In the eyes of Christ, there are only two groups of people on earth after Christ's coming. Race, heritage, nationality - none of these things matter. But loyalty to Christ's authority as King and Judge of the universe does matter. You can divide the world into those who repent and believe in Him and those who refuse. The normal everyday judgment of the latter is suspect because they suicidally continue in opposition to the true God in spite of the fact that He sent Christ as Savior and King. They are operating upon another foundation of thought to determine right and wrong in life. They are still under Adam and Eve, who determined that God's word was insufficient, even erroneous, and needed correction by Adam and Eve. See also the difference between the spiritual man and the natural man described in Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians, chapters 1-3. At first glance, it appears that in Corinthians Paul is referring only to the doctrine of salvation, but because salvation encompasses the redemption of the entire man, not just his soul and preparing it for the afterlife, the failure of the natural man to discern God's will for one's life in the most important matter - salvation - means failure to be able to do so with respect to the smallest material matters of life.
See also I Corinthians 6 and judgment by heathen as to disputes between believers. One can use the entire epistle of I Corinthians to explain how man fails in his judgment of matters of this life and of eternity. See Gary North, "Judgment and Dominion: An Economic Commentary on I Corinthians" (Point Five Press: Dallas, GA), 2012; and the writings of Cornelius Van Til on the lack of neutrality in all human thought. While the law of God requires equal treatment of all people before the law, that does not mean that anyone can act as a judge. Only New Men can adequately judge in the affairs of men. See I Corinthians 6:1-11, wherein Paul explains the shame of submitting to a judge who is an unbeliever instead of allowing believers to act as judges of disputes.
So what did Christ bring in order to improve the human judicial system. He brought new men with new thought and new loyalty, a loyalty to the scripture and a desire to think God's thoughts after Him. These new men have replaced their humanistic thought on all subjects with theistic thought: "Would the God of the bible be pleased with this judgment?" should be the new man's first thought. What does God's law say to this matter? The new man is a man under authority; he does not claim original inspiration or infallibility in his own mind. However, the unbeliever does claim such for his thoughts; such arrogance is only logical, for he has no authority to submit to but himself. But it gets worse, for the unbeliever hates the God of the bible and will do all in his power and thought to eject Him from his presence, an impossible goal that man attempts continually. Therefore, giving such a person the authority to act as a judge in other people's lives is like giving a flame thrower to an arsonist. He can't resist destroying the remnants of biblical thought from all of life and civil government. He is completely unfit to serve as a judge.
The fact that America presently takes a "neutral" view on all candidates for judgeships indicates either a tremendous naivete toward the threat existing or a tremendous antagonism toward biblical truth. All intelligent and educated lawyers are considered good candidates for being judges. No one asks (and if they do they are castigated for it) what faith the person holds. Such candidates could believe they are god himself . . . or herself, and that religious faith would not disqualify that person from being a judge. Popular election of judges is the only way that Americans presently have of avoiding this problem. They can choose a person of faith freely. Any other method of appointment would expose to the greatest criticism the official who attempted such. But the people can err also. See the people's choice of Abimilech to rule in Judges 9. Yet God in His sovereignty righted that situation, just as Christ can do today.
Therefore, we are forced to accept "qualified" heathen as judges, who take an oath to the U.S. Constitution then go about doing away with Christian civilization and the U.S. Constitution in the cleverest ways of which they are capable. Higher education helps prepare them for this "mission" in life, this hunt for the white whale, this pursuit of "Rationalism" at the expense of the rule of the loving and living God, this perseverance of the wicked unto destruction - of themselves and of the republic they serve. And Christians wonder why and how this nation has declined from its previous pinnacle as a great nation and its refuge in the world for those who loved the faith of our fathers. We gave it away.
Therefore, who should have the authority to judge? Those who submit to authority - the authority of the true God as demonstrated in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. Allowing a rebel against the true God to rule is asking for trouble. It is asking the lawless to legislate and administer and interpret the laws. It is asking for destruction.
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