CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 31, 2024
YESTERDAY’S ONE-YEAR BIBLE READING WAS FROM ROMANS 13. IT SAYS GOD HAS PLACED GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES OVER US FOR OUR PROTECTION AND BENEFIT. IT SAYS TO PAY OUR TAXES TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENT WORKERS.
I MUST ACCEPT THIS AS IT IS GOD’S WORD THROUGH PAUL, BUT HERE’S WHAT I WRESTLE WITH. SUPPOSE THOSE AUTHORITIES ARE ACTING AGAINST GOD’S WILL, AS MANY DO? ABORTION AND THE ENTIRE GENDER SPECTRUM ARE JUST TWO EXAMPLES. WHAT IF TAXES ARE TOO HIGH THAT THEY HARM INDIVIDUALS WHO LOSE THEIR JOBS BECAUSE EMPLOYERS CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO PAY THEIR SALARIES AND HIGH TAXES TO THE GOVERNMENT?
WHAT IF GOVERNMENT LEADERS ARE CORRUPT AND GOVERNMENT HAS GROWN SO LARGE IT HAS BECOME DYSFUNCTIONAL?
AND IF ALL GOVERNMENTS ARE FROM GOD, WHAT ABOUT TOTALITARIAN ONES THAT KILL PEOPLE AND PERSECUTE CHRISTIANS?
YES, PAUL WAS WRITING WHEN THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT WAS GUILTY OF MUCH OF THESE THINGS AND HIS PURPOSE WAS TO CALL CHRISTIANS TO OBEDIENCE IN ORDER TO BE A WITNESS FOR THE LORD.
IT’S STILL HARD TO ACCEPT – THOUGH I DO AND I MUST – A GOVERNMENT LIKE THE ONE WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT IS BLIND AND DEAF TO GOD’S WILL AND PURPOSES. DO YOU STRUGGLE WITH THIS, TOO? I’M CAL THOMAS.
