Podcast listener Ben writes in to ask this, Pastor John, very few people actually drive

the speed limit, including Christians, especially during rush hour on the way to work, it is

so socially acceptable to be 5-10 mph over, and it just seems like unreasonable legalism

to drive the limit when everyone else is safely driving faster, including the police.

Is this a matter of the merits repentance, or is it simply a matter of conscience that

I shouldn't worry about?

Okay, let's start with the math facts.

Suppose you have 10 miles to drive to work.

Suppose the speed limit is 55.

If you drive the speed limit, you arrive in 10 minutes and 48 seconds.

If you drive 5 miles an hour over the speed limit, 60, you arrive in 10 minutes.

If you drive 10 miles an hour over the speed limit, 65, you arrive in 9 minutes and 12 seconds.

So if you drive 5 miles an hour over the speed limit, you add 48 seconds to your day at work.

If you drive 10 miles an hour over the speed limit, you add 1 minute and 16 seconds to

your day at work.

So that's the first thing.

Those are the math facts.

Second, let's mention Romans 13, that every person be subject to the governing authorities.

Now, there are a lot of possible exceptions to this rule.

For example, when a ruler uses its power to do evil and not good against Romans 13, you

might have warrant to rise up and be part of some kind of civil disobedience.

But I've never heard anybody make a sufficient case that speed limits is an abuse of federal

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