The presence of law requires that there be those who follow it as well as those who enforce it in order for it to actually be law.
Also law necessarily includes punishment, either by man or God.
Originally Posted by Romans 13:4
For the one in authority is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God's servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.
