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Political Transformation
Public Policy for Overcoming Political Injustice and Tyranny
  History has shown that centralization of governmental power destroys the liberty and the rights of man. The way to have good and safe government is to divide the power among the people and the localities, instead of entrusting it to one body. Civil government in a country should be subdivided into many levels (local, regional, national) with the majority of the power resting at the local level. The power of each level should be clearly defined and sovereign in those defined areas. No level of government should be able to usurp the jurisdiction of another
The limited powers of the national government should be clearly defined in a constitution and limited to those things which affect the country as a whole, such as defense, foreign policy, regulation of interregional and foreign commerce, citizenship laws, coining money, and copyrights. All other powers should remain with the people, or with the local, and regional governments. The powers of local and regional government can be written in a regional constitution and include such things as traffic regulations, business regulations, public works, voting procedures, law, and order.
Jesus Christ taught the principle of limited government and sphere sovereignty in Matthew 22:36-40 where he said we must render "to Caesar [i.e. the government] the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." (Matt. 22:17-21). Caesar’s image on the coin represented his rightful jurisdiction over tax issues, but in like manner God’s image would represent an area of life that God alone had jurisdiction. In the same way, government only has authority within a defined area, and the other institutions, such as the church and the family, have authority in their defined areas. The practical outworking of Jesus’ answer was revolutionary at the time and contrary to the common idea of a government that claimed jurisdiction over every sphere of life.

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Beliles, Mark
Quote from the book:
How Nations Take Up Their Serpents

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The Biblical ideas of man and government start with an understanding that man's sinful nature means that he should not be entrusted with too much power, even if he was regenerated through the blood of Jesus Christ. The philosophy of government you adhere to depends greatly on whether or not you believe mankind has an inherent sin nature. The father of America’s constitution James Madison said, in the Federalist No. 51, "What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?" One's view of human nature profoundly affects one's view of government.
Any governments, which is not based on the belief that men are sinners, will establish too much centralized power in the hands of men, which always results in awful oppression and tyranny at the expense of individual liberty.
  
  
In Romans 13:3-4, Paul says God’s intention for leaders in government is as follows: “Rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil….He is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.” Can you see one of the ways God’s people  can overcome evil with good? It is by getting good people into government where God’s purposes for the nation can be accomplished.
  
  
The instances in the Bible of opposition to tyrants are voluminous. The prophets Jeremiah and John the Baptist are two of the many examples of Christians who responded to tyrannical governments. Isaiah 1:17 clearly states: “Seek Justice, rebuke the oppressor.” Sometimes the oppressor is an individual but frequently in world history the oppressor is the government itself.
  

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