The Roman Pilgrimage Volume 4, Part 2 (Romans 13:1 - 13:14) - Walking Out Your Faith Under Pressure

Walking Out Your Faith Under Pressure Chapters 12 to 16 of Romans are the "nitty-gritty," down-to-earth truths on how to live what you believe. They are nothing less than your key to survival!

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C. 13:1–7 Relating to governmental authority
Matt. 28:18 All authority comes from God through Jesus (see Col. 2:10)
13:1–4 Rulers are responsible to restrain evil and maintain good order—
but laws cannot change people’s hearts—only the gospel can do
that
1 Tim. 2:1–6 Christians should uphold their rulers by prayer because good
government facilitates the preaching of the gospel
13:5 Resisting governmental authority is resisting God who ordained
it—God does not necessarily set aside authority when it is
abused—even abused authority is better than none (anarchy)
John 19:11 Compare the attitude of Jesus to Pilate
Eph. 2:1–3; 6:12 Even Satan retains authority received from God over all rebels,
angelic or human (compare Col. 1:13: authority of darkness)
Acts 5:29 When rulers demand direct disobedience to God, Christians must
refuse—but submit—the issue here was preaching the gospel—
ultimately each believer must answer to God and his own
conscience
Mark 16:15 Jesus had specifically commanded to preach the gospel to every
creature
16:20 Submission plus prayer, testifying and preaching opens the way for
“the God of peace” to intervene—in this way, in 300 years, the
early church conquered the Roman Empire
13:6–7 Christians should fulfill all obligations to government (compare
Matt. 22:21)
D. 13:8–10 One debt we can never pay off: To love
13:8a All other indebtedness is wrong (compare Prov. 22:7)
13:8–10 Love produces obedience to all other commandments
Matt. 24:12 Lawlessness all around us is producing lovelessness (compare
2 Thess. 2:3–7)
John 13:34 The new commandment
James 1:25 The perfect law of liberty
James 2:8 The royal law
8:4 Love is the righteous requirement of the law (compare Gal. 5:14)
E. 13:11–14 Live in anticipation of Christ’s return
13:11–13 Satan’s kingdom of darkness will soon be overthrown—we must
live like those who belong to the kingdom of light
Titus 2:11–14 Expecting Christ’s return motivates us to holiness
13:14 We have all we need in Christ—we do not need to make
concessions to our fleshly nature (compare Col. 3:3–5)

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