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On Reformation Day, I remember one of the Reformers slogans, “Resisting tyrants is obedience to God”, which is attributed to the Scottish pastor John Knox (16th century).
It has not lost its relevance in our times.
G.I. Williamson reminds us, “When a government becomes militarist and causes aggression, it is the duty of Christians to resist this authority because it undermines God’s ordinances,” G.I. Williamson, Commentary on Westminster Confession of Faith.
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Daniel chapter 3
Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, “Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; it is well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?”
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not full of care to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.”
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