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Theology Applied

BONUS - A Primer On Christian Government Part 1 of 6

Theology Applied

Right Response Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9801 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

BONUS EPISODE:


1. Where does all authority and power come from?


All authority and power in heaven and on earth originates in the Triune God and has been given to the Lord Jesus Christ.


2. If all authority is from God, what kind of authority can humans have?


Because all authority is from God, all human authority is delegated and limited.


3. What does it mean that all human authority is delegated?


Delegated authority means that it was given directly by God and can be revoked by Him.


4. What does it mean that all human authority is limited?


All human authority is limited by the particular assignments given to them by God in His Word. Any leader who goes beyond, misuses, or abdicates their particular assignments has no authority to do so.


5. What governments have been established directly by God?


God has established the responsibility of self-government in every individual, and family government, church government, and civil government in society.


6. Who is the Head of every government and power?


The Lord Jesus Christ. Since He exercised self-government perfectly in His sinless life, atoning death, and glorious resurrection and ascension, He has been made Father of all the families of the earth, King of all the kingdoms of the earth, and the only Head of the Church in heaven and on earth.

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gets out to as many people as possible. Thanks.

0:18.0

Hi, you're listening to a bonus episode of Theology Applied. I'm joined by

0:21.6

Toby Sumter to talk about his 50-question catechism on the governments. He talks about

0:28.0

four forms of government, self-government, the government of the family, the government of the church,

0:34.2

and the government of the state. In this episode, we lay out the foundation

0:38.6

for human governments and the authority, ultimate authority, of the Lord Jesus Christ.

0:44.4

Applying God's Word to every aspect of life. This is Theology Applied.

0:53.8

All right, welcome to another episode of Theology Applied.

0:56.3

I'm your host, Pastor Joel Webin with Right Response Ministries.

0:59.2

And in this particular episode, I'm very privileged to be joined by Pastor Toby Sumter.

1:03.8

He's in Moscow, Idaho.

1:05.8

He has been a pastor of Christchurch alongside Doug Wilson for a very long time.

1:09.6

But now they're particularizing

1:11.3

and planting a new church. So he's going to be the primary preaching pastor in that church.

1:16.6

But without further ado, Toby, thank you so much for coming on the show.

1:20.3

Thanks, Joel. It's great to be with you again.

1:23.1

Great. So this is what Toby has done recently, that a lot of you probably saw this, but I feel like it's just, it merits more attention.

1:31.1

Toby and the, you know, the cross-politic boys, Gabe and Chalk Knox and those guys, all the Idaho crew, Darren Done.

1:38.0

They put out a lot of material.

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