"Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For ALL AUTHORITY COMES FROM GOD. Those in positions of authority have ben placed there by God."
Some people say they will leave the country if a certain person is elected President. Many are unhappy when their party is not in power. They do not like the opposition having control of them or their lives. They rebel at the idea of someone they do not agree with setting the agenda for them. They may feel they get no respect and that great harm will come to their minority. It may be especially irritating if they have a different set of morals or beliefs then you. You may be tempted to rebuke those in authority and even break the law. Maybe you had better read our One Truth Today again. ALL AUTHORITY COMES FROM GOD! Everyone must submit to the governing authorities.
Men always think that they are in control of the world, their country and themselves. Flash, you are not! God is in control and He places people in authority, especially those that govern us. Men do not control destiny, your fortune or your life, the Lord does! Yes the one that you despise the most and totally disagree with was placed there by God. It may have been a response to the people and how they turned their back on Him, His Law and His Prophets, but the decision was never the mans. Thank God that we have a Constitution and Bill of Rights and laws that allow free elections and corrections if we conform to God and His Plan. There are consequences when we as a country worship the living God and when we reject and remove Him from our lives.
There is no authority without the permission of God. He sanctions all who are in authority over us. Remember when Julius Caesar, the "emperor and god of Rome", called for a census of all Roman citizens throughout the world? He thought he was god and in control, in fact the Lord was in control and put him in that position so that Mary and Joseph would appear in Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus Christ the Lord God. Who is in control, Caesar of God? Who is in control God or the latest president? Who is in control of your life, you or God? If you are not a believer, it is not God. You have rejected God and you are not one of His chosen. You chose not to be chosen. You think you are in control and authority. Only a fool says in their heart there is no God! You are a fool if you do not know, ALL AUTHORITY COMES FROM GOD!
