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It's wonderful to be here with 
you today. 

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We appreciate each and every one
who have come to be with us to 

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worship God, in spirit, and in 
truth this morning. 

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And if you consider yourself a 
visitor, we would hope that you 

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would feel as you are. 
And that is, as our honored 

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guest, as always is the case, it
is a privilege and an honor to 

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speak concerning the word of 
God, and I hope and pray that 

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what we have to consider for a 
little while this morning would 

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be edifying to you and 
encouraging to you in some way. 

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I will say though also it's 
wonderful to see brother Ruben 

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with us, very saddened with the 
passing of Mary and our prayers 

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are certainly with and for Ruben
and his family. 

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At this time, I want to invite 
your attention to the Book of 

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Romans the 13th chapter and we 
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verse 1. 
Romans chapter 13 beginning in 

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verse 1. 
Paul said, let every soul be 

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subject to the governing 
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Authority except from God in the
authorities that exist are 

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appointed by God. 
Therefore whoever resists The 

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Authority resist, the ordinance 
of God and those who resist will

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bring judgment on themselves for
rulers are not a terror to good 

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works but to evil. 
Do you want to be of unafraid of

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the authority do what's good? 
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the same for he is God's. 
Minister to you for good. 

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But if you do evil be afraid for
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vain for. 
He is God's Minister and 

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Revenger to execute wrath on him
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Therefore, you must be subject, 
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also for conscience sake. 
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I was watching the presidential 
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to thinking about this, there 
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each one of the candidates and 
it was this would you accept the

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fact if the other person your 
opponent is elected, will you 

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accept that fact? 
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the other person? 
And when they asked, Hillary 

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Clinton, what she would say 
about that, she immediately 

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said, yes I would, I would 
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When they ask Donald Trump, he 
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bit. 
He told a few more stories and 

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said a few more things and then 
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beat and front of a stage, he 
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you support Hillary Clinton if 
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And then he said, yes I will. 
I would support that. 

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Well, the question is, we have a
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about to happen in our country. 
The question is, what is God's 

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dealings with all of that? 
How does God look upon that 

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election and what's God's 
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What's God's wrong? 
And all of that. 

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Well, let me just simply say 
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Please get this, this is by way 
of encouragement. 

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Whoever is elected, president of
the United States. 

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Remember this God is Thoroughly 
and control, thoroughly in 

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control. 
And number two, God's people 

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will be just fine. 
I want to say this before we 

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begin. 
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way, was I trying to promote a 
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I am not interested in that. 
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denominations use the Forum of 
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I think that's wrong. 
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do, so I'm not doing that today.
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statement about the question 
that was asked to each 

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presidential candidate, would 
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submit to the authority of the 
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If they were elected? 
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you will? 
I will we accept the candidate 

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that's chosen and submit to 
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In fact, the Apostle Paul in our
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different compelling reasons why
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governing authorities that are 
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In fact we're just going to use 
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outline for our study today. 
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back to verse number 1. 
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every soul be subject to the 
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Now, that is an unqualified 
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In other words, it doesn't 
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What subjection might mean, and 
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conclude, we must say, we have 
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command, to be subjected to the 
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over us. 
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in Romans 13, Peter dealt with 
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Peter chapter 2, listen to this.
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giving instruction when living 
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First Peter 2 beginning in verse
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Having your conduct honorable 
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they speak against you as 
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works which they observe glorify
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Therefore submit yourself to 
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Lord's sake, whether to the king
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to those who are sent by him for
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for the praise of those who do 
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God. 
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You may put to silence the 
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Now What I'm saying is this, 
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Apostle Peter make it clear our 
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the governing authorities that 
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And as I said, a moment ago 
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motivations for doing just that 
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God has given us. 
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one, Number one, government is 
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Divine decree in verse 1. 
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Authority except from God and 
the authorities that be notice 

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are appointed by God. 
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It says there's no Authority, 
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authorities that be. 
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Now, Authorities that exist 
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established by God. 
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Authority, I'm talking about 
governmental Authority and it 

