Dictionary definition of govt

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Dictionary definition of govt
Merriam-Webster's CollegiateDictionary 1 the
act or process of governing specifically
authoritative direction or control2 obsolete
moral conduct or behavior DISCRETION3 a the
office, authority, or function of governing b
obsolete the term during which a governing
official holds office4 the continuous exercise
of authority over and the performance of
functions for a political unit RULE5 a the
organization, machinery, or agency through which
a political unit exercises authority and performs
functions and which is usually classified
according to the distribution of power within it
b the complex of political institutions, laws,
and customs through which the function of
governing is carried out6 the body of persons
that constitutes the governing authority of a
political unit or organization as a the
officials comprising the governing body of a
political unit and constituting the organization
as an active agency b capitalized the executive
branch of the U.S. federal government c
capitalized a small group of persons holding
simultaneously the principal political executive
offices of a nation or other political unit and
being responsible for the direction and
supervision of public affairs (1) such a group
in a parliamentary system constituted by the
cabinet or by the ministry (2) ADMINISTRATION
4b7 POLITICAL SCIENCE
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1828 definition of govt
Websters An American Dictonary of the English
Language (1828) GOV'ERNMENT, n. Direction
regulation. These precepts will serve for the
government of our conduct. 1. Control
restraint. Men are apt to neglect the government
of their temper and passions. 2. The exercise of
authority direction and restraint exercised over
the actions of men in communities, societies or
states the administration of public affairs,
according to established constitution, laws and
usages, or by arbitrary edicts. Prussia rose to
importance under the government of Frederick II.
3. The exercise of authority by a parent or
householder. Children are often ruined by a
neglect of government in parents. Let family
government be like that of our heavenly Father,
mild, gentle and affectionate. 4. The system of
polity in a state that form of fundamental rules
and principles by which a nation or state is
governed, or by which individual members of a
body politic are to regulate their social
actions a constitution, either written or
unwritten, by which the rights and duties of
citizens and public officers are prescribed and
defined as a monarchial government, or a
republican government. Thirteen governments thus
founded on the natural authority of the people
alone, without the pretence of miracle or
mystery, are a great point gained in favor of the
rights of mankind. 5. An empire, kingdom or
state any territory over which the right of
sovereignty is extended. 6. The right of
governing or administering the laws. The king of
England vested the government of Ireland in the
lord lieutenant. 7. The persons or council which
administer the laws of a kingdom or state
executive power. 8. Manageableness compliance
obsequiousness. 9. Regularity of behavior. Not
in use. 10. Management of the limbs or body.
Not in use. 11. In grammar, the influence of a
word in regard to construction, as when
established usage required that one word should
cause another to be in a particular case or mode.
Personal
National - Civic
Family
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• The family . . . is a form of government,
  established for the good of children themselves,
  and the first government that each of us must
  obey.

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Governments
Personal
Family
Church
School
Civil
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Govt begins w/ individual
Moral Personal
Practical Institutional
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Diff. betw/ self-gov. lack of self-gov?
Self-governed individual obeys
from the heart
Someone who lacks self-control obeys
from force
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I Tim. 1 9-10

• I Timothy 19 realizing that law is not intended
  for a righteous person, but for lawless and
  rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinners,
  for the unholy and profane, for those who kill
  their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 110
  sexually immoral people, practicing homosexuals,
  kidnappers, liars, perjurers in fact, for any
  who live contrary to sound teaching.

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Self-government is generated through the power of
Gods Spirit (Galatians 5 16-26)

• Men fail in self-government

rebellion against God
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All government begins with personal
self-government

• Any self-government not in subjection to Christ
  as Lord is rebellion leading to chaos and
  confusion

• The central focus of all realms of government
  should be the regenerating work of Jesus Christ.

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James Madison

• We have staked that whole future of American
  civilization, not upon the power of government,
  far from it. We have staked the future of all our
  political institutions upon the capacity of
  mankind for self-government upon the capacity of
  each and all of us to govern ourselves, to
  sustain ourselves according to the Ten
  Commandments of God.

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Guidebook
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John Winthrop quote

• Diffuse the knowledge of the Bible, and the
  hungry will be fed, and the naked clothed.
  Diffuse the knowledge of the Bible, and the
  stranger will be sheltered, the prisoner visited,
  and the sick ministered unto. Diffuse the
  knowledge of the Bible, and the Temperance will
  rest upon a surer basis than any mere private
  pledge or public statute. Diffuse the knowledge
  of the Bible, and the peace of the world will be
  secured by more substantial safeguards than
  either the mutual fear, or the reciprocal
  interests, of princes or of people. Diffuse the
  knowledge of the Bible, and the day will be
  hastened, as it can be hastened in no other way,
  when every yoke shall be loosened, and every bond
  broken, and when there shall be no more leading
  into captivity . . . . 1
• 1 John Winthrop, cited in Verna M. Hall, ed.,
  The Christian History of the American Revolution,
  p. 19 quoted in Gary DeMar, God and Government,
  Vol. I, p.17.

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Family, church, and civil governments reflect
the self-government of the people, whether good
or bad. - Gary DeMar, God and Government,
Vol. I, p. 17.
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GODIndependent, Autonomous, and Unlimited
Governing Authority(Isaiah 96-7, Colossians
116-17)
MAN AND HUMAN INSTITUTIONS Dependent, Delegated,
and Limited Governing Authority (Romans 131-4)
Family Church Civil
(Self-Government) (Self-Government) (Self-Go
vernment)
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The Bible is opposed to centralism, whether it be
political or religious.
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The Bible stresses local government in both
Church and State.

• Church

Mini-republics
Leaders to be qualified
Leaders to be obeyed
Head Christ
Governmental affairs can best be handled at the
local level where the needs of the people and the
community are known and the consolidation of
power is minimal.
Civil
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Government Systems

• Genesis 3 16

• Genesis 4 1

• Genesis 4 3,4

• Genesis 2 28-30

• Genesis 4 17

• Genesis 4 20

• Genesis 4 21,22