When we deny God s law, we deny the path to God s order. Law and order are inseparable ideas. That is the second sense of the word. That s where the critical relationship between law and order is discovered. For law is always in order to an order, and the order is brought about through its advocates being rewarded and its opponents being punished.
Law is never neutral.
It necessarily proceeds from a particular worldview and seeks the establishment of an order in harmony with that view. Worldviews proceed from religious presuppositions. In all societies, the righteous are the justified ones, those in accord with the prevailing religious sentiment and expectations. These favored ones are rewarded by law. Conversely, the wicked, those regarded as a threat to the order, are punished.