TITUS 3:1
"Remind the believer's to SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNMENT and its officers. They should be obedient, always ready to do what is good."
It is election time and your candidate is going to lose and that opponent you dislike is going to be elected. The new government is one that does not have the same ideas and attitudes that you hold near and dear. In your opinion they will take the country down a path that will lead to destruction and demoralizing attitudes. They want to increase taxes and they will stifle descent. If you are correct this is the end of civilization as we know it and we may never be able to recover. What are we as believer's to do?
SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNMENT! Accept its elected officials and officers and be obedient to them. At the same time always do what is good. Avoid doing what is evil. Remember that we are to be submissive to the new authorities. Be prepared to do any honorable and upright work. The main thing to remember is that God is in control of everything and He places people in their positions of power. Just as the Roman emperor thought He controlled his empire, it was God that caused him to call for a census that allowed Jesus Christ to be born in Bethlehem.
Do not slander against the rulers and officials and do not quarrel with their representatives. We are to be gentle and show humility to all of them. Remember that we are pilgrims passing through this world and this is not our home. What occurs on a temporary basis in this earthly existence is only for a moment. We are gone in the twinkling of an eye and we must keep a heavenly prospective at all times. Your eternal destination is certain and you will be ruled by the King of Kings. He is just and merciful and perfect and true. The government that you live under for a time is not perfect and not faithful and even so God says SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNMENT!
