authority

All authority belongs to God, but God has two ways in which He exercises His authority: by (1)Direct authority and by (2)Delegated authority.

(1)Direct authority means that God tells us directly through His Word or through His Spirit what He wants us to do.
(2)A delegated authority is someone who represents God's authority.This means that God designates certain people to represent Him and to exercise His authority. To be disrespectful or disobedient to God's delegated authority is like being disrespectful or disobedient to God Himself.

In this world in which we live, God has established four basic structures of authority: (1) Family (2) Government (3) Church (4)Business.

不好的政府是不是由神来的？是的. 没有完全不好的政府,也没有完全好的政府,但是有符合或不符合神旨意的政策.Our Lord was never a party to any rebellion, 但是当政府的政策(或丈夫要求你做的)违背神的戒命的情况下,顺从神，不顺从人,是应当的(Act 5:29)。因为我们首先要遵从神的Direct authority,其次才是神的Delegated authority.比如埃及法老要收生婆杀死以色列男婴,神的十戒说不可杀人,那两个收生婆不杀以色列男婴就是应当的.如果政策说不许向十八岁以下的儿童传教,不许教师在公立学校以职务之便向学生传教(美国有这样的规定),而圣经要我们殷勤教训儿女神的话(Deu 6:7),传福音给万民(Mat28:19 Mar13:10 Mar 16:15),而且,我们在家里教育自己的孩子神的话,公立学校的教师在学校以外的场所向学生传福音也是应当的,这样做也没有违反政府的政策.如果政府要求教会在宗教部门登记,所要求之事也不违背神的戒命,教会服从政府规定也是应当的.