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all comes from God. 
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institutions that God gave man 
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That's an institution that was 
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the benefit of, man. 
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The church? 
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well-being, of, man. 
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is for man's public well-being. 
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well-being, and the church is 
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And all of these come from God 
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man's well-being. 
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That's exactly what Jesus meant 
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Matthew 28, in Matthew 28 before
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Verse 18, He said all power or 
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in heaven and in Earth who gave 
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one who had it And that was God.
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God has spoken once twice. 
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belongs to God. 
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understand that. 
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Does God have anything to do 
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the world? 
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Yes, he does. 
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that God actually determines the
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And by the way, when I say the 
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about the beginning of patients 
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ever be confused as to think 
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somewhere and this world is just
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has no dealings with it at all, 
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World are subjected to God, not 
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they begin and he determines how
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Let me put some scriptures to 
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verse 26. 
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from one blood every nation of 
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Earth and has determined their 
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boundaries of their dwellings. 
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God's in control? 
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on in the world. 
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happen in various countries and 
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and God determines their 
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He determines their dwelling and
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ending of them and their 
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All right, well what about this?
What about this? 

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Does God have anything to do 
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president of the United States? 
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Does God have anything to do 
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and verse 17 wants this? 
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by the decree of the Watchers, 
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the Holy ones. 
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know, get this, that the most 
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and gives do Whomever he will 
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The lowest of men. 
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by the way, that's God. 
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There is no one higher than God.
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Kingdom of men. 
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He gives the Kingdom's to 
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else he sits over it. 
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I've heard people say, you know,
there's no way that God has any 

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dealings with politics if he 
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And sets the lowest of men over 
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More on that in a minute. 
First of all, I have to say this

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though, the Bible does not give 
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The Bible does not uphold one 
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like a monarchy, for example, 
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centuries. 
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uphold a democracy. 
You can't find a democratic 

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social civil structure in all 
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We're talking about governments 
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I have to tell you something 
about me, okay? 

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And, first of all, I understand 
God's not in America. 

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God is not in America, okay? 
But I will tell you this. 

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I'm a patriotic person and I 
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I think there's absolutely 
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I love our country. 
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much that if it wasn't for 
preaching, the gospel outside of

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this country, I would have no 
desire to even leave it at all. 

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I love the country. 
We live in. 

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I still believe it's the 
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but don't make the mistake into 
thinking that God is for our 

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country and God is against all 
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He is not, in fact, God's not an
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God is a spirit, John chapter 4 
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worship Him in spirit and in 
truth So is there anything wrong

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with being a paint of patriotic 
type of person? 

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Absolutely not And you know 
what, when your kids go to 

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school, there's nothing wrong 
with them, doing this flag, 

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salute and the Pledge of 
Allegiance, nothing wrong with 

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that at all. 
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staying there, in respect, as 
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United States of America and 
during the national anthem. 

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And I got to tell you this 
nonsense is going on in sports 

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today, with these disrespectful.
People that are taking a knee or

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even heard this laying down 
during the national anthem and 

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some platform if they're trying 
to sell. 

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Well. 
I think it's ridiculous and I'll

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tell you this. 
I have not fought for my 

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country, I'm a preacher of the 
Gospel. 

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I don't go to battle. 
I don't fight in Wars. 

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I preach the word of God. 
But I'm going to tell you 

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something, it doesn't mean that 
I'm not thankful and grateful 

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for the men who died to buy my 
freedom. 

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I'm going to tell you that right
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If people don't like our country
folks, it's really easy. 

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All you got to do is just get 
your passport and leave. 

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I think it's a greatest country 
in the world that's going to 

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make that point. 
But God does not feel better 

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about America that he does about
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God is not American. 
So, however, the rulers come to 

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power. 
However, that is, whether by 

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dynastic descent inherited, or 
by aristocratic family 

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connection or a democratic 
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There is no governing power. 
That is outside of the purpose 

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of God, and God has given 
authority to the authorities 

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that exist. 
So somebody might say, well, 

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what about the what about the 
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What about the crew, guys? 
You know, the crew ones are not 

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a reflection of God's goodness 
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If somebody abuses the position 
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it's a reflection on God. 
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When I said, God gave to other 
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for man's benefit. 
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the church, Okay. 
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but that's not a reflection on 
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Apostasy and worldliness tears, 
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reflection on God's nature. 
And abuse is in government, Tara

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Nations. 
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That's a reflection of God's 
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Not at all. 
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Diminish, the truth. 
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ordained. 
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I read one scholar. 
This what he said about Wicked 

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rulers. 
Let this soak in for a second. 

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Wicked rulers are part of God's 
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and to allow evil to run its 
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pretty sobering it Remember when
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to God calling out to God, how 
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you? 
Not going to hear me? 

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What did God do? 
He raised up a terrible people? 

