Godly people under godless rulers (ROMANS 13:1-7): Christian Daily Devotional Bible Study and Prayer
Morning Mindset Christian Daily Devotional Bible study and prayer
Carey Green
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🗓️ 2 March 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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TODAY'S SCRIPTURE:
Romans 13:1–7 - [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. (ESV)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, my friends, welcome back. It's time once again for you and I to get our minds aligned with the truth of God's word. |
| 0:12.3 | And today we have a tremendous challenge ahead of us because we're looking at Romans chapter 13. |
| 0:18.5 | We're going to be looking at how godly people followers of Jesus are to live |
| 0:24.0 | when we are under godless governments and leaders we're going to dig into it in just a moment |
| 0:29.7 | but before we do I want to thank our daily sponsor for this episode we have an anonymous |
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| 1:08.7 | All right, friends, today we are looking at Romans chapter 13. And this is a |
| 1:14.6 | confusing passage to many people. And so we're going to take our time and go through it in a few |
| 1:18.6 | days. So let's pray as we begin so that we can understand God's word as he intends it and apply it |
| 1:26.8 | rightly. Lord God, we ask you today to teach us how to be God's word as he intends it and apply it rightly. Lord, God, we ask you today to teach us how |
| 1:30.9 | to be godly people under godless rulers or godless governments as we often find ourselves to be. |
| 1:38.6 | Lord, we want to be the people who represent you, who do it rightly. So lead us in our understanding today. |
| 1:46.4 | In Jesus' name, amen. Okay, friends, get out your Bibles. If you have a morning, |
| 1:51.5 | mindset journal, you're going to need that thing today. We're looking at Romans chapter 13 |
| 1:56.1 | verses 1 through 7. This is a long passage. So I'm going to read the whole passage and we're just |
| 2:01.8 | going to tiptoe into it today. Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. |
| 2:09.6 | For there is no authority except from God and those that exist have been instituted by God. |
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