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]]> http://www.plainbibleteaching.com/2012/01/25/pray-for-those-in-authority/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Tim Haile Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:44:36 +0000 http://www.plainbibleteaching.com/?p=3595#comment-690 Very good. There are times when the Christian's prayer should in fact be for the replacement or overthrow of a particular government or regime. The objective is "that we might lead quiet and peaceable lives in all godliness and honesty." Any regime that is bent upon destructive and counterproductive policies is not a God-ordained government, per the description in Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2. The regimes of Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot and Hitler did not work to produce the desired effect as stated by Paul in 1 Tim. 2, and in fact they produced the opposite - they killed millions. Christians need to banish from their thinking the notion that God directly and miraculously "ordains" specific governments or forms of government. God doesn't vote, but he allows humans to vote, and this means that people deserve the government for which they vote and which they allow. Very good. There are times when the Christian’s prayer should in fact be for the replacement or overthrow of a particular government or regime. The objective is “that we might lead quiet and peaceable lives in all godliness and honesty.” Any regime that is bent upon destructive and counterproductive policies is not a God-ordained government, per the description in Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2. The regimes of Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot and Hitler did not work to produce the desired effect as stated by Paul in 1 Tim. 2, and in fact they produced the opposite – they killed millions. Christians need to banish from their thinking the notion that God directly and miraculously “ordains” specific governments or forms of government. God doesn’t vote, but he allows humans to vote, and this means that people deserve the government for which they vote and which they allow.

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