Christians are to pray for those in authority, and the state is to provide freedom for the gospel to be preached and for men to live "quiet lives in all godliness and holiness". (1 Tim 2:1-3) A ruler in authority is "God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer". (Rom 3:4)
Christ's kingdom can never be identified with any particular nation or political party. While it is not the role of a state to coerce individual citizens to adhere to particular beliefs, the state can never be neutral as regards values. Christians are to work for the state to adopt Christian values and to implement godly laws.
Jesus Christ is the KING of Kings and LORD of Lords "far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age, but also in the age to come". (Eph 1:21)
Scripture clearly teaches that God's present judgment is a reality for Nations which defy Jesus Christ:-
"Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment, Blessed are all who take refuge in him" (Ps 2:10-12)
As an important matter of fact the Coronation Oath is an explicit denial of the secularity of the United Kingdom.
With all its imperfections and ambiguities, the establishment of the [Protestant Reformed] Christian religion in general and of the Church of England and the Church of Scotland defines the UK as constitutionally a Christian country. These constitutional arrangements will remain in force until there is intentional constitutional change to the contrary.
The Christian Institute exists to promote the Christian faith in the UK. We seek to affirm the universal Lordship of Christ. This means challenging secular humanism, religious pluralism and other ideologies.
The Institute challenges religious pluralism by:
- affirming salvation solely through the atoning work of Jesus Christ and
- affirming that biblical Christianity maintains the true basis for tolerance, democracy and human dignity and
- affirming its commitment to the ideals behind the current Coronation Oath whatever future form of constitution the UK may have.
