Our core problem is biology. We are born in weakness and we die in weakness. And whatever wisdom we gain along the way goes with us to the grave. Governments are formed to alleviate this problem somewhat. And the description of how government officials actually work is still Romans 13. Government officials are accountable to God and God hears the prayers of the people who are faithful to His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Invest your efforts into obtaining eternal life in Jesus Christ and gaining entrance into His Kingdom from Heaven. Everything outside of this is limited.
Rom 13:1-10 PEV
Now I will talk about the government bosses. Remember that God put them there and gave them their jobs as bosses, so you have to do what they say. They make laws for everybody, and they make sure we all follow those laws. 2 So if you don’t do the things that their law says, you’re going against the people that God put there. And he will get those bosses to punish you. 3 People that do whatever is right don’t have to worry about those bosses. But people that do things that are wrong will get frightened of them. So if you do things that are right, the bosses will say that you are good. 4 Those government bosses really work for God, and their job is to make things good for you. But if you do things that are wrong, look out, you can be frightened of them. They will get you and punish you. God gave them that job to punish everybody that does bad things, and he helps them do it. 5 So you have to do what they say, so that they don’t punish you. And you know that it is the right thing to do, so you will not feel bad about it. 6 You have to pay tax money to the government too, for the same reason. Those government bosses work for God, and they need that money to do their job. 7 So you have to give everybody whatever you owe to them. You have to pay taxes and pay the bills the government bosses send you. And you still have to respect those bosses. 8 If ever you borrow anything from anybody, you have to give it back, so that you don’t owe anything to anybody. But you always owe each other this one thing, you have to love each other. If you love other people, you keep God’s law. 9 God’s law says, “Love other people just as much as you love yourself.” You know there are lots of other laws too, like, “Don’t sleep with somebody that you are not married to, as if they are your wife or husband,” and, “Don’t murder anybody,” and, “Don’t steal anything,” and, “If something belongs to somebody else, don’t think about getting it for yourself.” But if you really love other people, you will not do any of those wrong things anyway. So that law that says to love people, it says what all the other laws say when you listen to them all together. 10 If you really love people, you will never do bad things to them, so you will be doing what God’s law says you have to do.
1Ti 2:1-6 PEV
I’m writing now about your church meetings. The first thing I want to tell you is that you have to pray for all sorts of people. Ask God to help people that have problems. Tell him all about them, and ask him to help them. Always thank God too, for everything that he does for people. 2 Pray for the bosses over your nation, both the big bosses and those other bosses that work for them. Ask God to help them run the nation the right way, so that we can live happy and quiet lives, and so that we can respect God properly, and live his way. 3 If we pray for everybody like that, we make God happy. He is the one that saves us, 4 and he wants to save everybody. He wants everybody to know the true message about Jesus. 5 You see, there is only one God, and there is only one man that can stand between God and us people, to bring us back to God and ask him not to punish us. That man is Jesus Christ. 6 He let people kill him. When he died, he took the payback for everybody, so that now God can save anybody. He died like that at just the right time to show everybody that God really wants to save them.
The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest [the most abased] of men.
~Daniel 4:17b KJV