2009-10-01T22:48:51-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/authorities/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2013:1-2&version=NIV 2009-10-01T22:48:51-05:00 Paul writes in Romans that all people should submit themselves to their authorities. Those in authoritative and governmental positions have been put there by God. If we rebel against them, we are rebelling against not only them, but God.