Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.
For the good of human society God has ordained that there should be the rule of law, in the hands of properly instituted authorities. The Christian is expected to exhibit exemplary behaviour under the laws that are established. However petty the laws may seem (Parking regulations?), or costly (Taxation?), or even unhelpful in the Christian sense (Sunday Trading?), we have to accept them and live by them as good citizens. No Christian can claim that some laws and regulations set by Parliament or a local Council are trivial and need not be observed! God’s plan for society is that the authorities have the right to deal with wrong-doing by punishment of some kind. So don’t moan about parking fines and speeding tickets; it’s what you should expect when you break the law!
This is the final week for some time that I am writing the ‘Thought for the Day’ on the website. The bald statistics of website use show that very few people ever visit this area of the site. ‘Thought for the Day’ will still appear on the site, but it will lead you to the daily material provided by ‘United Christian Broadcasters’ (UCB). You have already sampled the UCB material as our site featured it a couple of weeks ago; I trust you will find the different approach and comments useful.
