During last week’s webinar, one-quarter of the questions could be summarized with this question, “When do I not need to obey? This is a question about Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience is a last resort.
NOTES:
We are indebted to David Innes and his book Christ and the Kingdoms of Men for help with this topic. You can listen to our interview with Dr. Innes here.
We also found some helpful articles:
https://knowingscripture.com/articles/romans-13-civil-disobedience-to-unconstitutional-unjust-laws#1
http://www.ethos.org.au/online-resources/blog/christians-and-principles-of-civil-disobedience
https://www.gty.org/library/articles/A120/can-christians-participate-in-civil-disobedience (Note: John MacArthur seems to have changed his position on this. At least during the COVID -19 crisis he did not follow this article.)
RECAP/TAKEAWAYS
- Can the democratic process resolve the issue?
- Christians should bend over backward to submit.
- And, submit until you can’t.
- Is obeying this law breaking the law of God?
- Direct disobedience disobeys the law in question. Indirect disobedience disobeys a different law to draw attention to the injustice of the law in question.
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