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We often believe there are empires to build and

Thrones to be overtaken. We build towers of ideologies in the hope of touching the

heavens. But our king has already come.

His kingdom is everlasting.

He was enthroned not through

crucifixion.

it did not come to capture lands but hearts,

not to break enemy lines but chains, addictions, and even bread.

So we, the weary, now redeemed, bend swords into plow shares, hold tension, cling to the scriptures, pursue peace and

cultivate space for the temporary difference of opinion.

Hey good morning. My name is Michael Walter.

I serve here in security and worship.

This morning we're reading from Romans 13, 1 through 7.

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.

Therefore, whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed,

and those who resist will incur judgment.

For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad.

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