LEADERS OR SERVANTS (2 OF 2)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Hebrews 13:17-18
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Leaders or Servants (2 of 2)
Series: God and our Leaders
Jeff Strite
Hebrews 13:17-18
OPEN: At a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, on Election Day, nurses went in to the room of a 72-yr-old woman to prepare her for open-heart surgery, only to find that the woman wasn't there.
Instead they found a note which read, ''Gone to vote, back in 30 minutes.''
An election official later confirmed an elderly woman had indeed come in to vote and that it seemed odd because she had IVs coming out of her arms.
(Uncle John's Extra Large Bathroom Reader, p. 376)
I don't know if you noticed... but we had a major election last Tuesday.
People came out in droves to vote for their party/politician.
But on Facebook I read an interesting comment that was repeated by others on that site:
''Quit Calling Elected Officials My Leaders
They are Not My Leaders!
They Are Public Servants!''
Now I understand the sentiment.
Too often elected officials don't do what they say they'll do.
And - of course, in America - if these officials don't do their job we can fire them
We just don't vote for them the next time around.
But essentially - the statement above is pure nonsense.
It is basically saying - I don't have to OBEY these people, they have to obey me.
Carried to its logical conclusion it would mean - if I don't want to obey this or that law I don't have to, because the public servants are my servants, not my leaders.
That's a recipe for chaos.
Society would fall apart.
There would be rioting... Oh yeah, there is rioting going on.
But that's a different topic.
God's people, are not allowed to do that.
The Bible tells us to ''Obey your leaders and submit to them'' Hebrews 13:17
But someone might say ''Isn't that just talking about CHURCH leaders.''
Well, yeah - in that verse.
But the principle is repeated across the board to include civil and religious authorities.
Romans 13:1-2 says: ''Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. ...
Series: God and our Leaders
Jeff Strite
Hebrews 13:17-18
OPEN: At a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, on Election Day, nurses went in to the room of a 72-yr-old woman to prepare her for open-heart surgery, only to find that the woman wasn't there.
Instead they found a note which read, ''Gone to vote, back in 30 minutes.''
An election official later confirmed an elderly woman had indeed come in to vote and that it seemed odd because she had IVs coming out of her arms.
(Uncle John's Extra Large Bathroom Reader, p. 376)
I don't know if you noticed... but we had a major election last Tuesday.
People came out in droves to vote for their party/politician.
But on Facebook I read an interesting comment that was repeated by others on that site:
''Quit Calling Elected Officials My Leaders
They are Not My Leaders!
They Are Public Servants!''
Now I understand the sentiment.
Too often elected officials don't do what they say they'll do.
And - of course, in America - if these officials don't do their job we can fire them
We just don't vote for them the next time around.
But essentially - the statement above is pure nonsense.
It is basically saying - I don't have to OBEY these people, they have to obey me.
Carried to its logical conclusion it would mean - if I don't want to obey this or that law I don't have to, because the public servants are my servants, not my leaders.
That's a recipe for chaos.
Society would fall apart.
There would be rioting... Oh yeah, there is rioting going on.
But that's a different topic.
God's people, are not allowed to do that.
The Bible tells us to ''Obey your leaders and submit to them'' Hebrews 13:17
But someone might say ''Isn't that just talking about CHURCH leaders.''
Well, yeah - in that verse.
But the principle is repeated across the board to include civil and religious authorities.
Romans 13:1-2 says: ''Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. ...
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