WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE? (3 OF 5)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Romans 13:1-8
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Who's in Charge Here? (3 of 5)
Series: Conflict Resolution
Jeff Strite
Romans 13:1-8
OPEN: August 1994, as a Korean Air jet plane was landing it skidded across a rain soaked runway and rammed a safety barricade. There were 160 passengers on board and just before the plane exploded into flames they all escaped to safety. What was the cause of the accident? According to news reports, the pilot and the co-pilot had gotten into a fist fight...over who was in charge of the landing controls.
(The Best of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader)
Now, you'd have thought they'd have figured that out before they left the ground. But because they forgot who was in charge, they endangered their lives, the lives of their crew, the lives of their passengers, and they destroyed a fairly expensive piece of aircraft. All because they didn't know who was in charge!
Conflict (many times) comes about because people forget who's in charge. And in our text today God clears it all up for us.
''Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience.'' Romans 13:1-5
Now, before we get too far into this sermon let's ask a very basic question:
WHO'S IN CHARGE? (Answer: God is)
If I Trust God, and if God is charge then I must be willing to submit to the authorities over me. Why? Because God is bigger and ba ...
Series: Conflict Resolution
Jeff Strite
Romans 13:1-8
OPEN: August 1994, as a Korean Air jet plane was landing it skidded across a rain soaked runway and rammed a safety barricade. There were 160 passengers on board and just before the plane exploded into flames they all escaped to safety. What was the cause of the accident? According to news reports, the pilot and the co-pilot had gotten into a fist fight...over who was in charge of the landing controls.
(The Best of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader)
Now, you'd have thought they'd have figured that out before they left the ground. But because they forgot who was in charge, they endangered their lives, the lives of their crew, the lives of their passengers, and they destroyed a fairly expensive piece of aircraft. All because they didn't know who was in charge!
Conflict (many times) comes about because people forget who's in charge. And in our text today God clears it all up for us.
''Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience.'' Romans 13:1-5
Now, before we get too far into this sermon let's ask a very basic question:
WHO'S IN CHARGE? (Answer: God is)
If I Trust God, and if God is charge then I must be willing to submit to the authorities over me. Why? Because God is bigger and ba ...
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