The Christian and the Government | Romans 13:1-7
/Scripture: Romans 13:1-7
Key Takeaways:
+ Christians inhabit 2 kingdoms
+ All human government is ordained by God and Christians are to submit to it.
To resist the government is to resist God.
To submit to the government is a way to live free of fear.
Governing authority is for the good of an ordered and just society.
+ Christians should never violate their conscience through disobedience to the government or by obedience to the government.
“For men’s religion to God is between God and themselves. The king shall not answer for it. Neither may the king be judge between God and man. Let them be heretics, Turks, Jews or whatsoever it appertains not to the earthly power to punish them in the least measure. This is made evident by our lord the king by the scriptures.”
- Thomas Helwyss, “A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity” (1612).
+ Christians should be exemplar citizens that seek the good of their communities.
Pay taxes
Honor leaders
Steward influence