Core Value 3
  AUTHORITY

God is the only being with intrinsic authority; consequently, all human authority is delegated by him.
[Rom 13:1; Matt 28:18]

>> Therefore we affirm that God has established three spheres of human government, and that He alone defines what their various responsibilities are.
1. Family government is for the upbringing and education of children, as well as for the nurturing of orderly human relationships in honour, discipline and love.  The family is the basic unit of society.   [Eph 5:22–6:4; Deut 6:4–9]
2. Church government is for the spiritual well-being and ministry of God’s people.   [1 Cor 12:12–27; 1 Thess 5:12–15; Heb 13:7, 17]
3. Civil government is for the well-ordering and protection of society; this includes the appropriate punishment of criminals.   [Rom 13:1–7]

>> We deny that any sphere of government is without accountability to God, and that any government may assume the responsibilities God has assigned to another sphere of authority.  This means that, while there must be a separation of church and state, there is no separation of the state from God.
[Ps 2; Rev 11:15]

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