tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255306865882909508.post2456228315385294838..comments2023-04-13T03:40:21.382-05:00Comments on San Antonio Bible Heralds: To Obey Or Not To ObeyMikeThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08611741320703303844noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255306865882909508.post-88254345160978575772020-08-09T18:13:04.083-05:002020-08-09T18:13:04.083-05:00Thanks, David. I don't have an issue disobeyin...Thanks, David. I don't have an issue disobeying government if what they tell me to do, or not to do, goes against what God has commanded me to do, or not to do. But this willy nilly disregard for what government says because it is an "illegitimate" government is not based on Scripture, but on "Americanism." As you correctly point out in your comment, we seem to be losing sight of the fact that we are, first and foremost, Christians whose citizenship is in heaven. Instead, we are replacing some sort of American Gospel for the true gospel of Jesus Christ. Ironic that we have done so in spite of the fact that we hear, every week, how we are to be people of the Book! I can't help but think that perhaps this is primarily a reaction to the anarchy of the left. But if we're going to answer the left with a variation of our own anarchy, where are we going to end up? Nowhere good, that's for sure. Thanks again for your comments!MikeThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611741320703303844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255306865882909508.post-34060843374785477312020-08-09T17:56:58.887-05:002020-08-09T17:56:58.887-05:00You hit it out of the park. I too have been making...You hit it out of the park. I too have been making the point (mostly w/o success at FB) that Romans 13 was penned when governments were horrendous, of much worse stripe (or so it seems to me) than our own. Likewise, I too have encountered of late variations of this "not legitimate" argument which serves to exonerate unlawful (antinomian) behavior among Christians and seems to utterly negate Romans 13. I am with you on this. I simply marvel that otherwise sound Christians, even ones we both know in common, do not see this....and have been seduced by a view of "rights" that are more politically motivated that spiritually underwritten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com