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The Chaldeans to punish them and
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He destroyed the Chaldeans. 
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how is that possible? 
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I don't know. 
I don't know, I don't care. 

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The Bible says that God's 
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His ways are not our ways for as
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earth. 
So are his thoughts in our 

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thoughts, and his ways in our 
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that's enough. 
And that's good enough. 

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Now, why do we have? 
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Why do we have governmental 
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Why do we have that? 
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The reasons are the purpose is 
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Number one, it was for the 
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And number two, it was for the 
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those two reasons. 
Now, it was never to be ordained

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by the opinions of the governed,
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I'm talking about the structure.
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That's what I'm talking about. 
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question of evil, and it was for
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good. 
It was not ordained, it was 

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ordained of God. 
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opinions of the Govern, nor the 
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Now, What about Wicked rulers? 
What about Wicked forms of 

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government. 
What about wicked men, that, 

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that take office? 
Let me just simply say that they

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accomplish the purpose of God, 
to member fero member fero. 

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God didn't make him bad, but 
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turned him over to a hard heart.
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him to declare his power and all
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Romans chapter 9, listen to 
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For the scripture says of 
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have raised you up. 
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and that my name may be declared
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Even Wicked rulers declare, the 
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So what's the first reason or 
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submit to the governmental 
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Well, number one is by Divine 
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There are no authorities that 
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ordained of God, that being the 
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That brings us to number two, if
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rebelled against God. 
If you resist the authority, you

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rebel against God. 
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chapter 13. 
Therefore whoever resists The 

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Authority resist, the ordinance 
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will bring judgment on 
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You know, the word ordinance is 
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It comes from the Greek word, 
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institution or establishment of 
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In other words these 
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ordinance or establishment of 
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All right. 
One scholar wrote in the 1800's,

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listen to this. 
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and resistance in all of that, 
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said this and I quote, The 
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resistance to the government 
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awful and even an awful crime, 
even as resistance to God, 

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himself. 
And somebody might say, no, wait

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a minute. 
I just don't like what's going 

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on in our country. 
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I'm sure God's not happy either.
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understand passing. 
So I'm not misunderstood we 

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submit until the laws of the 
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Tell us, we cannot worship God. 
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the authorities that are over us
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authority. 
Contradict what God has 

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instructed us to do? 
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I appreciated Darren so much 
about his prayer and he talked 

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about About those that are over 
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governing authoritative rolls 
over us, that they would not 

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enact any laws that would keep 
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We don't do that very much 
anymore. 

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We don't pray that a whole lot. 
We need to pray that Now, let's 

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just back up for a second till 
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You know what resist means, 
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It literally means by definition
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opposition to permanently line 
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In other words, if I resist the 
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guess what? 
I'm doing, I am lining. 

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My self up with the opposition 
against God. 

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The only time I'm ever allowed 
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contradict God's laws, then I 
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All right. 
What should our attitude be even

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if we don't like the president? 
I got to tell you something just

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in passing. 
You probably heard me say it so 

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I'm just going to admit that. 
I said it may be so I'm not 

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reminded of it later but I said 
yes I did. 

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If Hillary Clinton's elected 
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God's really mad at us. 
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what's my attitude going to be? 
If she is elected. 

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And I this is not a political 
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What's my attitude for the 
current president? 

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What's my attitude for any past 
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What's the Bible say about that?
Exodus 22 and 28, watch this, 

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watch this be careful what you 
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You shall not revile God. 
North curse, a ruler of his 

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people. 
That means I got to watch my 

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tongue about what I say about 
those that are in positions of 

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authority. 
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got to watch that. 
Listen, I'm going to tell you 

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something. 
The current President we have he

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doesn't need people bad-mouthing
him when he needs. 

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Is he needs God's people praying
for him? 

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There's a greater need for 
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this election. 
There's a greater need for 

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prayer from God's people than 
ever before. 

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Not being critical and 
bad-mouthing, pray for him. 

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And I'll tell you something 
right now, too. 

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I'll tell you. 
I'm not concerned. 

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A bit. 
A few days. 

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I will be 50. 
And you know what? 

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In my life, I've never missed a 
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I've always had a home. 
I've got a wonderful wife and 

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children, great family. 
I'm a member of the Lord's 

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church. 
I've been washed in the blood of

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the Lamb. 
I'm a preacher of the Gospel. 

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I'm living my dream of being a 
preacher. 

