Obey Civil Law
  As odious as it may be at times we are obligated as Christians to help maintain order in society and obey civil authority. This does not mean we approve all such laws and we do not. Many of them are viciously against what Christians believe. But unless they demand that we violate some law of the Higher authority (God) we are to do as Paul taught, "Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake; whether it be to the king, as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well (First Peter 2: 13, 14).

  Just because something is legal does not mean it is acceptable to God. Men make many laws that defy God. Christians are vulnerable to suffering because of human laws because, while they will obey civil power unless it demands disobedience to God, they will resist compliance to anything that sets itself above God's will. This is a hard world for Christians.