Can Laws be Limited to the Interpretation of an Individual?

I think depending on the situation, legal standards can be interpreted and determined for each individual. However, I also believe that the majority of the time they’re not. Let me make myself a little clearer, God is ultimately the law giver and the law maker but he also has established a government on earth ruled my men. Men are suppose to govern according to the laws God has given them and when they do (such as all are to be treated equally and shall not steal or murder) then there is no room for interpretation. Society must follow those rules and there are no exceptions since they were also God’s laws as stated in the Bible. (Exodus 20:13,15). However, there are laws that man has also placed that are not part of God’s plan and go against what is righteous in his sight. An example of this is the law trying to be passed for the approval of homosexual marriages. God understood that laws such as these would try to be passed because we are imperfect sinful creatures but that does not mean we are to follow them. To support this, 1 Timothy 1:9-11 says “We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.”

Above everything we are to serve Christ in everything we say and do. If earthly authorities try to get us to go against God’s will we are to disobey them even if it costs us our life because there is no greater death than in dying for Christ. This is illustrated in Daniel 3 with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. In God’s law he said “‘Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the LORD your God. (Leviticus 26:1) Yet the king, Nebuchadnezzar made a law that everyone was to bow down to this gold idol he had made. Because this went against God’s law, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego determined this law for themselves and chose not to obey it because it went against God’s will and He is the ultimate authority over man.

In instances like these, people can interpret and determine legal standards according to themselves because it violates their morals. It then becomes an issue of whether to obey man or God. Overall, if authority on earth follows the law of God we must obey as we are called to obey Christ; there is no room for individual interpretation. On the other hand, if man's law violates God’s law then we are free to interpret it and determine it for ourselves based on our moral Christain understanding.