{"id":1678,"date":"2009-01-20T11:25:38","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T16:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepropheticyears.com\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/20\/obeying-evil-rulers-may-not-be-obeying-god.html"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:01:39","slug":"obeying-evil-rulers-may-not-be-obeying-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepropheticyears.com\/wordpress\/obeying-evil-rulers-may-not-be-obeying-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Obeying evil rulers may not be obeying God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the democrats go through with much of their national agenda they will undoubtedly be the most evil administration in the history of this nation. So should we Christians say God appoints rulers and therefore not fight against the evils of this administration? God forbid! Obeying evil rulers may not be obeying God.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Farah explains the wrong headed thinking of those who blindly follow the leader in this article. The Bible does not tell us to obey evil rulers in spite of what some Christians teach. Also check out this other article on <a title=\"meaning of Romans 13\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250208162301\/https:\/\/newswithviews.com\/Gregory\/williams100.htm\">another possible meaning of Romans 13<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=86469\">Pray Obama fails<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Many a coward has been bolstered in his conviction against challenging tyranny by not reading too deeply into the Scriptures. Yet, nowhere does the Bible ever suggest evil rulers are to be obeyed. When the rule of men conflicts with the commands of God, the Bible leaves no doubt about where we should stand.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why I do not hesitate today in calling on godly Americans to pray that Barack Hussein Obama fail in his efforts to change our country from one anchored on self-governance and constitutional republicanism to one based on the raw and unlimited power of the central state.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=86469\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If government commands you to do evil, as a Christian you must resist. There is no alternative. Citing the &#8220;render unto Caesar&#8221; line is an apologetic for accountability to God \u2013 nothing more, nothing less.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, it needs to be pointed out that in America we don&#8217;t have a Caesar. Never have, never will. You see, our system of government is called a free republic, and it is based on the concept of constitutional self-government. We have no &#8220;rulers&#8221; in America \u2013 except ourselves and our God. We believe in the rule of law, not the rule of men.<\/p>\n<p>This is an important distinction, not a semantic one.<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere in the Bible does it teach us to obey evil rulers. Nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>This is a time for principled biblical resistance, not phony Christian appeasement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=86469\" target=\"_blank\">Full article<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the democrats go through with much of their national agenda they will undoubtedly be the most evil administration in the history of this nation. So should we Christians say God appoints rulers and therefore not fight against the evils of this administration? God forbid! Obeying evil rulers may not be obeying God. 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