Should We Obey The Government?
Romans 13:13
After the devotional before this one I have had several questions from people from Canada, California to North Carolina.
I had to pray and seek God’s direction on this very question stated above.
So, here is my heart beliefs.
This could actually be a six weeks study I soon realized. So, I just stated my own heart and belief. But, none of us will truly know the truth until we stand before Father God ourselves on our knees for our own actions. But, Father God knows our hearts.
Yes, absolutely we should not break the law. But, we should also should follow Fathers God’s commandments and the voice of the Holy Spirit.
Being a follower of Christ certainly doesn’t mean we should always go along with everything a government tells us to do. There are times we must “obey God rather than men”
“And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood on us!” But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.”
Acts 5:27-29
My husband and I have been vaccinated, because we studied on the vaccines, prayed about the vaccines, and listen to what the Holy Spirit told us to do and and directed us. We chose to be vaccinated because Joe’ travels and I have had over 17 surgeries.
And yes, we wear a mask in stores and places because of our heart beliefs.
But, we will not judge and cannot judge what others feel they must do. We just do what is right for our family.
Our church lets people decide to wear a mask. They do not hold judgment on anyone’s personal beliefs. Only God can do that….
But, our church uses the arm bands system. You wear the color you chose for your family.
- Green band means I will hug or shake your hand.
- Yellow band means I will talk to you but I prefer to stay six – ten feet away.
- Red band means I am here. I will wave to you, but I prefer absolutely no contact. So, I chose to enter side doors and sit in section that is separated. I will also leave through those doors.
This is a very hard time for all of us right now. It is a hard position to even talk about.
I have read Romans 13:13 in 25+ versions of the Bible.
All I can say is each of us will be held accountable for our actions one day.
I think of the government of China. The Chinese government because of over population commanded a few years back all baby girls be killed at birth. They only wanted sons to live. A lot of Chinese women hid and tried to adopt their baby daughters out to people in the USA through Christians adoption agencies hidden in China.
So, this was a time I would not have followed government.
And I do not believe in abortion, so I cannot follow government agencies to help women kill their babies.
But, I will continue to pray for our government officials.
When the time is nearing for Jesus to return there will be people including government that will try to shut our voices and put us under government rule, just like China did in killing all baby girls.
There will be a time when our Bibles will be taken away and our buildings we assemble in be destroyed, burn down, even as the church is assembled together.
Millions of Jews were killed during the Holocaust, in their homes and Synagogues, because they fought against communism. They were persecuted, slaughtered and killed.
So, I ask you to pray and then you must just listen to the Holy Spirit talking to you. You must follow your heart and know Father God will direct you.
I truly had hoped to give a more direct answer, that was asked to me today, but in the world today, things and people have changed.
Father God has never changed, but people have made new laws that are actually taking our rights away. Our voices away.
The Bible says that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8 NLT). God is not limited by your circumstances. He is limited by your unbelief..”
And yes, our family continues to wear mask, use hand sanitizer and spray our clothes and shoes with antibacterial spray before we get in the car after we leave a store.
But, that is our right to chose to do those things to protect others as well as ourselves.
And it is others rights to pray and be directed in the decision that is best for their family.
There are so many things we do not understand now and never will on this earth.
But, as God’s Word says, ““Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
I Corinthians 13:8-13
Below are scriptures of concern to several people.
And each person requiring my thoughts love one another and respect one another.
“Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.”
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