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Is it ok at times for a Christian to break the law?
Saturday’s front page in the Waco Tribune Herald read: “Chaplain arrested for needle exchange”. 73 year old lay chaplain Bill Day of San Antonio, Texas, could spend up to a year in jail for breaking a law he considers immoral. Even though Texas considers it illegal, Day hands out clean needles to drug addicts in order to help curb the spread of the HIV virus.
So what’s a Christian to do when the law of the land seems to conflict with the moral laws of the bible? The Prophet Daniel, when told he could no longer pray to his God during the day, continued to pray in spite of the written law. Peter and John who were arrested for preaching the gospel, when told to go and not preach about Christ again, said: “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God”. Even Jesus taught that we should render unto Caesar the things that belongs to Caesar and to God the things that belong to God.
In my mind, the city of San Antonio should be thanking Chaplain Day for his labor of love instead of trying to prosecute him. What motivates a little old lady to stand out in the elements every week to stand for life in front of an abortion mortuary? I believe the same thing that motivates Chaplain Day- the desire to be faithful and committed to God and his biblical principles. Most laws on the books have their origination in biblical principles. But when laws on the books go against God’s stated laws, Christians should stand up for their convictions in spite of what legislatures may have passed as law understanding that there may be a cost.
So, in your mind should Chaplain Day spend a year in jail for doing good deeds? Is there anytime in your mind when you would go against stated law in order to stand for your moral convictions? Let’s chat fellow bloggers!!!
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