    Sentence. ~ What .were__the  protesters doing with Christ's  counsel?    Sentence 2: First, in. choosing  violence over lawful submission  to the secular government, they  were ignoring Christ's counsel to  “Render unto Caesar the things  that are Caesar's"; St Paul had  written in his epistle to the  Romans 13:1-7 that all authorities  are appointed) by God and  therefore should not be resisted.