One can easily refer to a single chapter or verse in the bible in order to prove a point in a particular context. For example:
Matthew 22:34-40 (King James Version)
From this text one can surmise that in challenging the Pharisees and Sadducees and in his own words putting GOD and your fellow man above the "law", Jesus himself demonstrated rebellion agains the wicked elite social and political classes that made up the governing body at the time. This particular text, when read independently, is diametrically opposed to the previously referenced text from Romans 13.
If one considers the bible a roadmap for the journey of life then the directions must be followed in whole, not in part...
Matthew 22:34-40 (King James Version)
34- But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
35- Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36- Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37- Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38- This is the first and great commandment.
39- And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40- On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
From this text one can surmise that in challenging the Pharisees and Sadducees and in his own words putting GOD and your fellow man above the "law", Jesus himself demonstrated rebellion agains the wicked elite social and political classes that made up the governing body at the time. This particular text, when read independently, is diametrically opposed to the previously referenced text from Romans 13.
If one considers the bible a roadmap for the journey of life then the directions must be followed in whole, not in part...