12/11/19 WITHOUT EXCEPTION

12/11/19 WITHOUT EXCEPTION

No Person or Position or Party or President or Law Maker or Judge or Law Enforcer, NO ONE is above legitimate Government.

God has ordained GOVERNMENT. All are obligated to submit to legitimate authority.
(notice "every soul" in verse 1; and "Whosoever," in verse 2." There are no exceptions, including Government workers or elected leaders.)

Romans 13:1-7
1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Not every system or political claim or leader or ruler is legitimate Government. While God does not require a State or Government to be Theocratic (in fact, there is no Human Government that is a Theocracy), God has ordained that Human Governments not stand in conflict or opposition to the moral law of God.

Remember, though we are expected to obey Human Government (the State), the rule and authority of God supersedes all Human Governments and Jesus is our Only King. God requires that each State protects the righteous and punishes the wicked.

Whether a person does or does not yield to God's rule, he/she is expected to yield to the rule of moral and Governmental law, because the absence of lawful submission is not only anarchy against God's appointed authority through the State, it is overt rebellion against God and an undermining of law and order in our own society.

Any system which attempts to subvert the rule of God through contrary laws in Human Government is not a law maker or law keeper, but a law breaker in the eyes of God.