Hello, thanks for joining me today for Give Him 15, the title of our post, Christians and Government.

Years ago, I was disheartened when I heard Holy Spirit say he was going to teach me about government.

This was a time in my life when I had a distaste for government and knew very little

about it. I could not have cared less about its function and processes. My first thought when

hearing him was, how boring. What have I done to deserve this? Of course, he was referring to his plan

for government. I was envisioning my high school civics course. God's next sentence set me on my heels

because I am government he said then he quoted

Isaiah 33 22 to me for the Lord is our judge the Lord is our lawgiver the Lord is

our king he will save. I was so glad I hadn't told God what I was

thinking. In my mind, I had just called him boring. God is government. He delegates a portion

of his government, and Satan wants to usurp his government.

Let's unpack this statement.

Notice that the verse Holy Spirit quoted to me, Isaiah 33, 22, does not simply say God endorses the concept of laws, judges, and kings,

in other words, government.

It says he embodies them.

The Bible uses the word Lord 7,946 times, most of them referring to Yahweh.

My dictionary said, Lord, means a person who has authority, control, or power over others, a master, chief, or ruler.

In other words, government.

This means that the Bible refers to God as our governmental head almost 8,000 times.

The entirety of Scripture is about government. Think about it. One of the primary

themes of the Bible is who will rule the earth. In the first chapter, first chapter, God gets right to the point.

I want family, and my family will rule the earth, their home for me.

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