Since government is, like all humanity, all sinners, then by the light you “cordially” proffer no government could ever have any authority. It’s not a question of whether it will err, it’s only a question of how BADLY it will err.
Paul wrote Romans 13 while Nero was on the throne. Not a nice guy.
The actual biblical limit is drawn at being required to sin. Nobody has obligation to yield to being required to sin by the government.
Not at all. Merely that government does not have unlimited authority. Do you disagree? Do you think government has unlimited power and authority? I think not. All I'm saying is that government has limited authority, which is strictly defined by its purpose:
"... it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil."
In our case, our government is (or ought to be) limited by our Constitution, which severely limits the powers of the Federal government. Now this next statement is just my own opinion, mind you, but laws that are made by the Federal government, such as Obamanocare that are made outside the scope of the stated powers of the Constitution are simply ultra vires. It's none of the Federal goverment's damm business whether I have health insurance or not because there is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes or grants them any power over health insurance, because health insurance is not and has never been regarded as interstate commerce.
The actual biblical limit is drawn at being required to sin. Nobody has obligation to yield to being required to sin by the government.
"Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin."
James 4:17
Do they cause you or others to sin when they compel you to pay money that goes for abortion-killing the innocent? Do they have the authority to do that?
Cordially,