- Romans 13:1-3 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended.
There are many authorities that God gives. However, these authorities do not automatically just become yours. Only those who take action on them become people who gain and possess God’s authority. The person who truly loves God, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Son is ‘the person who possesses the authority of love.’ A person who truly loves his brothers within God’s Will is also ‘a person who possesses the authority of love.’
A person who has received a mission from Heaven must receive ‘the authority of righteousness’ along with the work and then do their missions while doing righteous deeds.
The rulers of the nation only receive missions and exercise their authority. However, because they don’t exercise their authority in righteous ways, they fail to be righteous rulers but become criminals instead and thus, become people who are subject to judgment before God. Even if people have received the authority to rule the nation, the religious authority, the authority of wealth, and the authority of the arts, those who lack the authority of love, mercy, and compassion are like rigid steel machines operating away. People who use the authority God gave them and take action with love, mercy, compassion, and righteousness are beautiful, wondrous, majestic, lovely, and respectable people.
Every time look at them, they feel happy and everyone responds positively to them, follows their example, and takes action together with them. Also, There are people who are working because God gave them missions but use the authority of missions God gave them to hurt others with their words and actions or even cause others to die in faith. People like that hurt others with their authority. Therefore, God will gradually take away their authority. There are many kinds of authority that God gave you and the authority that you gained by making the effort. Whatever authority it may be, God is an Almighty and righteous Being who will take away authority from people in accordance with their deeds if they take action by scaring or hurting people with that authority. At least the authority of missions should be righteous and just, and you should exercise authority with love, mercy, and compassion, and use the authority of mission that God gave you properly. Only then will God be glad after giving you authority and will live with you while loving and enjoying together with you.
God, the Holy Spirit and the Holy Son, who are Absolute Deities, take action while using the authority of righteousness, justice, love, mercy, compassion, wisdom, and assistance together as much as They possess the authority to rule over and control all people and creation in heaven and on earth. The people who have received authority from God also should use the authority they received with humility and take action with righteousness, justice, love, mercy, and compassion! Only then will the Trinity rejoice and receive glory and you will also receive glory.
Some people make force, ignorance, and wicked words and actions their authority. People like that don’t bring glory to the Trinity but ultimately bring judgment on themselves due to those deeds. People who have received various powers, missions, and authority from God themselves must take action first according to God’s Will. If you only use the authority to tell people what to do and have words and actions that put others down, that authority will never be shown. You, yourself, have to take action first according to God’s Will humbly with love, mercy, compassion, and righteousness. Only then will everyone see that and take action while following your example. You have to use the authority you received from God to bring righteousness and harmony. Only then will your life become ‘a life of heaven.’
Satans take ‘evil’ as its authority and [use that] to tempt righteous people and attack. Ultimately, evil will be destroyed with the evil people and go to the eternal ocean of fire, the world of suffering. Regarding evil and unrighteousness God said the following short and strong statement: “Don’t fall for the deceptions of evil. Don’t do unrighteous deeds.”
Even though you may have done evil because you were deceived by evil and even though you may have done unrighteous deeds without knowing that it was unrighteous, you will still be punished as much as you have done evil and unrighteous deeds. If you repent, God will forgive you. [However], even though God has forgiven you, in the course of sinning until that point, you have already incurred spiritual losses and physical losses because, during that time, you were unable to travel the path of righteousness and the path of life and your mentality was ruined. Therefore, you have to get out of there while resolving the losses that you have incurred, going through suffering, and enduring hardships. That is why I am telling you strongly and earnestly: Don’t be deceived by evil and don’t do unrighteous deeds.
When a person has entered the wrong path, he already goes through the suffering that comes from entering the wrong path as he is traveling the wrong path. Let’s say that the person realizes along the way and stops traveling that path. [When he does that] he will get out of the suffering that comes from traveling the wrong path but he will experience pain and suffering in the process of coming out of there again. This is the punishment that comes from traveling the wrong path. Even if God has forgiven you, getting out of the wrong path must be done by you. [Yet], you are happy even though it is difficult and painful because you have gotten out of that path. That is why I tell you to not be deceived by people who make evil and unrighteousness their authority, but instead, only stick closely to the Holy Trinity who make love, mercy, compassion, righteousness, and justice their authority, and live using God’s authority in righteous ways.
Lastly, let us all read together. “Use the authority that God gave you with humility and take action with righteousness, justice, love, mercy, and compassion. Only then will God not take away that authority and both the Trinity and you, yourself will receive glory. (Amen!)”