"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

The Lesser Magistrate Doctrine  teaches that when the superior or higher ranking civil authority makes unjust/immoral law, policy, or court opinion – the lower or lesser ranking civil authority has both the God-given right  and duty  to refuse obedience to that superior authority; and if necessary, actively resist the superior authority. The doctrine was first formalized by Christian men in Magdeburg, Germany in 1550.  The lesser magistrate doctrine is rooted in the historic Christian doctrine of interposition.  Interposition   is where one steps into the gap – placing themselves in between the oppressor and his intended victim. Interposition can take place verbally or physically.  The law of God is the objective standard to which all men and all governments of men are accountable. If civil authorities make law, policy, or court opinion that is contrary to His law – the lesser magistrates are to interpose and  stop the evil .  America’s found...

"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us." -Galatians 3:13 [KJV] Pause, my soul, and contemplate the unspeakable mercies contained in those precious words. However little thou hast regarded them, yet they contain in their bosom the whole blessings of the gospel. It is to Jesus in this one glorious act of His faith, should the sinner be continually looking. There, the believer should say, there hangs my hope, my joy, my confidence. "Christ hath redeemed me from the curse of the law, being made a curse for me."    Now, my soul, observe how Jesus accomplished this great mercy for thee. Whatever Christ redeemed the sinner from, He became  that  for him. In the act of redemption, by substituting Himself in the sinner's place and room, He redeemed him from that place and room, by standing there Himself. Hence, as the sinner stood before God, accursed by reason of sin; so Christ, by taking the sinner's sin upon Himself, and s...