Even more interesting is when you add perspective to the times this was written in and the action of governments and rulers at that point in history.
I had held the opinion that these passages did not hold true if you were living under a tyrannical government, but a good friend pointed out that when this was written governments/rulers were brutal, tyrannical, all powerful, absolute and polytheistic. Yet, here is Paul telling us that we are to submit our will and our riches to government because God has put them in power.
***REALLY looking forward to the day when I can ask God what the heck this was all about!?!?
Even more interesting is when you add perspective to the times this was written in and the action of governments and rulers at that point in history.
I had held the opinion that these passages did not hold true if you were living under a tyrannical government, but a good friend pointed out that when this was written governments/rulers were brutal, tyrannical, all powerful, absolute and polytheistic. Yet, here is Paul telling us that we are to submit our will and our riches to government because God has put them in power.
***REALLY looking forward to the day when I can ask God what the heck this was all about!?!?