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My bills. 
Get paid somehow they get paid 

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always. 
And I guarantee you this, if it 

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is the Lord's will tomorrow, I'm
going to open my eyes and I'll 

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be sunshine. 
I'm going to live tomorrow The 

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question is though instead of 
worrying about the future 

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instead of worrying about what 
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Just remember who holds the 
future. 

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I'm not concerned about politics
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Why God's got that taken care 
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I'm just going to do what he 
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He will preach the gospel. 
That's what I'm going to do and 

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live our life. 
Now you know God has always 

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though been against resistance 
to Authority, in fact even with 

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children you know as a coach 
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as a coach you can tell how a 
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they are and act with Lee as a 
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You can tell you can tell if 
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proper Authority structure in 
the home or not, But does God 

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care about how we submit 
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Absolutely. 
And he goes all the way back to 

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the home when the kids are 
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You know what happened when a 
child was disrespectful and 

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disobedient and did not submit 
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parents. 
They're one of the timeout. 

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They didn't stand in the corner 
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You don't they got they were 
taken outside the camp and they 

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were stoned to death. 
You think God cares about how we

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submit to the authority that's 
over us. 

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I think he cares. 
And if the child will not submit

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to the authority of his parents,
he's not going to submit to the 

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authority of his teachers, not 
going to submit to the authority

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of the laws of land. 
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the authority of God. 
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If the law says, we can't 
worship. 

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You know, we're going to do what
I'm break the law, we break the 

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law, or you go to jail. 
That's why we have to pray that 

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the rulers that are over us will
never make that long. 

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They don't need us to bad-mouth 
and folks, they need prayer. 

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They need God's help. 
Thirdly. 

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Here's another reason to another
motivation. 

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If you resist The Authority then
you are punished verse 2. 

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Again, those who resist will 
bring judgment on themselves. 

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In other words, the consequence 
of rebellion is Judgment that 

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were judgments and interesting 
word. 

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It's the word that Greek word 
Crema, and by the way, that is a

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word that's found in 1st 
Corinthians chapter 11, and 

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verse 29, when Paul was dealing 
with the communion the Lord's 

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supper and he said he that 
eateth and drinketh unworthily 

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eateth and drinketh Damnation to
himself, not Discerning the 

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Lord's body. 
In other words he eats and 

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drinks judgment to himself that 
case. 

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We're talking about God's 
judgment. 

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But here's a motivating factors 
to submit to the authority of 

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the land if we don't. 
And we resist we are punished by

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that Authority. 
By that Authority. 

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Now, God gave him that power and
that Authority Under the Old 

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Law. 
We find that there was always a 

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punishment and a penalty that 
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for example, under the Old Law, 
and eye for an eye, and a tooth 

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for a tooth or equal punishment 
for the crime. 

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Now, somebody might say, well 
why was the punishment? 

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Why they, why were they punished
what purpose does that serve? 

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Watch this? 
That did five things punishment,

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did five things. 
And here they are. 

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Number one, it declared what was
right? 

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Number two, it acted as a 
deterrent. 

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You know why? 
Because under the Old Law, you 

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didn't get the Dream Team to get
job under the Old Law. 

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The punishment was Swift and it 
was immediate Number three, it 

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was used or the idea of 
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It was also a means of 
Rehabilitation and also to 

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prevent private vengeance. 
That's the punishment for doing 

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something wrong. 
I don't understand today. 

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Why people say? 
Yeah, you did all that but it's 

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not your fault. 
Why aren't you say it is my 

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fault and I'm going to make it 
right and fix it. 

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Why not? 
We have our entire Society 

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saying yes, you are all this but
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your parents fault or somebody 
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I don't get that. 
It's a means of in the always 

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wasn't of the Old Law and means 
of Rehabilitation. 

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In other words, I'm going to fix
it. 

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I'm going to get better. 
I'm going to make better choices

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that's the reason for the 
punishment. 

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So that's another motivation 
though. 

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If you resist and you're 
punished by The Authority that 

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God has given in. 
Fact, under the Old Testament. 

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There was no Jewish prisons at 
all. 

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The prison system did not exist 
under the law of Moses. 

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00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,900
The Gentiles had prisons, and 
you remember Paul was in a 

456
00:28:18,900 --> 00:28:22,500
number of them. 
They were part of the Roman 

457
00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:26,200
social order. 
Going back to early Americans. 

458
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,300
Also, an early American prisons 
did not exist. 

