 what if government leaders are corrupt and government has grown so large it's become dysfunctional and if all governments are from god what about totalitarian ones that kill people and persecute christians yes paul was writing when the roman government was guilty of much of these things and his purpose was to call christians to obedience in order to be a witness for the lord it's still hard to accept though i do and i must a government like this one we currently have that is blind and deaf to god's will and purposes do you struggle with this i'm cal thomas