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THE RIGHTS OF MAN-1

1. The Rights of man must be respected. Malachi 3:5.
Rights are: God-endowed, Divinely required Life-sustaining, behavioral Codes of Equality Under Law.
The Rights of Man can be summed up naturally into three major points. They are as follows:
i. The Right to serve God (Creator),
ii. The Right to Life, and
iii. The Right to private Property.

These Rights are seen in the Ten Commandments.
i. The Right to serve God (Exodus 20:1-11).
ii. The Right to Life. Exodus (20:12,13,16).
iii. The Right to Private Property (Exodus 20:14,15,17).

It is these Rights, when followed, that determine the success of any society. Deuteronomy 4:1,2,5-9.
Thus the Ten Commandments becomes the 
foundation of the success of all nations of the earth. The Law of God is so deep that David said such of it, Psalms 119:127,128,138.

“Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. Thy Testimonies that thou hast 
commanded are righteous and very faithful.”

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Pleas learn.
A proper definition of “Rights” are:

“Divinely required Life-sustaining Behavioral Codes of Equality Under Law.”
Here are Scriptural evidences to support such a definition of the Rights of Man.
a. Divinely required. Exodus 20:1; Exodus 24:12; Deuteronomy 10:1-5.
b. Life-sustaining Behavioral Codes. Psalms 119:114; Matthew 19:16,17.
c. Codes of Equality Under Law. Numbers 15:15,16,29.

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