459
00:28:29,300 --> 00:28:33,700
Either the form of punishment 
was physical punishment, 

460
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:38,900
followed by restitution. 
That's pretty good. 

461
00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:44,700
Direct and immediate, they have 
places that they called the jail

462
00:28:44,700 --> 00:28:48,400
cell, but really all that was, 
was a place to hold them over 

463
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:50,300
until they can do. 
One of two things they can 

464
00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:56,600
either be corporally, punished, 
physically or, and, or they can 

465
00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:01,000
have a way to work and make 
amends, or make restitution. 

466
00:29:02,900 --> 00:29:05,700
God is always wanted man to make
restitution for the things in 

467
00:29:05,700 --> 00:29:08,700
which we do that are not right 
to make it right. 

468
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,200
The prison systems in early 
America didn't exist either. 

469
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,500
In fact, the Quakers changed all
of that. 

470
00:29:14,500 --> 00:29:17,800
When they introduced prisons in 
Pennsylvania, in fact, the first

471
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:22,800
prison in America was called The
Wall Street jail and by the 

472
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:26,600
year, 1790, the law established 
imprisonment. 

473
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,200
You know what they called it 
penitentiary's. 

474
00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:31,300
You know why they called it 
penitentiary's? 

475
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,100
Because they felt like if you 
were there, you would become 

476
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,900
penitent. 
Sorry for your actions. 

477
00:29:42,900 --> 00:29:46,300
I don't know how that's worked, 
but I'll just say this, the last

478
00:29:46,300 --> 00:29:51,000
statistic I heard is this That 
we and our country, punished 25 

479
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:55,700
out of 500 people that commit a 
serious crime. 

480
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,300
You've heard me say this over 
the years like in Singapore. 

481
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,000
They have an immediate death 
penalty or life sentences for 

482
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,700
crimes that happen in Singapore.
Guess What that particular crime

483
00:30:08,700 --> 00:30:10,700
is non-existent. 
You know why? 

484
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:14,400
Because crime is not deterred by
the severity of the punishment 

485
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,500
crime is deterred by The Surety 
of it. 

486
00:30:17,700 --> 00:30:20,700
If I know that if I commit this 
crime, there's no way. 

487
00:30:20,700 --> 00:30:23,200
I'm getting out of it. 
I'm busted. 

488
00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:25,900
I'm not going to do the crime, 
you know. 

489
00:30:25,900 --> 00:30:28,900
People do though they take the 
chance because there's always a 

490
00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:35,200
loophole and yes, 25 out of 5. 
500 that commit a serious crime 

491
00:30:35,300 --> 00:30:40,500
today, are punished. 
In these prisons, there's also 

492
00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:43,300
no way of restitution. 
And the Old Testament X is 21 

493
00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:46,100
and 22. 
When someone took from another, 

494
00:30:46,100 --> 00:30:49,100
they had to make restitution. 
Remember the tax collector 

495
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,000
members, the key is the little 
guy and gal from the sycamore 

496
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,200
tree to see the king, remember 
him? 

497
00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:57,500
You know what he said? 
Jesus Jesus said salvation has 

498
00:30:57,500 --> 00:31:02,700
come to thy house Zacchaeus said
if I have taken anything from 

499
00:31:02,700 --> 00:31:06,900
anyone. 
I restore him for fold. 

500
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,300
Restitution. 
Restitution. 

501
00:31:14,900 --> 00:31:17,600
God ordains governments to 
punish but also to provide a 

502
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:21,400
path of restitution. 
As someone who violates these 

503
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,300
governmental laws God has given 
such governments the authority 

504
00:31:24,300 --> 00:31:28,400
to judge and punish them. 
But next there's another reason 

505
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:32,200
why we have these why we should 
submit to them is government 

506
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:36,700
serves to restrain evil in verse
3. 

507
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,700
It says, for rulers are not a 
terror to good works but to 

508
00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:44,800
evil. 
Now, this is connected closely 

509
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:49,100
to the last verse obviously, but
I want to make a point. when I 

510
00:31:49,108 --> 00:31:55,100
go to the to the airport, I 
don't care if they take my 

511
00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:59,300
briefcase, I don't care if they 
search through my belongings. 

512
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,900
I don't care if they take off my
shoes and take my belt, I don't 

513
00:32:02,900 --> 00:32:05,600
care if they make me randomly 
stand over there and get patted 

514
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,000
down, you know why? 
I'm not guilty of anything. 

