Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme,Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
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… Okay, this is the Word of God. 1 Peter 2, verse 13. Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God. that by doing good, you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free. Not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor. Alright. Biblical truth from 1 Peter. And the reason I wanted to go out of our regular Bible reading this last week to this book in particular is because this is a book that's written by Peter to a group of Christians who were experiencing persecution in first century Rome. And they were wondering, how do we relate to this Roman government around us, this Christless government? How should they respond to it? …
… In other words, because this is what pleases the Lord. The same thing is said about submitting to the government in 1 Peter 2.13, do it as unto the Lord. Same thing is said about slaves in Colossians 3 and their masters. Slaves, serve your masters in the Lord. This is because all of this is God's design for the most productive life. And you do it without any caveats. You just obey all the time in the Lord. Why? This is so good. for this is right." Can I stop here for a minute and say, your children need to know what's right. That's the best answer you'll ever give your child when your child asks, why do I have to do that? Why do I have to do this? Why don't I get to do this? It's right or it's wrong. That's all. That's enough. doing is showing them that in the world in which they live, there are absolutes. You don't need to give a philosophical defense of any behavior you require if it's consistent with the Word of God. …
… First Peter, chapter 3, I just want to show you the consistency of Scripture on this regard. There's a lot about submission in 1 Peter, chapter 2, verse 13, submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, kings, those in authority, governors, et cetera, et cetera. Verse 18, servants, be submissive to your masters. Again it's the same kind of language. And then you come to chapter 3, in the same way, in the same way that you submit yourself to those in civil authority over you, in the same way that you submit yourselves to your master or your boss or the one who has authority over you, in the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands. Be submissive to your own husbands. Very obvious. in the very same way as your submission would be in any other function. Again, we're talking about function, not essential nature or quality. And furthermore, so that even if any of them are disobedient to the Word, if they get out of line with the Word of God, you still are submissive, that they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior." If you want to win over a disobedient husband, the way to do that is to show what verse 2 describes as respectful behavior. …