God's Law (5) Plus More?

Many Christians want to add to God's Law. They want laws to limit the power of business and remedy poverty.

People are still the same, and most of the behaviors that Christians want to legislate against existed in Moses time, even if they manifested in a different way. There would have been mean employers, but God did not give minimum wage laws. I am sure some people drove there donkeys through the camp in a dangerous manner, but God did not impose speed limits (Note, he made the owner of a bull accountable for any damage it did, he did not put in place speed limits for bulls). There would have been monopolies in Moses time, but God did not give anti-trust laws. So if his law was perfect, then these things are not part of a perfect system of law.

On the other hand, if a whole lot of extra laws are necessary for the satisfactory functioning of human society, then we cannot claim that Gods law is perfect. I prefer to believe that God got the coverage of his law right. If God's Law Plus More is perfect, the God's Law is not

Business is not new. There were plenty of business activity in Moses time. However, according to God’s law, provided they did not steal, or assault people, or kidnap people, or murder them, businesses could just get on with their busines activity. God did not seem to think that a whole lot of laws about how business should behave are necessary. We should be very wary about adding to God's Law.