*To see if you have God's view of government, take this simple test and write your answers on sheet of paper.
1. It is
not God's will for President Obama to be in office. True or False?
2. As Christians we have special permission to resist the governing authorities. True or False?
3. We need to stand against the " power" that the government when it is seems to be getting out of hand. True or False?
4.We are commanded to fear God. True or False?
5. We are commanded to fear the government. True or False?
6. President Obama is God's servant for our good. True or False?
7. President Obama's agenda is a part of God's overall
sovereign plan. True or False?
8. God will pour out His wrath towards them that do not submit and respect to their authorities. True or False?
9.
Complaining about taxes is justified for a Christian because God wants
us to be good stewards of our money and the government keeps taking more
then their fair share. True or False?
10. Paying taxes is optional for a Christian when it comes into God's work. True or False?
11. Calling our president just by his last name "Obama" is disrespectful. True or False?
12. President Obama needs to earn my respect before I have to give it to him. True or False?
*Now, grade yourself with this answer key:
1. False
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. True
6. True
7.True
8. True
9. False
10. False
11. True
12.False
* These answers are from God's Word. Read Romans 13:1-7
1. Let every person be subject to the
governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and
those that exist have instituted by God. 2. Therefore whoever resists
the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist
will incur judgment. 3. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but
to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do
what is good, and you will receive his approval, 4. For he is God's
servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not
bear the sward in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who
carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. 5. Therefore one must be in
subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of
conscience. 6. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the
authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7. Pay
to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to
whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.