Is it really false??? So,, if I chose to not send in my taxes,, even if I could somehow calculate what tax was paying for the stimulus and hold on to just that amount,, I’d be Ok with the IRS???? Or would it be taken from me one way or the other??
You are trying to reconcile this world you are in to the world Christ calls us to. The first problem is currently this world belongs to Satan until Christ returns.
So then how do we live as brothers in Christ? First, we have to live among non-believers, new believers and future believers. We have to recognize that the purpose of this world and of our lives is to glorify Christ.
To summarize the various parts of the new testament about how we are supposed to live, we are called over and over again to submit ourselves to the powers that God has put over us. We have different expectations when among Christians. As Christian’s we are called to give freely of our time and our talents (develop them as much as possible) and our money for the purposes of God. For each of us, the expression of that stewardship is different. For some, its living with and among the poor, for others it could be Pastoring and for others it could be creating a business that feeds, clothes or someway serves the people.
(God never wanted to grant his people a King. His design for us is much simpler. However, other non God fearing peoples created governments (kingdoms) and God granted the wish of his people.)
How then, do we live in a world with Non-Christians knowing they are not motivated by the same principles and desires that our fellow Christian’s are motivated by? Do we completely separate ourselves? Do we go rebel to anything foreign to how a Christian should live?
Surprisingly, God chose the most rebellious disciple to tell us this answer. Peter, if you recall, was the disciple who wanted to stand and fight the Romans when they came to take Jesus away. He cut off one of the guard’s ears. Even though later he hid himself, he was the most hot headed and stubborn of the bunch and his nature was not to bow down to any authority. So, what does Peter tell us?
1 Peter 2:
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, 14 or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.
15 For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.
16 [Act] as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but [use it] as bondslaves of God. 17 Honor all men; love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.
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You see, what you have is not yours. This entire world belongs to Jesus. You have no power except that which was given you by God and likewise the government has no power except that given it by God. But God has given the government power for His own purposes.
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Changing the subject and approaching it from a purely secular view point, we have a representative republic. The people of which you are a part established this government. By birth or immigration we have inherited the rights provided by this government as well as the obligations. You are free to move to another government in another country because that is one of the freedoms you inherited.
If the people that are elected to represent you do not represent you, in this form of government you have several options. First, you can withdraw from the boundary of this government. Second, you may petition your rights. Yes, you can petition the courts to see if the a jury of your peers agrees with your withholding the tax, you can also change your representation with those who see as you do, you can object and accept the consequences of possible jail and finally you may attempt to overthrow the government.
But it is a false premise that in a representative republic that our government is forcing us as a whole to do something we don’t want to do. The majority has decided it unless the law impinges in your individual rights.