CIVIL GOVERNMENT:
Civil government was established by God in Genesis 8:20 - 9:7, and Exodus 19:5-7. Romans 13 teaches us that government officials are the ministers of God and as long as government does not go contrary to the direct teaching of God's Word, we are to be in subjection to that authority (Acts 4:18-20; 5:29). We should vote in elections, and get involved in local as well as national politics. If government officials are the ministers of God, why are God's people afraid to be those ministers? As believers, we should not stand by while the unsaved, ungodly, humanistic, atheists and liberals take over this great nation of ours. We must take our place of responsibility as citizens of the state. We may give allegiance to the state, but our supreme loyalty belongs [goes] to God and His Word.
Civil government was established by God in Genesis 8:20 - 9:7, and Exodus 19:5-7. Romans 13 teaches us that government officials are the ministers of God and as long as government does not go contrary to the direct teaching of God's Word, we are to be in subjection to that authority (Acts 4:18-20; 5:29). We should vote in elections, and get involved in local as well as national politics. If government officials are the ministers of God, why are God's people afraid to be those ministers? As believers, we should not stand by while the unsaved, ungodly, humanistic, atheists and liberals take over this great nation of ours. We must take our place of responsibility as citizens of the state. We may give allegiance to the state, but our supreme loyalty belongs [goes] to God and His Word.