriptures for ALL Mankind to
know--and obey (Proverbs 14:34 and Isaiah 60:12)!
9. THOU (you) SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY (Your)
NEIGHBOR...(lie)!
(Exodus 20:16 - Deuteronomy 5:20)...
The Devil is known as the Father of Lies (John 8:44). Consequently,
his workers will stoop at nothing to lie and deceive to get their
way! Correspondingly, God's People are to be known as People of the
TRUTH. Thus lying, deceptions, and falsehoods should not be found
among us. And, most especially to the point, lying MUST NOT be allowed
to pervert justice and the correct administration of the Law (ie
maintance of Proper Due Process)!
.A POPULAR IMMORALITY:
.B COMMON FORMS OF FALSE WITNESS ROUTINE:
.C COMMERCIAL DECEPTIONS:
To get above FALSE WITNESS Article (Click
Here--on caps)!
.D SCRIPTURAL PRINCIPLE OF LIBERTY--Foundation of Due Process:
To get LIBERTY (Civil and Human Rights)
Article (Click Here--on caps)!
.E PROPER DUE PROCESS OF LAW:
The Holy Scriptures set forth many rules that make up the Proper Due
Procees of the Law. These are presented in the following article.
- ..1 COMMON GREVIENCE PROCEEDURE:
The Holy Scriptures set forth a very clear procedure to handle
common problems between people and this should be pursued, before
Court action is taken.
- ...a FIRST,
confront the person who you think has wronged you, to see if
just the two of you can settle the issue by yourselves (and to
be sure that your perceptions of what you think they are doing
are correct) (Proverbs 25:8-10; Matthew 18:15; Galatians 6:1).
For, the Holy Scriptures admonish us to settle privately (and
out of Court) as much as we can (Proverbs 25:8-10; Matthew
5:25-26).
- ...b SECOND,
if your opponet will not settle with you (or even listen to your
complaint), then take a witness (preferably an official of the
Congregation--or a Law Enforcement Officer) and confront them
again to see if they will settle or if the officer can work out
some kind of mediation, so that a peaceful solution or compromise
can be found (Matthew 18:16; Galatians 6:1; James 5:20).
- ...c THIRD,
if your opponet will not listen to the Officer, then take the
case before the Congregational Court (or Council) and have the
matter decided there (Matthew 18:17; Acts 25:1-8).
- ...d FOURTH,
if your opponet will not listen to the decision of the
Congregational Court (or Council), then he is to be
excommunicated and dis-fellowshipped (Matthew 18:17;
I Corinthians 5:9-13; II Thessalonians 3:6-7, 14-15; Titus
3:10).
- ...e THEN,
if your opponet repents and seeks restoration to Fellowhsip,
allow it, so long as he changes his ways and makes
amends for the wrong(s) he has done (II Corinthians 2:6-10).
- ...f ADDITIONALLY,
the Holy Scriptures admonish us to be forgiving of our brother,
and of the wrongs your may have felt that he did to you, so that
we may show them God's Love and the human kindness befitting
those of the Faith (Proverbs 30:10; Matthew 7:1-2; Romans
14:4, 13; I Corinthians 5:12; James 4:10-12). However, this
does NOT mean allow them to get away with any evil that they may
want to do to you or others (Matthew 16:23; James 4:7: I Peter
2:16)!
- ...g ***WARNING***
Members of Our Congregations are NOT to take fellow members
before the heathen justices or secular courts of non-believing
lands (I Corinthians 6:1-6). Rather, disputes between members
are to be settle In-House by the above procedure (and according
to the Laws of God, not heathen laws). And, it is strongly
recommended that you get non-members to agree to the arbitration
and mediation of Our Congregational Courts to help settle your
disputes with them. However, non-members may have to be dealt
with in such wicked settings, to get what little justice you may
be able to receive.
- ..2 COMMON POLICE PROCEEDURE:
- ...a POLICE EMPOWERMENT:
Every God ordained government has the God given Right to enforce
its Laws and monitor its subjects for breaches of said Law.
Therefore, Our Realm (and Holy Society) sets forth a variety of
normal, local Police (Congregational Security, Community and
Municipal Security--State, District, Provincial Police, etc.)
to see to this Holy task (Deuteronomy 1:9-15 and 1 Samuel
8:11-12).
- ...b CHARGE TO POLICE (Specific Duties - Oath of Office):
(Deuteronomy 1:16-17; John 7:43-51; Luke 3:14; Romans 13:3-4)
- ...c LIMITATIONS TO POLICE (Checks and Balances):
Our Realm (Holy Society) is NOT to be a Totalitarian Society nor
a Police State, but rather one where Law Enforcement is regulated
and held in its proper place by Godly checks and balances (Acts
22:24-29). Consequently, due consideration in the operations of
the Police MUST be undertaken to preserve the Liberties that God
has given to Our People. (See LAW-9.D
PRINCIPLE OF LIBERTY under False Witness Commandment.)
Therefore, under the Authority of Our Throne, Police are set
forth with boundaries of operations and areas of jurisdiction to
patrol and maintain--as the watchdogs of Our Flocks, but on a
leash (1 Samuel 8:11-12; Proverbs 27:23; Ecclesiastes 5:8)).
- ...d STING RESTRICTIONS:
The conducting of a proper Sting operation is difficult, even
for a skilled and highly trained agent, consequently, this kind
of program is banned from regular police activities as it tends
to all too easily degenerate into harassment, rather than being
true investigations! (Proverbs 28:10; Romans 11:13; I John
2:10)
- ..3 COMMON COURT PROCEEDURE:
- ...a COURT EMPOWERMENT:
Every God ordained government has the God given Right to punish
and correct its subjects for breaches of the Law (God's Law).
