Defiance
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· 3 viewsOpen refusal to obey any authority. Defiance is seen in the Bible as evil when authority is legitimate but good when authority is ungodly.
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Defiance of God is condemned
Defiance of God is condemned
29 Call together [many] archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her round about; let none from there escape. Recompense her according to her deeds; just as she has done, do to her. For against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel, has she been proudly defiant and presumptuous.
See also 1 Ki 13:21–22; 1 Ki 13:26; Ps 139:19–22; Is 3:8; Is 65:7; Je 48:26; Je 48:42
To defy God’s people is to defy God
To defy God’s people is to defy God
1 Sa 17:10; 1 Sa 17:23; 1 Sa 17:25–26; 1 Sa 17:36; 1 Sa 17:45
Defiance of legitimate authority
Defiance of legitimate authority
2 Therefore he who resists and sets himself up against the authorities resists what God has appointed and arranged [in divine order]. And those who resist will bring down judgment upon themselves [receiving the penalty due them].
See also Nu 15:30; 1 Pe 2:13
Defiance of ungodly authority
Defiance of ungodly authority
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who believed in, trusted in, and relied on Him! And they set aside the king’s command and yielded their bodies rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
See also Da 6:13; Ac 4:19; Ac 5:29; Ac 17:7; Re 20:4