The Michigan farmer didn't follow the law or what the church teaches us when he didn't follow the law so he is paying the consequences.
1 Peter, Chapter 2
 
Christian Citizens.*
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Be subject to every human institution for the Lord’s sake, whether it be to the king as supremek
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or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the approval of those who do good.
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For it is the will of God that by doing good you may silence the ignorance of foolish people.
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Be free, yet without using freedom as a pretext for evil, but as slaves of God.l
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Give honor to all, love the community, fear God, honor the king.m