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To: wideawake

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You are twisting Paul’s words to match your state of mind.

His point was that christians should not turn to a lesser authority than the kingdom, to the extent that it was manifest on Earth.
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97 posted on 05/22/2015 5:59:42 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor
Thanks for the insult.

Would Paul have advocated helping murderers avoid arrest and imprisonment because the government was a lesser authority?

The government that Paul taught was placed over us by God?

Again, it is fairly straightforward that Paul was addressing Christians suing one another over personal disputes - he taught obedince to civil authority in criminal matters, and he lived that teaching to a martyr's death.

100 posted on 05/22/2015 6:09:13 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: editor-surveyor

Does that mean I should report crimes to my church instead of the police? Thanks for the heads up. I’ll let my pastor know. I’m sure he’ll appreciate it.


121 posted on 05/22/2015 8:51:09 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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