These do not come from men; nor do they proceed from some legal entity. Apparently alluding to his own appointment by Jesus and Jehovah as “an apostle to the nations, ” Paul told the Galatians that he had been appointed“ neither from men nor through a man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him up from the dead. ” ​ — Romans 11: 13; Galatians 1: 1.
लोकशाही पद्धतीत समान प्रतिनिधित्वाच्या तत्त्वानुसार निवडणुकीत उमेदवार उभे राहतात, निवडणुकीआधी प्रचार केला जातो आणि ज्याला बहुमत मिळेल त्याला निवडले जाते.