Psalm 11 3 When the foundations are destroyed,

What can the righteous do?” When the moral law was announced to Moses, that is, the Ten Commandments, they are not established rules of life. In fact, the death penalty for lawbreakers did not give a person any hope of correcting their violations. The law required not only active obedience, but also passive obedience. The standard was so high that violation required death for the slightest violation. Thus, the law constantly requires obedience. Since the law is always active, eternal damnation is not at rest under any historical circumstances. This is why we rightly believe that all people are incapable of upholding the law that properly leads to the creation of a decent society. The Bible continually teaches that rulers are thoroughly examined and found to be breaking the law. The overwhelming pressure of God's terrible curses comes from top to bottom. In the New Testament the Apostle gives instructions to local citizens and civil rulers. But all the institutions established to keep the law are part of God's careful history of redemption. We must consistently practice the fundamental doctrines of the belief that man is an evildoer. He cannot be a eligible citizen unless he voluntarily submits to specific requirements under possible threat of death. To act voluntarily under the law, he must die to himself. This is why there is no hope of redeeming civil society without first facing damnation.