by The word submit means, “cause to be in a submissive relationship.” Then in the context of this passage, ordinance means, “a system of established authority that is the result of some founding action.”
Applying these words to our 2024 election year, the “founding action” that we as American citizens have a “submissive relationship” with is the US Constitution. This document was established upon the Bible, under the premise of verses like 1 Peter 2:13-16, to create an “established authority” that would govern our great nation in a fashion that restrains evil and upholds truth.
A civics lesson would remind us that one-third of the Amendments to the US Constitution were written in direct relation to the electoral process:
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12th Amendment – Revised the Electoral College
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14th Amendment – Voting rights to all citizens
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15th Amendment – Voting rights to all races of citizens
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17th Amendment – States to elect senators by popular vote
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19th Amendment – Voting rights to all female citizens
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20th Amendment – Changed Electoral College voting date
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23rd Amendment – District of Columbia Electoral Votes
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24th Amendment – Banned polling taxes
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26th Amendment – Voting rights to all citizens over 18
SO, LET’S GET OUT AND VOTE THE WILL OF GOD!
“Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.” (1 Peter 2:13-16)
