Blue Pill

I've often struggled with verses like Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2:17. They're hsrd for me to smallow. I've seen too much injustice and untrustworthy behavior to encourage liyalty, yet scripture says to obey these institutions because they are put in place by God and because we want to have good reputations so that people will trust what we say.  But on the other hand, Rome (where Christianity arises) was a pit of sin and debauchery, even worse than what people scream about today. Yet that is the emperor that is referenced in the gospel?! That's also the government that Paul and the rest of the apostles stood up to and got thrown in jail by. It was a Roman official who committed the greatest injustice of all time, crucifying Jesus. So how do these things reconcile?

John Piper actually has a really good sermon on this:
http://www.desiringgod.org/sermons/subjection-to-god-and-subjection-to-the-state-part-1

But one line from this article struck me:
"civil disobedience is justified only when government compels us to sin, or when there is no legal recourse for fighting injustice "

http://m.gty.org/resources/articles/A120/can-christians-participate-in-civil-disobedience

No legal recourse for fighting injustice.

When officials commit crimes and keep their jobs, when they poison and lie and remain in office, when the rule of law only applies to me and you, not them, when they steal in even cleverer ways and are barely (if at all) investigated, when they kill without trial, when they twist and reduce and presume to decide what is a natural right, when they murder and get rich, there is no legal recourse for fighting injustice.

Your vote for preselected choice A or preselected choice B is amusing because you're foolish enough to think that it matters, or that they didn't choose for you.
[See YouTube clip about sweaters and apply circa Meryl Streep - "Pile Of Stuff": http://youtu.be/kzu-RgorcSo ]

So, when will it be enough? When will we really see the lies? I'm tired of the gubernatorial elections by far, and I'm dreading 2016 (Hillary 2016 y'all!  gonna be on the winning side for once! #sarcasm), and as long as we remain blind, the question is are we really just getting what we deserve?  Red pill or blue pill?

#endstoicrant #sorryabouttherandomculturalreferences