Hot Rod Efficiency

The Law of God

Our God is in heaven and does whatever He pleases. Their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell. They have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot make a sound with their throats. Those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them. - Psalms 115:3-8 HCSB

Two men in my church build cars for a living that are not like your father’s Neon. Their cars are sleek, powerful and wonderfully classy. Their shop, called Pure Hot Rods,[1] is small, tight and cram-packed with tools. Like their cars, there is nothing spare, nothing extra in it. Everything has a point; everything is essential.

When Yahweh Boreh[2] created the universe, He built into it everything it needed for the creation of life. Consider the gravitational force constant, G. If G were even slightly tweaked, complex life could not exist.

Then there are the finely tuned parameters of the strong nuclear force constant, weak nuclear force constant, electromagnetic force constant, and ratio of electron to proton mass. If any one of these parameters were even slightly smaller or slightly larger, chemistry as we know it would be impossible. Even something as basic as molecules would probably not even exist.

Carbon, which is essential for life, is made in stars during the fusion of three helium atoms. It is only due to an extraordinary "coincidence" in the resonant energies of helium, beryllium and carbon that stars make lots of carbon. Change that resonant energy by just 0.0001% and carbon would be impossible to make. No carbon – no life.

These natural laws that Hashem installed all are incredibly important for the existence of life. Like Pure Hot Rod’s cars, the universe is built with a specific purpose in mind and everything required for the accomplishment of that purpose is built in.

Just as Hashem made these natural laws part of the woof and weave of the fabric of space-time, He also built certain moral laws into our lives.[3] Every culture looks down on cowardice. Every race agrees that society must be built on certain essential familial loyalties. Every tribe agrees that random killing for pleasure is wrong.

However, the Lord God went beyond natural law and moral law. He gave us biblical law[4] so that we would clearly know His requirements.[5] The advent of the Christ did not mitigate that Law.[6] It is all required; all necessary. The Law is our Guardian, guiding us, defining sin and holiness for us until the Perfect Example could come and lead us into its fulfillment.[7]

What do these laws demonstrate if not the principle of Hashem’s sovereignty? We are not our own. We exist in heteronomy: under another’s law - specifically, a theonomy, the law of God. Like the natural law of gravity, we can ignore God’s moral and biblical laws, but only to our personal harm.


[1] Purehotrods.com
[2] Boreh – Creator (Isaiah 40:28)
[3] Romans 1:18-19
[4] Exodus 20:1-17
[5] Romans 7:7-25
[6] Matthew 5:17-20; Romans 7:7
[7] Galatians 3:23-29