"Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For ALL AUTHORITY COMES FROM GOD. Those in positions of authority have been placed there by God!"
Some people say they will leave the country if a certain person is elected President. Many are very unhappy when their party is not in power, and their opposition is in control. It is true that the power to tax is the power to destroy. Many rebel at the idea of someone they do not agree with enforcing taxes they do not believe in. Sometimes we are in a small minority within a larger political context. It may bother you that you do not get the respect and power and authority of the majority. It is especially irritating when the most amoral and least intellectual of the opposition rise to positions of authority and then abuse it. Why does this happen so often? What should we do as believer's.
The One Truth Today has the answer to your question. We need to assimilate and learn from the Word. Although men may think that they are powerful and that they are in control of their destiny and fortune in life, they are not. The correct answer is that those who are in authority and control of your government have been placed there by the Lord. What is more, everyone must submit to their governing authorities, because it comes from God. Yes that man you despise and disagree with has been placed there by God. ALL AUTHORITY COMES FROM GOD, not just a little or the ones you agree with. So if and when you rebel against authority you are really rebelling against God. We as believer's all have a duty to be loyal and supportive of their civil and governing authorities. Yes I know we could do a better job, but, God does not agree and He has a reason for their position. It may be we have collectively turned our back on God. If a country turns its back on God there will be consequences to all of us.
There is no authority unless it is by God's permission. He sanctions all those who have authority over you and they are placed there by God's appointment. Remember when Julius Caesar Augustus call for a census of all Roman Citizens? He thought he was a god and and that he controlled the world. In reality God placed him in that position so that his order would put in motion the arrival of Joseph and Mary in Bethlehem. The birth of Jesus was ordained for a specific time and place and had been foretold by the prophets. Who was in control, Caesar or God? He as a human never understood that he had been placed in a position of authority by God and in the end even he had to submit to the real governing authority of Jesus Christ the Lord God. You along with everyone else must submit to the Lord for ALL AUTHORITY COMES FROM GOD~
