King of kings and Lord of lords
In Matthew 28:18–the next-to-next to last verse in the gospel–Jesus says,”All power is given unto me in heaven and on earth.” It is not recorded that any of His witnesses objected. No one said, “Except for the power of the Emperor in Rome.”
And when John and Peter were forbidden by the Temple authorities to preach Jesus, what did they reply? “We ought to obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29).
I bring this up because we, all of us, are always looking for exceptions to this rule: we don’t like to think that “all power” means “all,” without exception. We inherit Original Sin; that’s why we seek exceptions. But there aren’t any.
This should take care of those who think the Epistle to the Romans, particularly in Chapter 13, teaches us to obey all worldly authorities, all the time. There are people who call themselves Christians but seem to believe that there are times when Caesar outranks Christ. Is it really necessary to say they’re wrong? But it gives them an excuse–they think–to go along with abortion, transgender, same-sex “marriage,” and other public policies that contradict God’s commandments.
You know who they are.
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