Therefore, Our Realm (Holy Society) sets forth a variety of
normal, local Courts (Congregational Courts, Community and
Municipal Courts--State, District, Provincial Courts, etc.) to
see to this Holy task. (Exodus 18:13-26 and 1 Samuel 8:11-13)
- ...b CHARGE TO JUSTICES (Specific Duties - Oath of Office):
(Exodus 18:21; Deuteronomy 1:16-17, 17:8-13; 1 Timothy 5:20-21)
- ...c LIMITATIONS TO JUSTICES (Checks and Balances):
Our Realm (Holy Society) is NOT to be a Totalitarian Society nor
a Police State (where judges are gods--above the Law), but rather
one where JUSTICE is regulated and held in its proper place by
Godly checks and balances (Acts 22:24-29). Consequently, due
consideration in the operations of the Courts MUST be undertaken
to preserve the Liberties that God has given to Our People.
(See PRINCIPLE OF LIBERTY under False
Witness Commandment.) Therefore, under the Authority of Our
Throne, Justices are set forth with boundaries of operations and
areas of jurisdiction to oversee and uphold the proper punishment
of infractions of Our Law, under the supervision of their
superiors (Exodus 18:21-22; Deuteronomy 4:2; 1 Samuel 8:11-12;
Ecclesiastes 5:8; 1 Peter 5:2-3).
- ..4 COMMON PUNISHMENT PROCEDURE:
- ...a PUNISH WICKED - RELEASE INNOCENT:
(Exodus 22:6-9; Deuteronomy 24:16-18; 25:1; Matthew 12:7;
John 7:44-46)
- ...b INVESTIGATE ACCUSATIONS FULLY:
(Numbers 32:14, 35:30; Deuteronomy 19:16-20; Proberbs 25:2;
John 7:51; 1 Timothy 5:19)
- ...c EQUALITY OF JUSTICE:
No favoritism, bias, or prejudice (Exodus 21:23-25, 22:6-9;
Leviticus 19:15; 1 Timothy 5:21)
- ...d HAVE A HEART - Mercy and Forgiveness:
(Leviticus 26:40-45; Numbers 5:6-7, 14:18; Matthew 5:45, 12:7,
23:23; Luke 1:50, 10:36-37; Galatians 6:3; Ephesians 2:4-5;
James 2:13)
- ..5 JUSTICE - ADMINISTRATION OF GOD'S LAW
(General Duties of Judges - Officers):
- ...a KEEP THE LAW (God's Law):
(Leviticus 26:3-12; Deuteronomy 4:2, 30:16; Proverbs 3:1-4;
John 7:24)
- ...b RESTRAIN THE MASSES IN THEIR FOLLY:
(Exodus 32:22; Leviticus 19:14; 1 Timothy 5:20)
- ...c OBSERVE GOLDEN RULE:
(Leviticus 19:18; Matthew 7:12)
- ...d COPE WITH BURDEN OF RULERSHIP - High Stress:
(Numbers 11:10-15, 14:1-4; James 3:1)
- ..6 PROVISIONS FOR HIGH CRIMES (Organized Crime):
see under COVETOUSNESS - CONSPIRACY.
- ..7 PROVISIONS FOR TREASON AND HIGH TREASON:
see under COVETOUSNESS - CONSPIRACY.
- ..8 PROVISIONS FOR AMMENDMENTS AND ADDENDAS:
the Laws of God and of Our Realm, like those of the Medes and
Persians, are immutable and unchanging (Esther 1:19; Matthew
24:35), and thus, they may not be altered (Deuteronomy 4:2 &
12:32; Revelations 22:18-19).
- ...a FURTHER ILLUMINATION:
however, as we study God's Word, and come to know more about HIM
over time, our understanding of HIS Holy Law, and interpretation
of certain Passages, does change (Daniel 9:2 and Acts 17:11).
Consequently...
- ...b FOUNDER:
while this codification is forming, Our Founder and Lawgiver
(Daniel Shaddox), may edit or alter its content or provisions as
he may be inspired and directed by God to so do (Exodus 18:20).
- ...c DISPENSATIONAL STATUTES:
moreover, some provisions of God's Law are for only a set time.
These may be removed when a 3/4 majority of the Great Council
(Our Sanhedrin or Parliament) may think that it is time--and may
attach addendas or other dispensational statutes to this
document, by approval of said 3/4 majority, but only for a
temporary and set length of time (Acts 15:22-31). And, only it
it does not conflict with other provisions of the Law!
LEGISLATIVE LAW:
by extension, the Great Council may establish a body of inferior
stautes or Realm regulations for the more effective management
of Our activities, PROVEDED that a simple majority of the Council
agrees to said provisions AND that Our Ruler (or Monarch)
approves (though he may also exercize his veto). Moreover, no
such statute may conflict or supercede any of the provisions that
are in this document (John 7:43-51)!.
- ...d ROYAL DECREES (Administrative Law):
as the Lawgiver of the Land, Our Ruler may issues decrees and
proclamations (policy and procedural statements) for Our Realm
as he may deem necessary for the proper maintainence and running
of Our Holy Society, PROVIDED that such decrees (or fiat) are
held subordinate to the provisions of the Laws of God as set
forth in this document, and that such rules do not conflict nor
supercede any of the provisions that are in this document
(1 Samuel 30:23-25).
MORE INFO ON GOD'S LAWS!
Now, whatever you do, don't stop here. There is more to learn,
and to grow into the Spiritual Realm--and become a good Citizen of
Our World!
To get the next article in this series on the 10th Commandment, with
its ban on Coveteousness, and the conspiracies spun to help obtain
these wild obsessions, use the link below:
- To get 10th COMMANDMENT Article (Click
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