The Authorities Have Been Established by God

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The Authorities Have Been Established by God

Date: Jun. 23, 2023

Passage

Romans 13:1-7 (ESV)

1 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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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 13:1

1 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.

The passage tells us that all authority has been established by God. The passage tells us do what is right, and we will be commended. Our boss may be sometimes against us, and even harsh to us. But we need to trust in God’s sovereignty in all these things. We should believe that God is the one who put them in that place of authority.

Even with a bad boss, if we do what is right, God promises us that we will be commended. When we trust in God’s authority and do our best to be commended by the rulers and bosses, God will be honored and he will be pleased.

Rulers can be the governing authority, our bosses, our teachers, etc. We need to serve them and be excellent at our work before them since God put us in that place. When God trains us through our bosses or the people in authority over us, we need to humbly learn to submit to them since it is God who establishes authority.

Prayer: Prayer: Lord, please help us, so we may not have a rebellious spirit but have a humble submissive spirit to those rulers you put over in our lives. We believe that you are in control and you put them in that place. Through our humble submission and servin

One Word: One Word: Submit to the authority.

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Today's Question

What is the reason for the third commandment?

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