Lord's Day Sermon
January 17, 2021
The Christian’s Relationship to the Civil Authorities: The Baseline
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Read passage (ESV) — Romans 13:1-7
Submission to the Authorities
13 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. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 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, 4 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. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 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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Romans 13:1 : Titus 3:1; 1 Pet. 2:13 Romans 13:1 : [John 19:11]; See Dan. 2:21 Romans 13:3 : 1 Pet. 2:14 Romans 13:4 : 2 Chr. 19:6 Romans 13:4 : 1 Thess. 4:6 Romans 13:5 : 1 Pet. 2:19; [Eccles. 8:2] Romans 13:7 : Matt. 17:25; 22:21; Mark 12:17Outline
- Exposition of Romans 13:1-7 A. The _________________ Principle (1a) B. The ________________ for the Basic Principle (1b) C. Reasons Why One Must Not _________________ Authority (2-4) D. Reasons Why One Must __________________ to Authority (5-7) 1/24/2021 Pastor Michael Mang Title: “The Christian’s Relationship to the Civil Authorities: The Baseline” (Part I) Text: Romans 13:1-7 Theme: If we have the tendency to chafe against and to resist those in positions of authority over us, we ultimately put ourselves under the wrath and judgment of God. We submit to authority not merely out of fear, but from our love and 9 C o n f e s s i o n o f S i n Personal Confession This time of silence is provided for private, personal confession. A s s u r a n c e o f P a r d o n “I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins. Put me in remembrance; let us argue together; set forth your case, that you may be proved right." — Lamentations 3:22-26 (NIV, 1984) O God of unsearchable greatness, before You [we are] nothing but vanity, iniquity, perishing. Sin has forfeited Your favor, [marred in us] Your image, banished [us] from Your presence, exposed [us] to the curse of Your law. [We] cannot deliver [ourselves], and [are] in despair. But a resource is found in You, for You did devise an everlasting plan in Christ. May His shed blood make [us]: more thankful for Your mercies, more humble under Your correction, more zealous in Your service, more watchful against temptation, more contented in [our] circumstances, and more useful to others. Amen. Excerpt from The Valley of Vision, ed. by Arthur Bennett; Banner of Truth. 8 more about your eternal future. You can find their