Welcome to episode 82 of Grasp the Bible. Since today is the mid-term elections for 2022, we discuss Romans 13:1-7. Today, we cover:
- The believer’s submission to human government (vv. 1, 2)
- The role of human government (vv. 3, 4)
- The dynamics of obedience (vv. 5–7)
Key takeaways:
- Paul wrote to instruct the Church on how to behave properly toward the state.
- Submission does not depend on how “good” government is, and the Christian does not get a pass on submitting if government is evil.
- The Scriptures testify that it is God who sets up governments—even the bad ones—and He takes them down as well.
Quotable:
- Government is the deacon of God, and as with any deacon, its job is to humbly serve.
Application:
- The Christian’s obedience to the state is always conditional, and sometimes disobedience is a duty. There are at least three areas in which a Christian should resist authority.
- If he is asked to violate a command of God.
- When asked to do an immoral act.
- Going against their Christian conscience in order to obey the government.
- Our task is to call authorities to accountability and warn them of judgment if they refuse to follow God and govern righteously.
- We may be repelled by a politician’s scandalous conduct. But that does not disallow us from respecting the office. The person is just a human, but the office exists at the discretion of God. Even in our dissent we must always be Christian gentlemen and gentlewomen.
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