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To: Smber; lightman

Romans 13:1-7 (ESV)

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.


8 posted on 10/18/2008 6:43:15 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Lutheran pastor, LCMS)
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To: Charles Henrickson
And when we consider Revelation 13 this becomes one of the many paradoxes and tensions with which we Lutherans must live: like being simul justus et peccator.
9 posted on 10/18/2008 6:48:40 PM PDT by lightman (Sarah Palin: A REAL woman, not an empty pantsuit!)
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To: Charles Henrickson

Yes, render unto Caesar and submit to earthly authorities -

except when they require something that God forbids, or forbid something that God requires.

Now, about that “Freedom of Choice Act”, under which there will be no restrictions on Infanticide, paid for with the coin of our labor...

Care to comment?


19 posted on 10/20/2008 6:48:04 AM PDT by MrB (0bama supporters: What's the attraction? The Marxism or the Infanticide?)
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