How would you explain the implications of the phrase, “whenever the rights of God are lightly treated – the rights of men can fare no better?”

I find that this is a very interesting statement, when the rights of God are lightly treated, then the rights of men can fare no better.  I am going to look at this from a different point of view.  The rights of God are what Jesus our Lord taught, commanded and instructed for His people to do. Jesus is teaching a “Way of Life” for His people to live by and if we do not live by His “Way of Life”, then we treat lightly the rights of our High, Creator God.  These rights are the results of the fruit of the Spirit which is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.  If we as a people do these things then we will not treat lightly the rights of God.  Or, we know when we as a people to not live the “Way of Life”, we will live the Way of Death that Satan teaches.  Jeremiah tells us there are only two ways of life for God’s created beings.  If we live the “Way of Death,” we will have the works of the flesh is our lives and we will not recognize the rights of our High, Creator God.  So, which way are we living today.

Blessings

Stephen

(Gal 5:22-23 NIV)  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, {23} gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

(Jer 21:8 NIV)  "Furthermore, tell the people, 'This is what the LORD says: See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.

(Gal 5:19-21 KJV)  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, {20} Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, {21} Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.