515
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,800
I don't have a problem. 
Somebody frisking me, it's not 

516
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:14,400
unconstitutional. 
For me. 

517
00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:15,500
I don't care. 
You know why? 

518
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,800
I'm not guilty of anything. 
The only reason that you are 

519
00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:26,400
scared is when you're guilty, 
Rulers are not a terror, Paul 

520
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:31,700
said to good works, but to evil.
Now this word Terror, it's the 

521
00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:34,400
word Phobos and it means to 
terrify. 

522
00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:36,300
So, in other words, don't worry 
about the rulers. 

523
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,800
If you're doing the right 
things, it's only going to 

524
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,900
terrify someone who is guilty. 
And, by the way, the words 

525
00:32:42,900 --> 00:32:47,800
Phobos there to terrify, it's 
where we get the word phobia, or

526
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:52,500
fear, Rulers are not to terrify 
us they tear. 

527
00:32:53,300 --> 00:32:57,500
They are a terror to those that 
are evil government serves 

528
00:32:57,500 --> 00:33:02,300
serves to restrain evil. 
So we have nothing to fear. 

529
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,500
All we need to do is obey and 
submit to those authorities. 

530
00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:08,500
And we have absolutely nothing 
to fear at all. 

531
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,400
Okay question though. 
Yeah, I understand that. 

532
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,400
We're Christians and we know 
what's right and wrong and all 

533
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:14,700
that. 
But what about non-christians? 

534
00:33:16,700 --> 00:33:20,500
What about non-christians? 
Is the law really that 

535
00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:24,500
Universal? 
That everybody knows what's good

536
00:33:24,700 --> 00:33:28,200
and what's evil, okay? 
In a general sense. 

537
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,200
Yes. 
Yes. 

538
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:33,500
Even if you know nothing about 
the Bible Romans chapter to them

539
00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:36,200
and give you a passage of 
supports that Romans 2 

540
00:33:36,300 --> 00:33:39,800
beginning. 
In verse 14, listen to this for 

541
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:45,000
the Gentiles who do not have the
law by Nature. 

542
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:49,600
Do the things in the law. 
These, although not having the 

543
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:54,300
law are a law to themselves who 
show the work of the law written

544
00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:56,100
in their hearts, their 
conscience. 

545
00:33:56,100 --> 00:33:59,600
Also, bearing witness and 
between themselves their 

546
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:03,400
thoughts accusing or excusing 
them. 

547
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:10,199
Now I heard somebody on the 
radio say this, this is not 

548
00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:16,000
true. 
That everybody is created 

549
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,100
depraved. 
And bad. 

550
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:25,100
That's not true. 
In fact, I think people 

551
00:34:25,100 --> 00:34:28,699
understand the kids understand 
it's wrong to take from someone 

552
00:34:28,699 --> 00:34:31,699
else wrong to hurt someone else 
and you're someone else. 

553
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,800
People in life as they grow in 
life are influenced by the 

554
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:38,199
surroundings that are around 
him. 

555
00:34:38,199 --> 00:34:40,800
But it's not innate inside them 
to be rotten. 

556
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:45,400
It isn't That which God creates 
is good. 

557
00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:48,600
And that's why little precious 
children that died before they 

558
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,800
ever reach. 
The age of accountability are 

559
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,900
going straight to heaven. 
You know why? 

560
00:34:53,900 --> 00:34:57,300
There's no rot in that kid. 
There's no rotten in that. 

561
00:34:57,300 --> 00:35:00,800
Child rotten comes from the 
outside and when they get older 

562
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,300
and they act upon it, that's 
what becomes rotten. 

563
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:14,500
So it restrains evil. 
That's what it's for, but here's

564
00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:17,300
a positive one. 
Here's a positive side and 

565
00:35:17,300 --> 00:35:21,100
that's number five. 
Government serves. 

566
00:35:23,100 --> 00:35:27,600
To promote good. 
Verse 3, do you want to be 

567
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,400
unafraid of the authority? 
Do what is good? 

568
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:30,900
And you will have Praise of the 
same. 

569
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:35,000
The first part of verse 44. 
He is God's minister to you for 

570
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:36,800
good. 
Who is God's Minister? 

571
00:35:36,900 --> 00:35:39,600
God's minister is the one that's
in Authority. 

