The moment God lifts His common restraining grace, man reverts to nature. So if there is any goodness, any law and order, social graces and good inventions that help man, any sensibility in human government, it is because of one of the following reasons:
1. Man likes to maintain order, so he can fulfil his selfish desires and do business, prosper and live in peace.
2. Society, including unregenerate men, has been blessed by the church in that society.
3. God has provided a common grace in order to achieve some purpose He has in mind and not with any reference to the goodness of the men in the society.
Common grace can be defined as those blessings that God gives generally to society not attached to salvation or saving grace. These can be sound government, rain, inventions to improve life, peace and skill. Men can be pilots and fly, dentists can treat, or men can perform different skills from which all men benefit.
Generally, God in kindness provides these blessings to society, that all men benefit from and squander, even when they do not know God or give Him thanks. A Christian does not need a Christian pilot to fly him in a plane, but a person who has skill, to whom God has given common grace.
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