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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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…and his family. At this time, I want to invite your attention to the Book of Romans the 13th chapter and we want to begin reading there in verse 1.Romans chapter 13beginning in verse 1. Paul said, let every soul be subject to the governing authorities for there is no Authority except from God in the…
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…of our land. We participate in the giving of taxes. Matthew chapter 22. Jesus talks about paying to Caesar. What is Caesar? Paul talks inRomans chapter 13about submitting to authority and paying your taxes. So we have that type of thing covered, right? And don't try to get out of that one because…
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…of the church, in the family of God. Now it also applies in the commonwealth, in our very governing. There's been a controversy this week aboutRomans chapter 13, you may be aware of. Romans chapter 13, verse 1 and 2. Further on into the chapter, but let me read verse 1 and 2 for you. Paul writes, let every…
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…for the legislation and harm the poor, it's not the way God wants it done. Incidentally, why has God ordained government? We find over there inRomans chapter 13, for one, it is to bring order, it is to bring safety, it is to bring benefit, and we are to pray for those who are in government that those who…
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…for the legislation and harm the poor, it's not the way God wants it done. Incidentally, why has God ordained government? We find over there inRomans chapter 13, for one, it is to bring order, it is to bring safety, it is to bring benefit, and we are to pray for those who are in government that those who…
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…church members. We have rights. Slaves in Paul's time had limited or no rights. We're not slaves. But we are called to submit and obey. Like inRomans chapter 13. If you want to flick there and keep a finger in Ephesians. Then feel free. It's on page 1140. 1140. 1140. I'm just going to read Romans chapter…
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…human government. That's the second thing we're going to look at. God provides for our protection through governmental authority. Paul writes inRomans chapter 13about this. God has assigned government the responsibility of providing justice in our society. Rewarding right and punishing wrong behavior. I…
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…to act a little less like Chicken Little and a little more like they believe. Okay? The sky is not falling in. I love the fact that as you read inRomans chapter 13, it says He's the one who's in control of this day. He raises governments up. He takes them down. I don't remember the exact passage, but it also…
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…that the sixth commandment is not a prohibition against all taking of human life. And then you get to the matter of governments. If you readRomans chapter 13, the key passage, one of the key passages on government, God entrusts to human governments, not just so-called Christian governments. He entrusted…
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Romans chapter 13, and start with verse 8. Let no death remain our commandments, except that continually death he loves one another. For he who loves his fellow man…
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…this morning, we pray in Jesus' name. And everyone said, Amen. You can have a seat. If you have a Bible, I invite you to take it and open it up toRomans chapter 13. If you don't have a Bible, there's one on your row, I'm on page 948. 948. I want to talk to you this morning about the motivating nature of then.…
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…we listen now in Jesus' name. And everyone said, Amen. Amen. You can have a seat if you've got a Bible. I invite you to take it and open it up toRomans chapter 13. If you don't have a Bible, there's one on your row. I'm on page 948. And I want to talk to you about something that's burning, been burning hot in…
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…and faithfulness the belt of his loins concerning the Messiah. He's the one who came to fight for us and was armed for battle. This is why Paul inRomans chapter 13can say this. He says, The night is far gone, the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. So…
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While you're getting yourself settled, please go ahead and take out your copy of God's Word and turn to the book ofRomans, chapter 13. ! Father, we truly do need you. We need you in everything that we do, in every hour and moment of our short days. We need you, Father, to sing…
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…and I'm thankful today for God's written word to us. We are continuing our study through Romans, so you can go ahead and turn there to the book ofRomans, chapter 13. And we've been working our way through now this practical working out of these doctrines that he's presented to us in the first 11 chapters. We've…
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…between kill and murder? A lot of killing happens in war. A lot of killing happens in war. Where else does killing happen justifiably? Over inRomans chapter 13, it says this, that God has ordained civil government, and one of the things about the civil government is that they bear the sword. What's that…
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…pay taxes. If revenue, then revenue. If respect, then respect. If honour, then honour. Thanks very much. Well, please keep Bibles open there atRomans chapter 13. And for those who want to take notes. So as Peter's doing that, just to remind you, this is a short series we've been doing on leading, learning…
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