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Romans 13:4 · BSB
13:4 For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
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…a lord, not a head, but a member. He put the king in his place. But what was his agenda? Melville and others saw in passages like here in Peter andRomans chapter 13, he saw that we have the resources. We have a God who is able to equip a nation to be a blessing to the people. And he saw the need for respect and…
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…of you myself included, we submit ourselves to God. In the Bible, I also learned that residents are called to submit to their government. Book ofRomans chapter 13is the longest explanation of this. It says it is necessary. Not optional, necessary to submit to the authorities. So unless the local government…
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…unaddressed, sin, if it leads to unbelief will leave you in. Utter darkness of hell for eternity. The Bible's Philip passages. Like this one fromRomans chapter 13. Let us put aside the Deeds of Darkness, or Ephesians 5. You were once Darkness, like the Bible over and over again, talks about Sin, people who…
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…through faith in the God of the law, it begins to love God and to express itself in love for neighbor. That's what the Apostle Paul argues for inRomans chapter 13. I wish we had time this morning to look at that. The Apostle Paul deals with this very same issue for the Roman church. And he says, love fulfills…
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…make it our experience, we ask in Jesus' name. And everyone said, Amen. You can have a seat. If you got a Bible, I invite you to take an open up toRomans chapter 13. If you're our guest, I want to say welcome. Uh, you're always welcome here. We're in a series right now called Words to Live By, and where every…
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…for everyone. And you never pay it off. I'm going to give you a passage and then we're going to go to our invitation. Getting give you a passage.Romans chapter 13and what we do is we stop right here. We quote this passage. Oh no man! Anything and then we stopped right there. And the reason we stop right…
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…that God is keeping people safe and protecting freedoms. So you can actually take a life in a military context with a clear conscience because ofRomans chapter 13. This is hard, man. Well we haven't even gotten to the hard questions yet that's around to, all right? You want to introduce us to our a little…
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…hearts. Romans 7. Do I know how to get through pain in this broken World? Romans chapter 8, don't know what to do. If a government's all jacked upRomans chapter 13. I don't know if the culture is all jacked up. Romans chapter 12, what of Christians disagree on things that are in the Bible, Romans chapter, 14…
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…going to listen to someone who has some wise things to say. And I'm speaking about the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans. And he says inRomans chapter 13, he says, one person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own…
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…the government in that way is actually the exact opposite of what we see in the Bible. Matthew chapter 5, Jesus says, blessed are the peacemakers.Romans chapter 13, Paul tells the church to honor the authorities, to submit to them. And of course, if you were with us in the book of 1 Peter, you know that one of…
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Good morning church family. I'm going to do our Bible reading today. So it is fromRomans chapter 13, starting at verse 1, going through to verse 7. Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from…
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…to give in to extremes. And we have to remember there's a tension here when we think about governments. Yes, there are evil forces at play. Also,Romans chapter 13tells us that God instituted governments. They're his gift to us. They're referred to as his servants in chapter 13, verse 4. So we experience that…
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…fools. They truly are. To think you can live in this country and abolish police, governmental authority. If you have a problem with that, you readRomans chapter 13. God has given government the power, the authority to enforce laws even to the point of using the sword as he talks about. There are liberals…
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…Nations are supposed to represent God. But instead, they aspire to be God. Nations are meant to represent God. Instead, they desire to be God. SoRomans chapter 13actually calls the government ministers of God. They're here to represent him on the earth. And yet here in chapter 3, verse 5, we're told that…
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…issues hot button issues of today. I began back in July emphasizing how we need to support law enforcement. God has ordained that governmentRomans chapter 13keep order that the government punish evildoers wrongdoers reward good behavior. We talked about how law enforcement officers they enforce that…
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…We have a God-given responsibility to obey government authority unless that authority requires us to sin against God. You know the passage fromRomans chapter 13that stresses this. Look with me if you would. Romans chapter 13. The entire section is verses 1 through 7. Let's just read verses 1 through 4…
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…God. We prayed in Jesus' name, and everyone said, Amen. Amen. You could have a seat. If you've got a Bible, I invite you to take it and open it toRomans chapter 13. Romans chapter 13. I want to talk to you this morning about the requirement of authority. The requirement of authority. Uh and that'll make sense…
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InRomans chapter 13in verses 11 and 12. The Apostle Paul says and do this knowing the time that now it is high time to awake out of sleep. For now, our Salvation is…
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…seeking your own, because you are seeking to love them even as you love yourself. And the idea of hospitality, of welcome, is so important that inRomans chapter 13, God tells his people to seek to practice hospitality. And in Hebrews 13, to not neglect to show hospitality. It's so important that when God tells…
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…With your own resources. You be strong. No. He's exhorting us. And he's telling us. To appropriate. What Christ has done. That's what he says. InRomans. Chapter 13. The apostle. There is writing. The city. And he's reminding us. How urgent the times are. And he says. The hour has come. For you to wake up. From…
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