Obey the laws. Sounds simple enough, but why does it seem so hard? Why do we think that they don’t apply? Why do we think that we are more special and can exempt ourselves? We operate as if we have ‘diplomatic immunity’? Are we really above the law? We are tempted to think we can get away with it. We hear Jesus teach about the spirit of the law versus the letter of the law, yet some of us operate way outside the realm of the spirit and just disregard it altogether! Surely there are immoral laws on the books by which we are divinely instructed to not follow. It is legal to abort a baby, but that does not make it right. It is legal to divorce for any reason or no reason at all, and still that is not a law we can support. Our highest calling is to obey God rather than man, in such situations. But when God gives us his laws, his moral laws, we are told in no uncertain terms to keep his statutes, or commands. The Ten Commandments are moral laws. Yes they were given to the people of Israel, but they transcend the nation state. They are moral laws obligatory, and written on our hearts. “My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.”(Proverbs 7:1-3) We ought to study God’s law, obey them and put them into practice. Because it’s not just about writing them on the doorposts of our house, but it needs to be a heart thing. “And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord God."” (Ezekiel 11:19-21) God has given us his word, his instructions, his laws, and ours is not to question but to obey. God says plainly, keep my statutes.