BLESSINGS FROM KEEPING PEACE

My Dear Precious Child, In Paul's letter to the Roman believers he stressed how important it is for people to obey the governmental authorities. That advice mirrors Jesus' advice because if a person does not obey the laws of the land, he or she will be arrested and subjected to civil laws and jailed. Paul's reasoning was based on the fact that My plan for the efficient and smooth working of human governments in communities there must be a sense of unity prevailing. I have ordained the order of governing bodies. That doesn't mean that I have always chosen the human beings who maintain that order. Very often they are of the devil, but the instructions still apply for you to obey them so that you will not be prosecuted for disobedience. Paul wrote that rulers cause no fear when a person does what is right, only causing fear when someone does evil. So to protect yourself you must obey the laws of the land if the officials are also obeying them. He wrote that if a person wants to be free of fear of authorities that they should obey the laws of the land and they will not have to fear retribution from the officials. My calling is for the office of the ruler to do good and only if you do evil should you fear him. Paul even addressed the mental aspect as well as the physical aspect. He wrote that you must obey the laws of the land in order to escape punishment but also for the sake of your own conscience, so that you will not be self condemned. Under the same premises, Paul wrote that the same principal applies to paying taxes, doing that for the same reason, that being that the magistrate is in charge because that position is My calling, and they devote themselves to doing that service with great care. So you must pay your due, paying taxes to whom they are due; also do your own work where it is due, and give respect and honor to everyone who deserves them in their governmental offices. He wrote that they, and you, should owe no debt to anyone because it binds you to that person and if you cannot pay off the debt it causes strife and every evil work between the two of you. However, he wrote that what you do owe to everyone is love and that love binds you to people unconditionally. Paul also wrote that people who love their neighbor have fulfilled the law completely. Love covers lying, stealing, false witnessing, killing, coveting, and the other commandments, because they are all fulfilled in loving your neighbor as yourself. Love never wrongs anyone, so love fulfills the laws. Paul encouraged the Roman believers to do all of the things of which he wrote to them because he knew the times in which they were living were trying times. He said they needed to wake up from their spiritual slumber because salvation was nearer than they imagined. He told them that the darkness of night was abundant but the light of day would dawn soon. He told them to cast off all actions of darkness and to put on the armor of light. He enclouraged them to live honorably as in daylight, not in carousing and lust, not in quarreling and jealousy. Rather, he wrote, put on Christ Jesus and make no provisions for the desires of the flesh. He spoke dictates from My Holy Spirit, with warnings and wisdom combined in the three previous sentences. When you cast off all darkness, carousing, lust, quarreling and jealousy, Salvation seeks you out in order to reward you for being My child. Your Father of Workable Solutions