Pastor John in the last podcast, in episode 43, we talked about civil disobedience and

there you suggested that the Apostle Paul wrote the early verses of Romans 13, under the

assumption that Caesar himself would read the letter, the statements are really strongly

put by the Apostle Paul for obedience to government in those verses, explain this point

further in the implications of your interpretation.

And Paul says here, rulers, he's looking Caesar in the face and he's saying, you Mr. Caesar,

you are a terror to what is bad, not a terror to what is good.

You understand that?

That's what you are.

That's what God made you to be.

He's not saying it always works that way.

He's saying that's what it ought to be.

I think he's using his statements to imply ought statements in order to communicate to

the Caesar.

I think if you would ask me, why did he write it so absolutely?

I mean, you said John that he doesn't mean it absolutely.

Why did he write it absolutely?

My two answers are, number one, he knows writing to Rome this is going to be read by the authorities

and he wants to make sure the authorities hear his belief in them and deliver a subtle

message to them, not a waving of your finger in their face.

But this is what you're to do, you're to reward the good and punish the bad.

And the second reason I think is because we Christians are in much greater danger of

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