Mushroom
Puritan Board Doctor
So you are asserting that Nero was acting as the minister of God when he torched Christians? I think perhaps that is a misconstruction of the verse in reference.No. I consider it the prerogative of the Civil Magistrate to take taxes (as I recall, Washington is still on the $1 bill). I may not agree with his use of the money, but then again, I would have disagreed with the use of public funds to pay to string up Christians as human torches in the first century as well. And yet I do recall a verse telling the Christians to honour the emperor. Whether or not we agree with policies, we are to honor and pray for those in authority as ministers of God.