to our citizens of another place.

And as long as you have to be here, live here, buy a house,

plant a garden, eat the fruit, marry your children off,

and do everything you can to seek for the welfare of your city

and pray for the city.

And know this, that God has a better

place for you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson. If you're a

Christian, your highest allegiance isn't to a nation here on earth. As Philippians 3 says,

your citizenship is in heaven. Yet scripture does call you to obey the government you live under.

The question is, what do you do when that

government runs afoul of biblical principles? What does God expect from you then?

What does His Word call you to do? John MacArthur answers that today.

The lesson you're about to hear is from his series on how you, if you're a follower of Christ,

should respond to the unbelieving world around you.

It's titled, Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land.

And to begin now, here's John.

Let me encourage you to open your Bible, if you will, right now,

to 1st Peter, 2. 1st Peter

chapter 2 and I want us to look together at verses 13 through 17 1st Peter 2. 13 through 17. Peter writes,

submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution,

whether to a king is the one in authority, or to governors is sent by

him for the punishment of evil-doers and the praise of those who do right, for such is the

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