Larken Rose posed this question, and I think it’s a good way to look at it.
Pick one:
1) Left jackboot on your throat.
2) Right jackboot on your throat.
3) No jackboot on your throat.
Here are typical responses you might hear from statists:
“But if we remove the jackboot on my throat, what will we replace it with?”
“It’s utopian to suggest that no jackboot should be on my throat!”
“If you don’t choose the left or right jackboot, you can’t complain!”
“The jackboot on my throat is for my benefit, and works for me!”
“Being allowed to choose a jackboot means that I’m free!”
“I am the jackboot!”
There is a righteous law, and the law of our government is far from it.The yoke of Christ is easy and His burden is light. There is no jackboot with Christ.