DISCUSSION: Preaching, Teaching, and Politics

Acts 20:20 CSB

You know that I did not hesitate to proclaim anything to you that was profitable and to teach you publicly and from house to house.

PREACHING & TEACHING

2 Timothy 4:2 “Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching.”

2 Timothy 2:2 “What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”

1 Timothy 4:15–16 “Practice these things; be committed to them, so that your progress may be evident to all. Pay close attention to your life and your teaching; persevere in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.”

1 Timothy 1:3–4 “As I urged you when I went to Macedonia, remain in Ephesus so that you may instruct certain people not to teach false doctrine or to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. These promote empty speculations rather than God’s plan, which operates by faith.”

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POLITICS & THE CHRISTIAN

“Yet these folks talked about politics as if it was merely important. The city wanted them to treat it as ultimate. Church members had political interest. The city wanted us to worship politics as an idol.” (Jonathan Leeman, RC, p. 22)

Acts 20.20 “You know that I did not hesitate to proclaim anything to you that was profitable and to teach you publicly and from house to house.”

Acts 20:26–27 “Therefore I declare to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all of you, because I did not avoid declaring to you the whole plan of God.”

Romans 13:1–5 “Let everyone submit to the governing authorities, since there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are instituted by God. So then, the one who resists the authority is opposing God’s command, and those who oppose it will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Do what is good, and you will have its approval. For it is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For it is God’s servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong. Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath but also because of your conscience.”

Romans 13:6–7 “And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God’s servants, continually attending to these tasks. Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor.”

WHAT ARE YOUR QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, FRUSTRATIONS, FEARS?

1 Timothy 2:1–2 “First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.”