2006-10-27 06:42:41 · 5 answers · asked by A1bear 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Our relationship with them should be... healthy?
2006-10-27 06:44:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
See Romans 13.
2006-10-27 14:30:36 · answer #2 · answered by encourager4God 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We should obey them as they are permitted by God to be in their relative positions. (Romans 13:1-7)
However, this subjection to them is relative. We should give them what we owe them, whether monetary or in service to them, but we should not give to them that which belongs to God. As Jesus said in Matthew 22:21: “Pay back, therefore, Caesar’s things to Caesar, but God’s things to God.”
If the authorities require of us that which God forbids, or they forbid us to do that which God requires, then we must follow the example of the Apostles, as recorded in Acts 5:29.
"We must obey God as ruler rather than men."
2006-10-27 13:51:53 · answer #3 · answered by Abdijah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Purely legal.
No moral implications, just the benefits, liabilities, and grounds for dissolving the relationship.
2006-10-27 13:45:39 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lovr thy neighbor even the secular authorities
2006-10-27 13:45:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