Romans 13: 2 So anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be punished. 3 For the authorities do not strike fear in people who are doing right, but in those who are doing wrong. Would you like to live without fear of the authorities? Do what is right, and they will honor you.
Just an FYI, God DID NOT institute the United States Government and to think he did is downright ludicrious! That statement is downright humorous!!! So is God "instituting" the US Government to remove prayer from school? Is God instituting that his prayer and name be left off of every federal, building, document , etc...
Well I would recommend reading your Bible. So are you telling me God is not in charge of this world?
Job 1:8 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”
Job 38:1 Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:
2 “Who is this that obscures my plans
with words without knowledge?
3 Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.
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... Job 40:3 Then Job answered the LORD:
4 “I am unworthy—how can I reply to you?
I put my hand over my mouth.
5 I spoke once, but I have no answer—
twice, but I will say no more.”
6 Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:
7 “Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.
8 “Would you discredit my justice?
Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
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Job 42:1 Then Job replied to the LORD:
2 “I know that you can do all things;
no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’
Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.
4 “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.’
5 My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.
6 Therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes.”
Job 42:12 The LORD blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. 13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. 15 Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.
16 After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 17 And so Job died, an old man and full of years.
This is the oldest book in the Bible. I have found a place that is clearly wrong. If it wrong then there is no God because it says God spoke these words.
Job 38: 16 “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
I remember in school I was taught the seas are filled from the rivers,streams, and rain. There are no spring at the bottom of the sea so there is no God. Oh wait a minute I am getting a call. Oops I guess I was wrong. In 1977 a few thousand years at least since the book of Job was written it appears springs were found "In 1977, scientists discovered hot springs at a depth of 2.5 km, on the Galapagos Rift (spreading ridge) off the coast of Ecuador. This exciting discovery was not really a surprise. Since the early 1970s, scientists had predicted that hot springs (geothermal vents) should be found at the active spreading centers along the mid-oceanic ridges, where magma, at temperatures over 1,000 °C, presumably was being erupted to form new oceanic crust. More exciting, because it was totally unexpected, was the discovery of abundant and unusual sea life -- giant tube worms, huge clams, and mussels -- that thrived around the hot springs." Citing the United States Government
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/exploring.htmlI think you better trust the word of God more than your own words without wisdom. You are wrong and I refer you to the Word of God as confirmed by science.
I think you misunderstood me, the governenment of this country has slowly turned away from God and that is a very bad thing, IMO. Examples, NO prayer in schools, No referring to God in anything having to do with the federal government. God is in charge of this world, but the goverment of this country is moving away from his presence as we speak, so the statement that God and the federal government are one is absolute BS!!!! The government has/is doing everything in its power to remove God from our lives. That is a fact! I think that maybe the interpretation of Romans 13: 2 is getting lost here. God did not mean for us to bow down to every form of authoritative rule. The government is not living by God's law therefore i dont think the word was intended to protect those like the government. IMO God was not referring to the corrupt, injust and downright hateful political machine that is now the government of this country. But everyone interprets things differently.
