Some encouragement in these times...
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 13:1-8
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Caleb,
This is a very good reminder that God institutes all things in His sovereignty. Even lousy, marxist rulers are over us for our good, whether that good be our refinement, testing, chastisement and tempering; or for our encouragement and joy. Either way, we must stand firm on the truth of God's Word, because if we really do believe the scriptures, then "we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose".
We work to restore our nation's trust in God one person at a time, looking long term because our Lord has asked us to do so, and rulers (wicked ones and good ones) do not cause us to fear, for they are mere men who will stand before a just God, as will we.
We have joy, even if our nation crumbles around us, because our citizenship is in the Kingdom of the Most High God.
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