Book of Romans Quotes

To despise legitimate authority, no matter in whom it is invested, is unlawful; it is rebellion against God's will.

You see, rebellion, and the disobedience it causes, keeps us from having the power of God that's available to us as Christians.

Let every person be obedient to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. ... the authority does not bear the sword in vain! It is the servant of God to execute wrath on the wrongdoer

Man has been naturally so created that it is advantageous for him to be submissive, but disastrous for him to follow his own will, and not the will of his creator.

The Church ... has always reproved the doctrines and condemned the men that rebel against the legitimate [secular] authority.

It is not befitting for a believing man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Messenger, to have any option about their decision

The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God.

No nation which has kept the commandments of God has ever perished, but I say to you that once freedom is lost, only blood - human blood - will win it back.

The apostle enters upon his subject thus - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God.

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'

Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's.

The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.

If God himself did not compel obedience, than no man should try.

Do not believe a creature against his creator.

This obedience to him who governs should be considered as obedience to the power of God Himself, Who has instituted [the prince] as His lieutenant ....

Fear God, and offend not the Prince nor his laws, And keep thyself out of the magistrate's claws.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Satan cannot win. Why not? Because he has denied God's sovereignty and disobeyed God's law. But Moses was told explicitly, God's blessings come only from obedience. Satan will not win because he has abandoned God's tool of dominion, biblical law.

If God wanted us to bend over he'd put diamonds on the floor.

Jesus was a perfect example of following authority. He was subject to His earthly parents; he subjected himself to the laws of the land, and as God, he had the power not to do any of it.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

We are to yield to the authority God has in place, and look to Him to find out what He would have us to do about those things that are concerning to us.

When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.

Say to all small and great, and that often, that fully, quickly and willingly, without grumbling and contradiction, they do all your commands that are not against God.

When there is conflict between what God requires and the demands of the government, each of us has an important decision to make concerning taxes.