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1 | Denounce militant Islam? | Matt 5:44 | alienresident | 132180 | ||
Tim: I've made the case for Christian neutrality with Scripture. You said: "By the way, Rom. 13:1 literally says, '...for there is no authority except from God'. So, this verse certainly doesn't say that God only allows rullers to rule. He is the source of their authority." If this is the case, I don't see how your voting or my not will matter anyway. It only matters if I'm correct that elections are a worldly matter and a result of man exercising his freewill. If we can't agree on that, there's really no way all the Scriptures in the world will persuade you. I'm still scratching my head - voting for a person whom God selects? Don't quite see the need or benefit. Does God also dictate the subsequent actions of those he "elects?" Wouldn't he then bear all responsibility? What if we tried to remove or replace someone God has appointed? Aren't we then fighting against God? Please, speak to me as to a child. |
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2 | Denounce militant Islam? | Matt 5:44 | following him | 132188 | ||
Hello Alienresident; Just a quick question. In a nation where the people are free to chose their leader is it realy God who selects the leader or does man? Where the people have the right to select their leader I believe that the authority is not in the individual but in the office the person holds. The person we have placed in that office recieves and excersises the authority that God gives to that office or position. If we have the right to put a person of our chosing in a position where they can excersise the authority that God gives to that position. I would say that we should excersise our right to put the person we believe would be less likely to abuse that authority. And if we have the opertunity to put a person in there who would excersise it in a Godly way so much the better. |
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