Daily Word

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except 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. Romans 13;1-3. Civil government is a means ordained by God for ruling and maintaining order in communities. It is one of a number of such means, including ministers in the church and parents in the home. Each such means has its own sphere of authority under Christ, who now rules and sustains creation, and the limits of each sphere are set by reference to the others. In our fallen world these authorities are intuitions of God’s “common grace” (kindly providence), standing as a bulwark against anarchy and the dissolution of ordered society. Whatever we think, or however we might feel about the government scripture is clear that God is in charge and we are to trust in Him