Fear God and Honor the King Even if He's Nero.
We often display such confidence that we know God's will in the big picture of government and politics. Yet he raised up Nebachadnezzar to discipline the Israelites. And he appointed the prophet Daniel to be one of the King's most loyal subjects. He also told the prophet Samuel to anoint David king while Saul was still king. From the current Israeli government perspective, with Saul as King, that was high treason. I think it more prudent as believers to be less dogmatic and claiming we know God's will for people and government positions we know very little about (let's be honest, we are more misinformed than we care to admit) and instead keep our smear campaigns or praise campaigns to ourselves and instead follow the advice of Paul to the Christians in Thessalonica, 1Th 4:11 Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business... And don't forget the advice of Peter in 1 Peter 2:17.. .Fear God and respect/honor the King. Do you know that Nero was...