Property, Theft and Robbery (Class 06)

Christianity and Law [Fall 2023] (Class 06)

Eric G. Enlow, Dean of Handong International Law School

| Title: Property, Theft and Robbery

| Date: Oct 20th, 2023

| Handong International Law School

[tonyrobinson]

This video was my first exposure to teaching from Handong ILS. I really like the thief vs. robber points made at the beginning. Thank you for putting this online (eight people watched it with me). Good use of the Pilgrims being stupid regarding theonomics (I paused the video to explain why the early Jerusalem church had many to sell their goods and pool their resources. They expected Christ to be back within a few short years - which would have worked for them, but when God turned to the Gentiles after the nation failed to repent, those folks outlived their resources, which is why Paul started taking up offerings for "the poor saints in Jerusalem." In the long term, socialism/communism leads to shared poverty - e.g., North Korea). I think he misspoke once: the state goes not give rights (legal positivism), it is suppose to recognize God-given rights.

Since I haven't watched the preceding classes, I do not know the context of the use of the word "will." He kept saying that violating someone else' will is wrong, but I would say violating their rights, or to be specific, God-given rights. His use is most likely meant to be that the will is supposed to be within the boundaries of godliness, and that such a will is what he meant when he talked about violating or disrespecting someone else' will. However, there are perverts whose will needs to be denied and disrespected, especially when they want to express their perversion in public, so changing the terminology or at least defining it within the same lecture to show the distinction as God-given rights or a godly will would be prudent (Every knee will bow, despite what their will has been).