#1,177 – Fear God and Honor the Government (1 Peter 2:13–17)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 28 October 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

God has not called us to worship those in leadership positions, but to worship God while we obey and submit to the governmental leaders.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical. net.
0:03.7	1st Peter chapter 2 verses 13 through 17
0:08.3	be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to
0:17.5	governors is sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.
0:24.7	For this is the will of God that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of
0:30.9	foolish people.
0:33.0	Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as
0:38.8	servants of God.
0:41.3	Honor everyone. love the Brotherhood, fear God, honor the Emperor.
0:50.0	There are so much in these verses as we think about what God is teaching us about our lives,
0:57.8	about government, about how to live our lives, in view of government around us, even government that is making it hard to follow Jesus,
1:08.8	which was the case in First Peter when this letter was being written and yet we see God commanding followers of
1:19.1	Jesus to be subject to human institutions, to be submissive citizens of a government, for the Lord's sake.
1:30.6	This glorifies God to submit to government around us, obviously not as ultimate, but as a good institution designed by God, while our supreme submission is still to God.
1:48.0	In the words of the Church in the Book of Acts, we obey God rather than men when faced with an order from
1:58.6	a government that would involve disobeying God, then yes, we ultimately choose God and obedience to God,
2:09.6	even when that could cost us our lives, I think about brothers and sisters around the world
2:15.8	right now who live in countries where it's illegal for them to follow Jesus, it's illegal for them to proclaim Jesus, and they do so anyway
2:28.7	at the risk of their lives.
2:30.9	So so much to pray here. Let's just dive in. God we praise you for government, for
2:40.0	institutions sent by you, leaders sent by you to use your words from 1st Peter
2:47.2	chapter 2 verse 14 to punish those who do evil and praise those who do good.
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