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1 | Governmental Authority? | Rom 13:1 | gracefull | 74611 | ||
I believe as Christians and Americans we must do all we can within our legal and governmental rights to establish moral laws in accordance with scripture. When Christians fall silent, the wicked move forward unobstructed. In our country we can legally voice our beliefs and vote accordingly. The complications start when moral issues are dubbed 'religious' and then seperation of church and state becomes the outcry. I am not a historian but may I suggest you consider this... Our forefathers left the governing authority they were under to establish a new government. They were forced to defend their right to establish this new government. Defense and rebellion are not the same. Did God place this desire in the hearts of our forefathers just as He did Abraham when He said for him to leave his father and go because He wanted to establish a new nation? God bless! |
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2 | Governmental Authority? | Rom 13:1 | Montag | 74629 | ||
you say they defended their right to establish a new government... i contend that they didn't have that right. Montag |
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3 | Governmental Authority? | Rom 13:1 | gracefull | 74742 | ||
Now I suppose we are moving toward human rights? These folks were not slaves, they were free men with the right to leave their home and travel to a new place to start over. Their government did not forbid them to leave, it simply tried to follow them and continure the control. What legal reason held them in England and took away their right to leave? They were not slaves, and if they could fund the trip across the ocean they had the legal right to do so..Again I am not a historian. Purhaps you have some poits here? I believe I see that you are interpreting this scripture as saying that one is bound to the authority they are under. This is true, but if one is called to leave (not rebel and fight against)I do not see that that violates this scripture. |
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