tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381356737635524513.post6059748753374588891..comments2023-04-23T22:53:32.509-04:00Comments on Walking with Jesus: Romans, Day 36: Romans 13:1-7 - How Should Christians Think About and Relate to the Government?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381356737635524513.post-9828258278360363872017-09-28T08:49:22.300-04:002017-09-28T08:49:22.300-04:00I respectfully disagree on the confederacy. I have...I respectfully disagree on the confederacy. I have done research. My opinion is an informed one. Thank you for contributing to the discussion. Jason A. Van Bemmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06504517714802144368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381356737635524513.post-59633845131760900732017-09-28T08:42:47.654-04:002017-09-28T08:42:47.654-04:00Thank you for your reply. It's heart warming t...Thank you for your reply. It's heart warming to hear that position in this climate of historical revision and leaving God's word. I do ask you to do more research on the Confederacy. I realize victors write the history books and uncovering the truth requires some research. My forebears were the grandchildren of Revolutionary patriots. They were taught the principles of both Romans 13 and of our founding documents. While being opposed to secession there is nothing illegal about it if you understand the federal govt. as a voluntary compact of sovereign states. My forebears only took up arms to defend there native VA. when Lincoln called up 750,000 troops to go down and suppress the rebellion. Up to that point Va. was looking for any Avenue of peace. In this they were biblical justified and although there labors were not successful that was God's divine plan.James Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14104002199565760781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381356737635524513.post-1668621852805508952017-09-22T10:38:10.238-04:002017-09-22T10:38:10.238-04:00James, thank you for the excellent question!
No,...James, thank you for the excellent question! <br /><br />No, I do not think the American colonists were in rebellion against this passage when they declared independence. They were acting through their duly-elected representative bodies in response to repeated violations of their constitutional rights as English citizens. The principle that taxes must be approved by the elected, representative legislature was well established in English constitutional law. The colonists' rights to representation in taxation, their property rights, even their very right to have a representative legislature were repeatedly violated by the Parliament and the Crown. Many Presbyterian and Congregational pastors made compelling biblical cases for independence. <br /><br />The more egregious case, in my opinion, is the secession of the Confederate States in 1860-61. They had no substantial grievance, no just cause for independence. Jason A. Van Bemmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06504517714802144368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381356737635524513.post-27008085702656130842017-09-20T21:39:13.869-04:002017-09-20T21:39:13.869-04:00I would be interested in your opinion of the Found...I would be interested in your opinion of the Founding Father's. Were they in rebellion against this passage when they penned the Declaration and by force of arms overthrew the British govt.James Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14104002199565760781noreply@blogger.com