I'm not usually this generous, but let it be known that this morning I am in a good mood. Here are just a few: Where? Exodus 22:28 Proverbs 24:21 Deuteronomy 17:12 Ecclesiastes 8:2-4 Matthew 22:21 Luke 20:25 Acts 23:5 Ephesians 6:5-8 Colossians 3:22-25 Philemon 1:15-16 Romans 13:1-7 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Titus 3:1 "Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work." 1 Peter 2:13-17 "Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake" Hebrews 13:17 Who? John Chrysostom, Homilies on Romans and Homilies on Matthew Augustine of Hippo, City of God Martin Luther, Temporal Authority: To What Extent It Should Be Obeyed? John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (Book 4, Chapter 20) Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity Samuel Rutherford, Lex, Rex Jonathan Edwards, A Divine and Supernatural Light (sermon) Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ethics and Letters and Papers from Prison Francis Schaeffer, A Christian Manifesto Nikolai Berdyaev, The Realm of Spirit and the Realm of Caesar John Knox, The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women John Milton, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), (Chapter 23: Of the Civil Magistrate) Martin Niemöller, sermons and letters The proper role of the magistrate, and for that matter resistanceto tyrrany and principled disobedience, is meaningless once you remove the real authority of said magistrate. You want to be your own little god who doesn't have to be inconvenienced by another human interfering with your plans. It's a poorly informed worldview. Eat some meat.