a government of laws

I've had a conversation on countless occasions with fellow Christians on both sides of the political aisle relating to submitting to authority.  There are Christians who believe that no matter what, that we are to submit to those that govern over us - even when those governing decree that we surrender our God given rights.  But America our authority isn't of men.

We are not under the rule of a caesar, dictator or king.  We are under the authority of the law.  We have a president who is elected by the people.   Now just because he is an elected authority doesn't mean we are to bow down to every decree as if he were a  king.  It was John Adams who said, "We are a government of laws, not of men".  These laws were established to limit the power of our government and maintain the freedom of the people. 

Every government servant takes an oath.  Each public servant swears to uphold our Constitution - our Bill of Rights.  These 'authorities' swore to protect inalienable rights given to us by our Creator, and not by government.  You see, our government of laws is their authority too.

Public officials who break their oath, become lawbreakers themselves.  They become criminals.  If government officials break the law by decreeing unlawful laws - then I do not have to obey them.  Are we to submit to our governing laws or submit to whatever a lawbreaking authority orders?  It's my duty as a citizen to not submit to such lawlessness. Maybe in another country under a different rule...but not here.

As a free man, as an American citizen, I am to be obedient to the law that governs the land and not to the man who broke their oath and the law.  Here in America, we do not have to obey orders of tyrants.  I am to submit only to America's governing law that was established as the ultimate authority...which is ordained by our absolute Authority - GOD.

Again, we are not under the rule of Caesar.  In America, we are not bound to obey unlawful laws.  In fact, an unconstitutional law isn't a law at all (16 Am. Jur. Sec. 177 late 2d, Sec 256).  It's our DUTY to uphold Constitutional laws.  It is our DUTY to stand against lawless tyrants who break their oath to God and the American people.  A lawless authority is to be held accountable to the law too.We the people have the right to reclaim our nation, to defend our God given freedoms.  As James Madison once aptly put it, "the ultimate authority...resides in the people alone."


"The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
-Thomas Jefferson

"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action."
-George Washington

"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
-James Madison / The Federalist Papers