What is Truth?What is Truth?

1. God has delegated 1. God has delegated authority to government to authority to government to

punish punish evilevil and praise what is and praise what is goodgood..

2. God’s design for 2. God’s design for government: government: GodGod, King (civil , King (civil

authority) andauthority) and citizenscitizens

3. Our responsibility to God’s 3. Our responsibility to God’s appointed authority isappointed authority is

submissionsubmission andand respectrespect

4. God warned that human 4. God warned that human authority will overstep its authority will overstep its

bounds consuming citizen’s bounds consuming citizen’s resources resources and limiting and limiting

freedomfreedom..

5. Government oversteps its 5. Government oversteps its delegated authority when it delegated authority when it attempts to attempts to regulateregulate other other

spheresspheres of of lifelife..

6.6. Since the state “bears the Since the state “bears the sword”, apart from God it sword”, apart from God it

has the capacity to has the capacity to become become tyrannicaltyrannical and and

commit extreme commit extreme atrocitiesatrocities..

7. Do we believe Salvation 7. Do we believe Salvation comes from comes from GodGod or the or the

statestate? The world view is that ? The world view is that salvation comes from the salvation comes from the worldworld. The biblical world . The biblical world

view says salvation comes view says salvation comes from the from the LordLord..

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