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Hebrews 13:17 · BSB
13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
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…as Christ is the head of the church. And no matter who you are, if you're a Christian, Christ commands you to submit to your leaders in the church.Hebrews chapter 13, verse 17. And no matter who you are, if you're a Christian, he commands you to submit to the rulers and authorities of the land, just as we've seen in every…
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…to meet together as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another and all the more as you see the day drawing near. Now I'll ask you to go toHebrews 13:17-25. Obey your leaders and submit to them for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will give, have to give an account. Let them do this…
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…Elders have that same type of authority as we'll see in today's text. So today's text is just three verses. Hebrews chapter 13, verse 7. And thenHebrews chapter 13, verse 17and 18. I'll read those all together. Hebrews 13, 7 and then 17 and 18. The author of Hebrews writes, Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you…
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…about following Hebrews 13, 17? And this is a, if you're not leading a house church or something in this church, is this your attitude? Hebrews 13,Hebrews 13, verse 17, Hebrews 13, verse 17, is this how you are? Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority because they keep watch over you as those…
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…same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. That word submit implies authority. Probably the clearest statement about this isHebrews chapter 13, verse 17, which says this, Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an…
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…on us as a damaging authority. And so the question for us this morning is what do we do with authority in the church? And I want to read for us inHebrews 13, verse 17. The counsel that we are given here, look at the verse with me. It says here, obey your leaders and submit to them. For they are keeping watch over…
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…And our focus this morning is on one verse in the reading, which makes it very clear that they have real authority. If you could turn it up again.Hebrews chapter 13, verse 17. It's on page 1010. Obey your leaders and submit to them. That sounds incredibly counter-cultural, doesn't it? But God has established three…
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…It's obvious, you don't, he do the parade. He was directed, who was really annoying, but we must submit Is it going on? Do any kept being King?Hebrews. 13, verse 17. Hebrews 13:17 jaw. We are driven by our see. Hallelujah. The sea obey, those who rule over you and be submissive for they watch out for your souls…
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…that and he just highlights it. So it makes it extremely difficult to submit to spiritual authority. But that's no excuse for us. That's no excuse.Hebrews 13, verse 17commands us to have confidence in your leaders and submit to them. Are you submitting to spiritual authority? Are you more inclined to avoid the…
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…10 years. When I hear the word obey, that's what it means to me. Instant, willing obedience to orders. But that is not what the word obey means inHebrews 13, verse 17. He picked a different word than instant willing obedience to orders. He picked the word that means let them persuade you. This is the word for…
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…that need to know Jesus? What if we viewed these positions of authority differently and engaged? God, what do you want me to do? Look at this,Hebrews chapter 13, verse 17. Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will be giving, have to give an account. Let them do…
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…impact on our lives. That an authority in the church will affect what we do and how we behave. We resent that. And yet it's a command from God. AndHebrews 13 verse 17is just as much as a command from God as the ten commandments that we read every Sunday morning. And God says to the church in, well we don't know…
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…are called to lead the local church. But not only that, there's an expectation for you when it comes to the leadership of the local church. Look atHebrews 13, verse 17. And this is on the screen for you. It says, obey your leaders and submit to them. Obey your leaders and submit to them. Let me ask you this…
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…Because it is the called-out body of Christ. Listen to this last one. This is the one that scares me the worst. The writer Hebrews says this inHebrews 13:17. It's talking to people like me, leaders of the church, he says, Have confidence in your leaders. That's hard anyway, right? And submit to their…
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…business. There's chain of command, how are you? Honoring and respecting the chain of command? Are you hearing me? Look what it says here and aHebrews. 13:17go ahead and say, Amen. Anyway, say it anyway. Why? Because at the end of the day, I'm only here because I was called Right? The Lord sent me here…
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…Not they who were far off, but within the context of the local body of the bride of Christ. And we see this throughout scripture. But I believeHebrews chapter 13, verse 17will help us and what we want to look at with this this morning. And so I'm going to read the whole verse, and then we're going to come back and…
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…also a warning. The chief shepherd is coming back. If you remember in our worship guide, we read at the very beginning our preparation for worship,Hebrews chapter 13, verse 17, obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls. By the way, this word keeping watch is talking about someone…
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…smaller groups, we're to do this uh one-on-one, we're to do this to our own souls, to preach and teach, and then to shepherd. To shepherd the body.Hebrews chapter 13, verse 17. Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Again, we just read…
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…And that congregation should then submit themselves to this Godly leadership. So long as their leadership is carried out in a Godly way.Hebrews 13:17The rider, their ins his book of Hebrews with several different thoughts and one of the thoughts, he lays out as this obey your leaders and submit…
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…accordingly. Accordingly, right? There are good authorities given to us by God that we might follow him more faithfully. So our text for today,Hebrews chapter 13, verse 17and 19. Before I read it, let me remind you, beloved, that this is God's word to us. It was written for his glory and our good. And so we would all…
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