Is mankind subject to the law of God?

Les explains that according to Romans 8, mankind is not subject to the law of God and cannot be. He acknowledges this is hard to swallow, but it means exactly what it says. The problem is that people have no fear of God before their eyes; they have no comprehension of who God is, ignore Him, and push Him out of their thinking. They are enmity against God and total rebels. Les points out that the Christian community often thinks it can legislate morality—to stop murder, teenage pregnancies, and drug addiction—but it cannot. He compares this to the drug war: drugs cannot be stopped until people stop wanting to use them; when people stop using drugs, the whole drug business would fall apart, but it is not going to happen. External legislation cannot change the heart.