What should the Christian's attitude be toward the government? Romans 13 states we are subject to governing authorities on earth because God has instituted and assigned these authorities for our good. These authorities/rulers are God's servants and they are to fear and be reverent toward God. When we resist these authorities, we are resisting God. But, if these rulers are a terror to good conduct and tyrannical toward God, what then is a Christian to do? This is the subject of this teaching.