Interposition and the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates

Pastor Matt Trewhella, the pastor of Mercy Seat Christian Church, in Hartland, Wisconsin, near Milwaukee, discusses the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates, which uses scripture and historical examples to demonstrate the proper way to resist tyranny, and repudiate blind or unlimited obedience to the state, by interposing in obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ and the word of God. “The lynchpin of the whole doctrine is the law of God,” Pastor Trewhella says. He explains how the doctrine is a proven tool that has been employed by men for thousands of years to successfully rein in the tyranny of the superior civil authority.