Exactly.
"Then saith He unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's."SEPARATE STATE FROM CHURCH, BUT NOT FROM GOD
He is speaking of the keeping of law and order almost exclusively. Government today tries to do a lot more, and gets a lot more wrong. Caesar is interfering into things which are not his concern, and we have a duty to say so. And when the state actively starts to do evil, it is certainly time to warn that Caesar is overstepping his mark.The main point is that just as each individual is responsible to God for his actions, and each family, and every church, so is every nation state. Each of those “spheres”, to borrow from Abraham Kuyper’s idea of “sphere sovereignty”, derives its authority from Almighty God alone. Church might in one important sense be separate from State, but neither can separate itself from God.
So keep in your place, Caesar, stay out of what is not your business, and stick to what God has ordained you to do.
Excellent post!