THE CHURCH, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT. (JESUS IS THE GOVERNMENT) Part 1

THE CHURCH, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT. (JESUS IS THE GOVERNMENT) Part 1

Nobody in life is excluded in participation in governance. It's a choice to restrict yourself to a certain level of government.

 The church is a government because of her peculiar function.

But the language used by ministers make government look like a circular language. Government is a biblical language because God started governments first. 

Isaiah 9:6

For a child has been born to us, a son given to us, *and the authority is upon his shoulder* , and the wondrous adviser, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, called his name, "the prince of peace."

Jesus came into the world and he exhibited and established a new type of government different from the levitical government. 

If Jesus is a government, then the church which is a body of Christ is a government.  The people must first see theirselves as a government.

Romans 13:1-5 NLT

Everyone must *submit to governing authorities* . For all authority *comes from God,* and those in positions of *authority have been placed there by God* . So anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be punished. 

For the authorities do not strike fear in people who are doing right, but in those who are doing wrong. Would you like to live without fear of the authorities? 

Do what is right, and they will honor you. *The authorities are God’s servants,* sent for your good. But if you are doing wrong, of course you should be afraid, for they have the power to punish you. They are God’s servants, sent for the very purpose of punishing those who do what is wrong. So you must submit to them, not only to avoid punishment, but also to keep a clear conscience.

The main jist here is that the church is a government. It has authority over physical and spiritual territories.

So let all leaders see theirselves first as a government. Then they should find a way to include the church in the government of their cities.

To be continued.

CMDPG OFOB ENT Education desk