572
00:35:39,700 --> 00:35:43,200
So God's Minister, the one 
that's an authority has the 

573
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,400
ability to take care of all the 
negative stuff. 

574
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,800
But it's also for the good, 
you'll have Praise of the same. 

575
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,300
It says, if you do that, which 
is good. 

576
00:35:51,300 --> 00:35:54,500
Don't be afraid. 
In fact, First Timothy Chapter 2

577
00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:57,600
beginning in verse 1. 
Therefore I exert. 

578
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:02,000
First of all that supplications 
prayers, intercessions and 

579
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,700
giving of thanks be made for all
men and get this. 

580
00:36:04,700 --> 00:36:09,200
Here, it is again for kings and 
all who are in Authority that we

581
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:13,200
may lead a quiet and Peaceable 
life in all godliness and 

582
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:15,300
reverence, if you want to know 
what to say to. 

583
00:36:15,300 --> 00:36:17,800
God. 
Say that to God, pray that to 

584
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:22,500
God about the rulers that be in 
our existence over us. 

585
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:26,200
Government's primary role is to 
restrain evil. 

586
00:36:26,300 --> 00:36:30,300
That's basically a given, but 
the positive one is this 

587
00:36:30,500 --> 00:36:33,000
promotes good. 
In fact, the word good, there is

588
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:36,800
the word agathon and it means to
be intrinsically, good. 

589
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:38,600
In other words, good for your 
own sake. 

590
00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:44,000
Good for your own sake. 
That's what Peter said in First,

591
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:48,700
Peter 2 verses 14 and 15 when 
one does good. 

592
00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:51,100
He silences even his critics 
verse 15. 

593
00:36:51,100 --> 00:36:54,600
And first, Peter 2 says this for
this is the will of God that by 

594
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,600
doing good. 
You may put to silence the 

595
00:36:56,600 --> 00:37:01,400
ignorance of foolish men. 
I'm going to tell you something.

596
00:37:02,700 --> 00:37:07,500
If you're a Christian and you 
stand out, somebody is going to 

597
00:37:07,500 --> 00:37:10,100
criticize or make fun of you. 
Yes. 

598
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:15,500
It's okay. 
Just keep doing that, which is 

599
00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:18,500
good. 
And you'll have Praise of the 

600
00:37:18,500 --> 00:37:20,300
same of the authority. 
That's number one. 

601
00:37:20,300 --> 00:37:23,200
And number two, guess what? 
You will put a stop to or 

602
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:30,000
silence muzzle. 
The critics It's the life that 

603
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,300
we live. 
And by the way, let me just say 

604
00:37:33,300 --> 00:37:35,900
this in passing. 
That's how far the Muslim world 

605
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:40,100
has gone from God. 
Obviously, they have an agenda, 

606
00:37:40,100 --> 00:37:43,900
that's to terrorize the entire 
world disrupted and disrupt and 

607
00:37:43,900 --> 00:37:45,600
Destroy. 
And we know that that doesn't 

608
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,500
come from God, that comes from 
the devil that comes from safe. 

609
00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:54,000
So yes, there is bad things in 
the world but here's another 

610
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,200
one. 
There's another motivation for 

611
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:59,400
submitting to the governmental 
Authority that is over us and 

612
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:04,500
that is that rulers have the 
power to inflict severe 

613
00:38:04,700 --> 00:38:08,900
punishment in verse 4 Back to 
our text. 

614
00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:15,100
But if you do, if you do evil, 
be afraid for he does not bear 

615
00:38:15,100 --> 00:38:19,600
The Sword in vain for. 
He is God's Minister and Avenger

616
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:23,100
to execute wrath on him. 
Who practices evil. 

617
00:38:23,100 --> 00:38:28,200
Now, what is the sword mean? 
The word sword is defined from a

618
00:38:28,207 --> 00:38:34,300
word that means the instrument 
that brings about death. you 

619
00:38:34,300 --> 00:38:39,200
know about five years ago or so 
when I study this passage I 

620
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:43,700
tried to make this mean anything
in the world but what it is I 

621
00:38:43,700 --> 00:38:46,400
tried to make this mean 
something other than what it is.

622
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:50,000
Another words, the one that's in
the governmental Authority, the 

623
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,100
one that's in that Authority, 
guess what? 

624
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:55,800
God gave him. 
What even gave him the authority

625
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,800
of the sword. 
In fact, it says he doesn't bear

626
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:02,900
The Sword in vain. 
You know what that's talking 

627
00:39:02,900 --> 00:39:06,200
about. 
As talking about the death 

628
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:10,100
penalty. 
Now, I got to say this. 

