The idea that obedience to all authority is automatically deemed righteous is disturbing to me because it relinquishes the responsibility for each person from having to discern right from wrong and choosing to do that which is right — instead, he/she just simply obeys and passes the buck of responsibility for discernment to someone else.
When it’s a matter of obeying God, the Maker of us all, who knows & understands all, being supreme in all wisdom and established the order by which righteousness is determined, then by all means we are to obey Him.
But when it comes to obeying men, who are not always righteous in their behavior, and who do not know & understand all and thereby do not always reflect sound judgment, that is a whole different ballgame.
History demonstrates for us what happens when people blindly obey orders from those in authority. It does not go well when those in authority are wicked.
Our moral duty is to do what is right if mankind expects to live long on the land, and that standard is set by the Creator who established the Natural Law & Order of this world, which He made for us all to inhabit.
It is a falsehood from the Enemy of our souls to equate blind obedience towards man with righteousness. It leads to having men, who may otherwise behave rightly, be used as a tool for wickedness in the hands of wicked men.
Very timely, timeless, and spot on! Thanks, Carrie!