Romans 13:1
"Everyone is to obey the governing authorities, because there is no authority except from God and so whatever authorities exist have been appointed by God."
Luke 4:6-7
"[The Devil] said to [Jesus], 'I will give you all this power and their splendour, for it has been handed over to me, for me to give it to anyone I choose. Do homage, then, to me, and it shall be yours."
There's a number of interesting interesting things going on in those few verses. First, yes, I know they come from different authors. But look at them. One (Romans) says that all power and authority exists because of God's will, and is appointed by God. The other (Luke) says that the Devil has all power and authority in the world (yeah, yeah, Father of Lies, the great deciever, etc etc, but Jesus doesn't contradict the Devil here) and can hand it to whomever he wishes.
What's going on here? I don't know yet. I don't know if I'll ever know. But I think I'm going to trust Jesus (and the silence that speaks volumes).
Thoughts, comments?
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