Disobeying
Romans 13?
When I go to
jail, I won't wear their jail clothes, eat their food, or voluntarily walk into
their courts. I consider the jailers as strangers and I do not obey strangers. I
am to obey the Shepherd and flee from the stranger (John 10). After explaining
this to a jailer, he looked at me in exasperation and said:
"You're
nothing like Jesus Christ!" said the jailer.
"You will
have to help me out on that one," I replied.
"Jesus at
least obeyed the authorities. I mean He carried His own cross and He walked on
His own two legs and you won't even do that."
"I am
assuming you are referring to Romans 13."
"You bet I
am! You are totally disobedient to the higher authorities."
"I want you
to know one thing, and I want you to know it clearly: It was your forefathers
who crucified my Lord."
This remark
silenced the jailer and our conversation ended.
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