Understanding Your Place in God’s Kingdom – Myles Munroe

Natural law is sometimes referred to as the “spirit of the law.” This reflects God’s desire for His laws, the standards of His Kingdom, to become the norms of our society. Remember, earth is a colony of Heaven, and the laws of the King of heaven should apply here as much as they do there.  Laws produce society because they determine social relationships.

There is a difference between the law and the spirit of the law. The spirit of the law refers to original intent — the purpose that was in the mind of the Lawmaker in the beginning.  Therefore, the spirit of the law is the inherent essence of the original purpose and intent of that law.  As such, the spirit of the law is always higher and broader then the letter of the law.  For this reason, the greatest form of law is unwritten law. Unwritten law is a product of the spirit of the law.  When law has to be written, it is because the people are disobedient. Written law is a sign that the people have lost sight of the spirit of the law — the original intent. So where the spirit of the law is, there is no need for written law.

Any nation is only as good as the laws it enacts. Laws produce society, so whatever kind of society we want is determined by the laws we make. The worse the laws, the worse the nation. However, bad laws do not cause a nation’s social, moral, and spiritual decline. They merely reflect a decline that is already underway.  Laws mirror the condition of the nation.

This is why it is so important for we who are Kingdom citizens to regain our understanding of the “spirit of the law” — natural law. Natural law is the fundamental operating principle of the Kingdom of Heaven.

The laws of the King protect and preserve not only His Kingdom but also the benefits and privileges of the Kingdom that are reserved for Kingdom citizens.  But learning to appropriate them involves more than just knowing what they are. We must learn also the keys of the Kingdom that unlock our benefits and privileges and make them active in our lives.

– Dr. Myles Munroe

Myles Munroe (April 20, 1954 – November 9, 2014) was a Bahamian evangelist and ordained minister avid professor of the Kingdom of God, author, speaker and leadership consultant who founded and led the Bahamas Faith Ministries International (BFMI) and Myles Munroe International (MMI).