When God and Caesar clash, we will likely suffer in the short term; but ultimately we will be included in the glory of Jesus’s victory!
To Know Him and Make Him Known
In God We Trust: Our Duties to God and Government
Submission is always costly, but hasn’t God done enough to convince you that you can trust Him when He asks you to sacrifice?
God has made it clear in His Word – we have a duty to pray for our government leaders, to honor them, and to show them proper respect. The question, as always, is: “Will we fulfill our duty?”
Government is a gift from God to humanity, a gift intended to restrain the evil that lives within us and to reward us for doing what is good. The problem comes when government tries to be God to its citizens. We can be grateful for the benefits of government without asking it to be for…
It is easy to forget that God is the ultimate ruler over all the governments in the world. He chooses who will rule and for how long, utilizes them to accomplish His purposes in the world, and will one day hold them accountable for how they ruled. This ought to be a comfort to those…