Government and Morality

I present a challenge to any Christian who believes that governments have more of a right to use violence than everyday citizens. I want you to point out a verse, somewhere in the New Testament, that gives government an /exclusive/ right that the citizenry don’t have. Then tell me exactly what that is, from the Bible.

Be careful. If you are conservative, your entire political philosophy rests on this. Otherwise, you have a lot of explaining to do.

“There is in all a strong disposition to believe that anything lawful is also legitimate. This belief is so widespread that many persons have erroneously held that things are ‘just’ because the law makes them so.”

-Frederic Bastiat