Is a US President we dislike still in office by God's appointment?
Yes. Paul teaches that every central government exists by divine appointment, and no president holds office apart from God's sovereign ordination. Even a leader Americans dislike remains in the White House by God's sovereign divine appointment, and believers are to be subject to the higher powers, the civil government.
Les explains that although democracy lets people complain and speak freely, Paul admonishes believers to recognize that every central government is there by divine appointment. He says this is hard to reconcile, but even Hitler was there by God's sovereign divine appointment. Likewise, whenever America has someone in the White House of whom we may not be proud, he is still there by God's sovereign divine appointment. Paul then says every person, saved and unsaved, should be subject to the higher powers—not the Godhead, but civil government—because there is no power but of God, and the powers that be are ordained of God.
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
More Questions
Was Hitler and are bad presidents really appointed by God?
Even a ruler like Hitler, and an American president we are not proud of, is in office by God's sovereign divine appointment.
was Hitler put in power by God's sovereign appointment?
Even Hitler was in power by God's sovereign divine appointment, and whenever America has someone in the White House we are not proud of, he is still there by God's sovereign divine appointment—though this is hard to reconcile.