Upon reflection of my previous thought - I would add that authority / power etc., in God's kingdom is so substantially different from any human establishment of power or authority.
It is a Christian's responsibility to denounce power and render them void - except God's power. That power can come from so many avenues, whether human, technological or systematic. By operating this way, we can feel perfectly fine in submitting to these authorities, as they have no power over us. We can exist in whatever situation in freedom, as Christ is our only authority. It is difficult to verbalize, as there seems to be contradictions - but living the life Christ wants us to live - means contradictions and challenging the ways, institutions, systems and people that oppose the Kingdom of God.
THUS: we may submit to them, BUT they have no power over us!!!!!!
As a side note: I know that these powers, authorities, principilities and even ourselves can control us. But the blood of Christ has given us freedom from the bondage that these things do to us - and we must live in that freedom!!!!!!
