“for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.” -Romans 13:4
This is one of the most clear declarations in Scripture that the civil magistrate is a servant of God to execute judgment on evildoers, whether…
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