#1,055 – Ultimate Allegiance Belongs to God (Matthew 22:21)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 29 June 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Christians are called to honor the government. As we live as submissive citizens in our countries, we know our ultimate allegiance is to You.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical. net.
0:04.8	Matthew chapter 22 verse 21.
0:08.3	Then he said to them, therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesars and to God the things that are gods
0:18.0	Oh in this one sentence, Jesus frames how we should view government and governmental authority and governmental
0:34.4	leaders.
0:36.2	Like there is honor that is due to government,
0:41.4	and governmental leaders. we see this not just here in Matthew 22 we see this in Romans 13
0:47.7	1st Peter 2 mest astounding to read 1st Peter 2, honor the emperor and realize this was an emperor who was violently persecuting Christians and the Bible, honor this leader.
1:05.0	1st Timothy to pray for your leaders.
1:09.0	Romans 13, pay taxes.
1:11.0	That's part of what's happening here in Matthew 22. Pay taxes like this is
1:16.4	glorifying to God. This is part of what it means to be a follower of Jesus at the same time Jesus just made clear
1:28.2	that ultimate allegiance does not not found in a human government or a governmental leader.
1:46.0	That ultimate allegiance belongs to God.
1:50.6	Ultimate hope is found in God.
1:53.0	Ultimate obedience is to God.
1:58.0	So Jesus, we pause and we pray today amidst a diversity of countries that are represented in people
2:07.0	who listen to this podcast and we say together regardless of what country we're in,
2:14.7	what government is around us, who our government leaders are.
2:19.3	We say together today, Jesus, you are Lord. You are King of Kings and Lord of Lords. You are
2:31.0	President of Presidents, your ruler of rulers.
2:37.6	They are in the palm of your hand.
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