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government. The system of grace was added because of man’s
insubordination and rebellion under the system of government. Grace
is for the purpose of redeeming and restoring those who are
insubordinate and rebellious, so that they may be subject to God’s
governmental system. Hence, grace actually gives an assist to God’s
system of government...

Submission to God’s Government

So the system of grace and the system of government are two separate
matters. The humbler a person is, the more he progresses in the
governmental system. Never think that because you have entered into
the system of God’s grace you can therefore escape the system of God’s
government.

Grace can never nullify government; rather, grace enables people to
obey government. May I say with all seriousness that grace gives us the
strength to be subject to government. It does not make us rebellious or
desirous of overthrowing government. These systems complement each
other. Grace never abolishes government. Only a fool would say that
since he received grace, he can afford to be loose and careless. What a
foolish thing that would be.

The clearer a person understands grace, the better he will be as a
servant or a master. The more a person knows grace, the better he is as
a husband, a parent, a child, or a citizen, for he is more capable of
submitting to authority. He who receives more of the grace of God
knows more of how to maintain the government of God. I have yet to
see one who truly knows God’s grace destroy God’s government.

Head Covering and Government

The matter of head covering belongs to God’s government. For those
who do not know God’s government, it is impossible to exhort them to
have their heads covered. They will not be able to understand how
much is involved in this matter. But those who have seen God’s
government in God’s revealed Word are able to appreciate the
tremendous connection between head covering and God’s government.
“Now I praise you in all things that you remember me in all things, and
hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you. But I would
have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the
woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God” (I Corinthians 11:2-
3).