Last week we looked at Scriptures (Psalm 33: 12-22 and Psalm 53: 1-3) which tell us that the nation whose God is the Lord is blessed and those who say there is no God are foolish and corrupt. This week I want to share with you āThe Scriptural Basis for Christian Civil Governmentā which is found in the book Explicitly Christian Politics ā The Vision of the National Reform Association , edited by William O. Einwechter and published by The Christian Statesman Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The first section on page 256 is under the heading of āScriptural Teaching as to the Origin and Nature of the Nationā and tells us: 1. God is the Author of all national life (Deut. 26:19; Ps. 86:9; Acts 17:24 ā 26). 2. God brings each particular nation into existence in its own time in the progress of the worldās history (Acts 17:26). 3. God gives to each nation its own rightful territory (Acts 17:26). 4. It is, therefore, Godās prerogative, as the Just Ruler of nations, to take away national life,...
"Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised." Prov. 30:31 KJV