tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994320855583703173.post1543005652879864353..comments2012-02-01T21:14:41.232-07:00Comments on Trying to make orthodoxy orthopraxy...Help me God!: Only The Gospel Can Convert The EmperorHis Name Extoledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06167793794468295853noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994320855583703173.post-15332461906609575072011-10-21T15:54:47.551-06:002011-10-21T15:54:47.551-06:00Of course Romans 13 is not exhaustive, this was no...Of course Romans 13 is not exhaustive, this was not an exhaustive study on so much as a response to the idea that biblical moral law is to be the standard of the government.<br /><br />You are very right that the design of government has changed with a representative form of government. However I think two kingdom thinking still very much applies to the church who might have a different standardHis Name Extoledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167793794468295853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994320855583703173.post-57135847454470119692011-10-21T15:19:13.265-06:002011-10-21T15:19:13.265-06:00Romans 13 doesn't define what government is, i...Romans 13 doesn't define what government is, it defines what our role in response to government is. It's saying God granted governments rights over man was certainly not an exhaustive list of the government's role.<br /><br />Proverbs 31 says a ruler's duty is to "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01719030258925548162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994320855583703173.post-20999841692853002272011-10-20T12:09:25.644-06:002011-10-20T12:09:25.644-06:00Good stuff; reminds me of Paul's "Therefo...Good stuff; reminds me of Paul's "Therefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith." The more one looks at what it would take to try to bring everybody in line with the Law (or even just the one person called "me"!), the more one sees that our focus must be on Jesus and his expression of God's love and compassion for zaoelpishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17598406720774449452noreply@blogger.com