No Higher Power_01 Romans 13:1-7 The Believer and the State.What is the relationship between the believer and the state? The question has been debated down through the centuries. Which is supreme, the church or the state? God pulls no punches in dealing with the issue, and what He has to say to the genuine believer is startling to some persons. Simply stated, God expects the genuine believer to live as a testimony of righteousness (doing what is right) while a citizen of this earth.believers are to be subject to civil authorities. It does not matter how the civil authorities were appointed or by whom. It may have been by a senate, an army, or the people. The authority, whether just or unjust, whether legitimate or illegitimate, is to be obeyed.Government is ordained by God; that is, the existence, the authority, the position, the offices of government are ordained by God. It is God’s will that government exist and that persons have the authority to rule within the state. There are three institutions ordained by God: the family, the church, and the government.