“In America we don’t worship government, we worship God.”

– President Donald Trump

The secular humanist and the child of God. Both put their trust, confidence and obedience in the object of their faith. One chooses government, the other chooses God. One is worldly while the other strives to keep himself, “unspotted from the world.” (James 1:27)

But here’s the thing. Man’s government is by God’s decree and design. It is His gift, to us, as a sinful people, to self-regulate, with God’s help, so that we will not completely destroy our functioning society, which we will do when left to our own, worldly devices.

We as citizens are to be subject to the higher power, the earthly government of God. For “there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” (Romans 13:1)

Those who serve in a government capacity are “the minister of God” and their ordained purpose is “to thee for good.” (Romans 13:4)

We as citizens, are to, “Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake” (1 Peter 2:13). It is important to understand the object being expressed here. It isn’t man or government, it is the Lord.

But, when government becomes the God of the people instead of a tool for the people to serve God, then everything gets turned upside down. Right becomes wrong, immoral becomes moral, and sin becomes righteousness. The functioning society collapses.

Everything crumbles when God is not the object, the supreme and priority. Don’t be fooled if destruction doesn’t happen all at once. Deterioration, decay and erosion occurs over time.