Good Government
“For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same.” Romans 13:3 NKJV When the scriptures command “ Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities ”, there appears to be a complete oblivion of the reality of corrupt and wicked administration. The misconception of many citizens on the governing authorities is that government is mostly misinterpreted as a personality drive, instead of a system drive. Good government is the collective responsibility of all citizens, and not the absolute job specifications of an identifiable personality at the top. Therefore, irrespective of the mistreatment supposedly received from any personality drive in a government, a good citizen is focussed on good works as the necessary fulfillment of his own responsibilities to good government. And if the righteous truly believes that there is no authority except from God, then he knows ...