Lesson & Quiz 03 – Biblical Principles of Civil Government

____________ liberty and ___________ liberty are permanently fixed together. If you lose one, then the other will also be lost.

In order to control a person’s actions, you must first gain control of the mind. That is why totalitarian governments nationalize ______________. The Bible commands parents to train up their children to revere and trust in God. When the government assumes control of education, children are taught to revere and trust their governments. The second step is to control the ___________. People can’t possibly be firsthand witnesses of everything that happens around the world. The media controls how people react emotionally, and their opinions based upon what news is presented, how it is presented and what information is emphasized or withheld. The final thing a tyrannical government must control is _______________. The government must be the absolute highest authority. A citizen cannot possess the freedom of conscience to say that the government’s actions are morally wrong.

What three institutions did God establish on earth?

The technical definition of “politics” is the “art or science of _____________.

The form of government we have in America is a constitutional republic. The idea of having a written document (constitution) that defines and limits the power of the civil government is found in ______________ and design of a republic is found in __________________.

The purpose of civil government is for the _________ of the people. Romans 13:1-5 and 1 Peter 2:13-14 say that the government is supposed to punish the __________ and protect the _________.

The family was God’s idea and design, but not all families function as God intended. Likewise, ______________ was God’s idea, but unfortunately not all civil governments function as God intended.

Our Founding Fathers believed resistance to tyranny was obedience to ________. List four examples from the Bible where believers willfully disobeyed a tyrannical civil government.

The foundational truth upon which America is built is ______________________.

According to our Founding Fathers, ___________________ are not valid if they contradict _______________.

No one has a right to do ______________.

All men are created equal and no one has a right to rule over his fellow man. Therefore, choosing to live together in a civil society, equals must choose to create or ______________ a civil government in which they ________________ few and defined powers to that civil authority. Hence that document is called a constitution.

The Torah was the constitution of Israel. God wrote it and the Children of Israel agreed to live by it. The government of Israel was not free to do whatever it wanted. According to Deuteronomy 17:20 and Joshua 1:7, even the ________ could not deviate from the law by turning to his right hand or left.

In 1787, thirteen sovereign states/nations, in order to further their general well being and organize their common defense, designed a limited general/central government and delegated _________ and ___________ powers to it.

According to Federalist Paper #45, and the Ninth and Tenth Amendments of the Bill of Rights, any power not specifically ____________ to the general government (otherwise known as the Federal Government), was retained by the states.