1 Peter 2:11–12
11 Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul. 12 Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.
Acts 4:20
20 for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
Acts 5:29
29 Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than people.
“If there is no final place for civil disobedience, then the government has been made autonomous, and as such, it has been put in the place of the living God.” - Francis Schaeffer (Pastor & Theologian)
BiG Idea: The default posture of every believer should be
We show our devotion to the Lord by
1 Peter 2:13–17
13 Submit to every human authority because of the Lord, whether to the emperor as the supreme authority 14 or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good. 15 For it is God’s will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good. 16 Submit as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as God’s slaves. 17 Honor everyone. Love the brothers and sisters. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
“You cannot be over the things that God wants you to be over until you learn to be under those things that God has set over you.” - Adrian Rogers (Pastor)
“Our problem is not understanding what submission means. Our problem is doing what it says.” - Charles Swindoll (Pastor)
Romans 13:1–2
13 Let everyone submit to the governing authorities, since there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are instituted by God. 2 So then, the one who resists the authority is opposing God’s command, and those who oppose it will bring judgment on themselves.
Matthew 22:18–21
18 Perceiving their malicious intent, Jesus said, “Why are you testing me, hypocrites? 19 Show me the coin used for the tax.” They brought him a denarius. 20 “Whose image and inscription is this?” he asked them. 21 “Caesar’s,” they said to him. Then he said to them, “Give, then, to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
John 18:36
36 “My kingdom is not of this world,” said Jesus. “If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”
Christian Submission is a non-partisan command that transcends government systems, cultural ideologies, and political parties. We are to place ourselves under the authority of every duly constituted office and ordinance. - H.B. Charles (pastor)
Submission is God’s will for
1 Peter 2:15
15 For it is God’s will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.
How we
1 Peter 3:13–17
13 Who then will harm you if you are devoted to what is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear them, or be intimidated,, 15 but in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, ready at any time to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you. 16 Yet do this with gentleness and reverence, keeping a clear conscience, so that when you are accused, those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame. 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
1 Peter 2:16
16 Submit as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as God’s slaves.
Submission is
John 8:31–32
31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you continue in my word,, you really are my disciples. 32 You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:36
36 So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free.
Galatians 5:1
5 For freedom, Christ set us free. Stand firm, then, and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Freedom from sin is
Galatians 5:13
13 For you were called to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.
James 1:25
25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer who works—this person will be blessed in what he does.
1 Peter 2:17
17 Honor everyone. love the brothers and sisters. fear God. honor the emperor.
Titus 3:1–2
3 Remind them to submit to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, 2 to slander no one, to avoid fighting, and to be kind, always showing gentleness to all people.
Honor
Romans 13:7
7 Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor.
John 13:34–35
34 “I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
1 Peter 1:17
17 If you appeal to the Father who judges impartially according to each one’s work, you are to conduct yourselves in reverence during your time living as strangers.
The fear of God is the fear of divine displeasure, not the fear of cataclysmic wrath. It is reverence for the holiness of God. Fear God alone. To fear God is to fear nothing else. - H.B. Charles (Pastor)
Honor the
Proverbs 24:21–22
21 My son, fear the LORD, as well as the king, and don’t associate with rebels, 22 for destruction will come suddenly from them; who knows what distress these two can bring?
Proverbs 21:1
A king’s heart is like channeled water in the LORD’s hand: He directs it wherever he chooses.
This week I will:
Pursue Jesus by:
Point to Jesus by:
Memorize: 2:17
Next Sunday: Daniel 1