When the government seems corrupt, the question isn’t who is in charge, but rather what is our obligation to obey? That’s what we’re going to be talking about today. But before we get started, make sure to like, subscribe, hit the notification bell so you never miss an episode. Dad, >> boy, you hit the hornets’s nest again, James.
>> I know. >> What is our obligation to obey the government? Wow. We’re we’re we’re getting into a principle that people would disagree sharply about. Just ask King George of England whether or not the colonists had an obligation to obey the crown. He would say, “Of course.” And the colonist would say, “No, we don’t because you’ve turned into a tyrant.
” So, >> I’m American. I don’t listen to British kings. But >> I I hear you. I hear you. I agree. But this is a great topic. I want to take a quick pause for snack time. Have you guys checked out Carnivore Snacks? It’s so good, so delicious. I keep it near me all the time. I’m going to talk to you more about it later, but you can get 15% off any order if you go to carnivoresacks.
com and enter the promo code Kirk. I think part of the reason that I chose this topic for today is because I’ve noticed just the corruption within our country and other countries, foreign countries. And there’s the question of do we as Christians have to obey all of the governing forces around us? Is that our obligation in accordance to what the Bible says? Yeah.
>> Yeah. So that that’s something that innately I almost want to push back against some of the things that I see happening. But I also want to do what’s right in God’s eyes before I start to take action in my own life. >> Yeah. And this is a really good subject because corruption is inevitable within government systems, human government systems.
Now in heaven, there’s a government going on there where there is no corruption, right? Father, Son, Holy Spirit. But here on earth, we have sin. We have the wicked evil heart of man who’s always looking for power and to consolidate that power at the top. We’re back to Lord of the Rings and and the one ring.
