Obedience, to human authorities
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· 3 viewsScripture teaches that all people, Christians included, should submit not only to God himself but also to divinely instituted secular authorities.
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Obedience is owed to rulers
Obedience is owed to rulers
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
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Jesus Christ expounds this principle
Jesus Christ expounds this principle
Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they marveled at him.
Obedience is owed to church leaders
Obedience is owed to church leaders
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
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Obedience is owed within the household
Obedience is owed within the household
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
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Jesus Christ sets the example
Jesus Christ sets the example
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
Obedience to secular authority is limited by obedience to God
Obedience to secular authority is limited by obedience to God
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
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