If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.
John W. Gardner (1912-2002, American educator, social activist)
Romans 13:5-7
Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath, but also because of your conscience. And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God’s public servants, continually attending to these tasks. Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor. (HCSB)
A rebel has few friends and they usually wind up hanging with him. Christ was not a rebel, Jesus was a friend. He was a friend to all, He came not to fight, but to teach, and that is the way Christ asks us to walk today also. Are we going to meet some resistance? Yes, of course but Christ did not seek confusion, neither should we.
God has given us authority for a good reason. I have found through life that those who reject authority will also reject Christ. Why? It is because the only opinions and rules they have respect for are their own. They are centered on self.
This very thing is what caused men to reject Christ. The Word of God tells us, “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.”(John 1:11) The religious status quo caused the rebellion, because of their refusal to honor and respect their King, Jesus, The Messiah, God’s only son, and their conscience is seared to this day…God’s Blessings
Pastor William
John W. Gardner (1912-2002, American educator, social activist)
Romans 13:5-7
Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath, but also because of your conscience. And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God’s public servants, continually attending to these tasks. Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor. (HCSB)
A rebel has few friends and they usually wind up hanging with him. Christ was not a rebel, Jesus was a friend. He was a friend to all, He came not to fight, but to teach, and that is the way Christ asks us to walk today also. Are we going to meet some resistance? Yes, of course but Christ did not seek confusion, neither should we.
God has given us authority for a good reason. I have found through life that those who reject authority will also reject Christ. Why? It is because the only opinions and rules they have respect for are their own. They are centered on self.
This very thing is what caused men to reject Christ. The Word of God tells us, “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.”(John 1:11) The religious status quo caused the rebellion, because of their refusal to honor and respect their King, Jesus, The Messiah, God’s only son, and their conscience is seared to this day…God’s Blessings
Pastor William
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