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INTRODUCTION:
Expository preaching means that you preach the text as the text dictates and when it dictates
This paragraph is written to Christians in the United States, Russia, China, Cuba, North Korea…to Christians everywhere in the world
We don’t get to pick and choose what we preach OR what we obey…regardless of circumstances
The believers to whom Peter was writing were facing terrible persecution and hardship.
This is Peter’s (God’s) words of encouragement to them…SUBMIT!!
Notice what the text before us teaches us about how a Christian is to view government:
1) BELIEVERS MUST SUBMIT TO GOVERNMENT (13-15)
A. This is what God commands (13)
B. This is the gospel response (4-10; Spiritual Privileges)
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This is to be done for the Lord’s Sake (13)
D. This means submission to all of government (13-14)
E. Submission to government is the will of God for Believers (15)
F. Submission to government in this way will silence the persecutors (15)
2) GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR GOVERNMENT (14) ()
1 Peter 2:
A. Government punishes those that do what is wrong
B. Government rewards those that do what is right
Romans 13:1-
3) FREEDOM COMES THROUGH SUBMISSION (16)
A. Believers are free in Christ
B. Believers cannot do whatever they want as a result of that freedom
C. The Believer’s freedom means that he is free to serve
4) BELIEVERS SUBMIT WITH PRIORITIES (17)
A. Believers must always honor God before they honor government
B. Believers honor God by honoring the government
C. Government must be honored in such a way that love for the brotherhood and the fear of God is never hindered.
5) QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE:
A. Is Government forcing me to dishonor God?
B. Is Government forcing me to disobey God’s clear commands?
C. What is the best way for me to honor God in this situation?
D. What is the best way for me to silence my government persecutors?
CONCLUSION:
(Illustration of the Milwaukee Abortion Protests in the early 1990’s)
In closing, remember...
Governments are human institutions that are run by sinful human beings.
Governments are not always friendly to Christians, and they were not friendly to them at the time in which Peter wrote this letter to these persecuted Christians.
BUT, there is a right way and a wrong way to protest the government and believers must always er on the side of caution and on the side of godliness when it comes to protesting.
Christians ought never break laws, cause violence, or hurt others in order to prove their point!
Disobedience to the government ought to come as a last resort and only after all options have been exhausted and when the only thing left is to be faithful to God and His commands rather than to the laws and commands of men.
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