RESPECT AUTHORITY

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.  Romans 13:1-7          With the election over I thought things would die down a little. But it seems the disrespect and slander continue. Most face book post have a catchy title and very little substance. I have blogged about this scripture above at least several times. We are to be subject to our civic leaders. There may be times when some things may be contrary to God's law and then we still have God watching our back. God is above every leader on the face of this earth. He sets them up and takes them down. Now with the next few words are my words alone and my way of thinking how God might have done things. His ways are higher than my ways and his thinking is way above mine. God may look down and laugh at the foolishness of my words. Just suppose God put George W. in office to take out Saddam Hussein, I can't read God thoughts but he could have, he had a purpose. Suppose he put Obama in office to get us Christians back on our knees, where we should have been all along. Those who resist authorities resist what God has appointed. Our Rulers are God's servants, they are put here for God's purposes. I gave just a couple of possible example just off the top of my head, but I really may not see what God is really doing. I am human.  We are to pay taxes, when we cheat on our taxes, we displease God. We are to respect authority. I condemned a posting I saw on face book a couple of years ago where they showed Obama's picture on the back of a septic tank pumping truck. It was disrespectful and I said so. It is no different today when we slander and disrespect Trump.  These Presidents are God's servants and we need to honor and respect them as such. Even when we voted for the other guy or gal. We are to be in subjection for the sake of conscience and to avoid God's wrath.  We  have a lawful system in place, the Electoral College, if you don't like it, work to get it removed before the next election. Mark my words even with no Electoral College, the God factor will still kick in and God will put the person he wants, for what ever reason, in power. I do not have to understand. I do know that God is still sovereign. If this foolishness continues, what if God just takes Hillary out. Her health is bad, I don't think she would have finished her first term with her health. . Then what will you do. God is sovereign and we need to honor and respect his choices. God Bless, LVZ.