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Respect For Authority Part 2: How are Christians to live?
"If they command anything against [his will], it must be as nothing to us. And in this instance we must ignore all that dignity that magistrates possess." - Jean Calvin
Respect for Authority Part 1: The Order of Authority
If I am to be consistent in my belief system, I must understand how I can believe that both of these things are true: (1) It is my duty to respect those in authority over me and (2) The Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War that followed were just reactions to King George III's tyranny.
Was Jesus Nice?
Don't assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's enemies will be the members of his household. - Matthew 10:32-36