We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference to the law of God.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation of a civil duty exposes the delinquent to divine correction.
God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
All civil rulers, as such, are the ordinance and ministers of God; and they are all, by the nature of their office, and in their respective spheres and stations, bound to consult the public welfare.
Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the people.
Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions.
There is nothing which any way pertaineth to the worship of God left to the determination of human laws.
It's the Law of God that gave the stability to Christian civilization.
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Our civilization, such as it is, was shaped by religion, and the men who aspire to public office anyplace in the free world must make obeisance to God or risk immediate opprobrium.
Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the ruler.
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