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1 | willful nonpayment of debts? | John 14:15 | timley1959 | 241607 | ||
My question pertains to this scripture: Romans 13:1-6, 1 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. 4 For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience. 6 This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing. Is a believer a true believer if they make no attempt to pay their debts like 15 years of back taxes, school loans, gym membership contracts, cell phone and home phone contracts, hospital services and court judgements? They believe that past mistakes are all forgiven and prayer is the answer to fixing these debt collections | ||||||
2 | willful nonpayment of debts? | John 14:15 | EdB | 241608 | ||
John 14:15 (NASB) 15 "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. They can't claim they are keeping his commandments. 1 Thessalonians 5:22 (KJV) 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. Their appearance destroys their testimony. But only God can knows for certain their heart. |
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3 | willful nonpayment of debts? | John 14:15 | jeremiah1five | 241614 | ||
I think you err when you say that taxes are a debt. And then you apply school loans gym membership contracts, cell phone and home phone contracts hospital services and court judgments with taxes which confuses the issue. At the time of the founding of this Republic and the writing of the US Constitution the Colonies were at war with the British Crown and the inclusion of taxes in the Constitution (Art. 1 Sec. 1) was to fund the war against England "[A]nd to do other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do," and it should be said here that the inclusion of taxes in the Constitution was a necessity that may not have been supported by the people back home in the Colonies had there been no war. At any rate, it is a contradiction to equate freedom and independence with collection of taxes for any purpose. Taxes are not a debt but a levy, a fee or a charge for one purpose or another. Applying this to Biblical doctrine, if Christ was the Substitutionary sacrifice in my place and He paid the penalty for sin and God accepted that payment, then I am free of the debt (which requires my death). Still, I will one day die (if the LORD tarries) for I am still under the penalty for sin - death. But this is my default end for man was not created eternal, nor was I born eternal, and instead this alone shows my sinful-ness before God even in my justification (not in my sanctification.) If you make a vow to do such and such, then keep your promises (just as your Father keeps His.) But as citizen of this United States taxes are fees and charges that may or may not have won your support when the law was passed in the Document and still in effect. You can study law and the history of taxes in this country and sue the government that taxes are unconstitutional and violate the preamble to that same Constitution, for how you be free enjoying liberty when the application of a taz(es) has been levied against or upon you by the government? That is not freedom. Christ doesn't make you pay taxes in your justification, does He? And it is not impossible to know a heart. All you need to do is be born again, know the Scripture, and listen carefully what comes out of a persons mouth. It always betrays their heart. There comes a time in a believers life that prayer stops and DO[ing] what one already knows is what is necessary. There is a time for everything...a time to pray and a time not to pray...a time to forgive and a time to not forgive... Knowing those times are in the Bible. |
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