Hosea 8:4a
"To themselves they made kings, and not through Me; They ruled, and did not make known to Me." (CFB)
Romans 13:1b-c
"For there is not an authority, if not under God; then, the existing ones are ordained by God." (CFB)
The logic can be found in Holy Scripture:
1 Corinthians 5:3-5
"Indeed I myself, though being absent by the body yet being present by the spirit, already judged (as being present) the perpetrator of such a thing in the name of the Lord Jesus (when you had gathered together with my spirit, together with the power of our Lord Jesus) to hand this one over to Satan unto the ruin of the flesh, so that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord." (CFB)
James 1:12-15
"Blessed is a man who endures a temptation, because having become approved, he will receive the crown of life that He promised to those loving Him. No one, being tempted, is to say, 'I am tempted by God.' For God is untemptable by evil, and He tempts no one. But each is tempted by his own lusts, having been drawn away and enticed. Then the lust, having seized him, gives birth to sin, and the sin, having been completed, brings forth death." (CFB)
The logic is that a society has at least some freedom to behave foolishly and unjustly, and thereby bring upon itself foolish and unjust leaders. These leaders can be said to have been "ordained" by God as the consequence of the society's foolishness and injustice. The Bible's many injunctions against rebellion (Proverbs 24:21; Romans 13:2; 1 Peter 2:13) then can be understood even better: an unjust society, bringing on itself an unjust leader, is to endure the consequences of its actions.
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Notes
CFB: Scripture quoted from the Christ Family Bible. Copyright © 2017 by J.J. Thomas. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The logic is that a society has at least some freedom to behave foolishly and unjustly, and thereby bring upon itself foolish and unjust leaders. These leaders can be said to have been "ordained" by God as the consequence of the society's foolishness and injustice. The Bible's many injunctions against rebellion (Proverbs 24:21; Romans 13:2; 1 Peter 2:13) then can be understood even better: an unjust society, bringing on itself an unjust leader, is to endure the consequences of its actions.
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Notes
CFB: Scripture quoted from the Christ Family Bible. Copyright © 2017 by J.J. Thomas. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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