629
00:39:10,900 --> 00:39:14,000
I say this Christians can't take
lives. 

630
00:39:15,100 --> 00:39:18,600
We cannot. 
We don't take lives. 

631
00:39:20,300 --> 00:39:24,400
We're not allowed to. 
But that doesn't mean it. 

632
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:27,700
God has not given authority to 
someone to do. 

633
00:39:27,700 --> 00:39:33,200
So when their crime proves that,
that's what it should be. 

634
00:39:36,300 --> 00:39:43,500
This is not just a symbol. this 
is not just a phrase in passing,

635
00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:48,100
this is talking about capital 
punishment, even back in Genesis

636
00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:53,200
chapter 9, The Bible says, 
whoever sheds man's blood by man

637
00:39:53,500 --> 00:39:57,600
shall his blood be shed. 
In other words, the death 

638
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:02,500
penalty for taking a life. 
Now, the question is this, it's 

639
00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:05,300
all that. 
Here's really simple, the simple

640
00:40:05,300 --> 00:40:07,800
way to look at this, the only 
thing that matters is ask 

641
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,300
yourself who Bears, The Sword 
and Frank Frank, Frank Cuddle, 

642
00:40:10,300 --> 00:40:13,600
Bear the sword. 
Nope, cannot can't. 

643
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,600
But he is the governmental 
structure of the authoritative 

644
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:20,400
role of someone in our country. 
They don't bear The Sword in 

645
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:24,700
vain and by the way, I got to 
say, haven't you found in your 

646
00:40:24,700 --> 00:40:28,400
life that the majority of people
that oppose the death penalty 

647
00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:32,000
Are the same people that support
abortion. 

648
00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:38,900
Makes no sense to me. 
We don't want to take someone's 

649
00:40:38,900 --> 00:40:42,200
life that brutally mass, murder 
people, but we want to take the 

650
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:46,900
life of an innocent baby. 
Interesting, isn't it? 

651
00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:52,300
I'm so glad that God has taken 
care of all of that. 

652
00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:59,100
But finally, finally, Here's 
another reason to we obey for 

653
00:40:59,100 --> 00:41:03,300
conscience sake in verse 5, 
therefore you must be subject. 

654
00:41:03,300 --> 00:41:08,800
Not only because of rap. but 
also, because of conscience 

655
00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:14,500
sake, you know, at the end of 
the day, Why do we obey God? 

656
00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:16,900
We obey God because God said, so
why do we made a laws away 

657
00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:21,100
because God said so. 
But here's a secondary benefit, 

658
00:41:21,500 --> 00:41:23,900
if the secondary xenophon is, 
we're going to have a clear 

659
00:41:23,900 --> 00:41:26,300
conscience, nothing to worry 
about. 

660
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:28,900
We have to worry about that at 
all. 

661
00:41:28,900 --> 00:41:31,700
In fact, if a policeman shows 
up, I'm not guilty. 

662
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,500
How you doing, talk to him, you 
don't care, you got a clear 

663
00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:38,600
conscience. 
Haven't you ever been in that 

664
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:40,500
situation? 
We've all been in that situation

665
00:41:40,500 --> 00:41:44,800
when you're guilty of something,
maybe as a kid as a child and 

666
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:50,300
you're guilty of something, But 
if you have a clear conscience, 

667
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:54,300
you got no worries. 
You have nothing to hide. 

668
00:41:55,700 --> 00:42:00,700
And your life is an open book in
conclusion today. 

669
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,300
So the benefit of doing right is
a clear conscience but in 

670
00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:07,700
conclusion Why do we obey the 
authorities that are over us 

671
00:42:08,700 --> 00:42:12,000
here they are number one. 
They're appointed by God. 

672
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,500
And because of that, to resist 
the authority that's over, us is

673
00:42:16,500 --> 00:42:18,700
to rebel against God. 
And we showed that what that 

674
00:42:18,700 --> 00:42:22,600
means is, you literally are 
lining yourself at opposition to

675
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:25,500
God. 
Also, another reason is, when we

676
00:42:25,500 --> 00:42:29,200
resist, were punished by The 
Authority that's over us. 

677
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:33,700
Number four, government serves 
to restrain evil number five 

678
00:42:33,700 --> 00:42:35,800
government serves to promote. 
Good. 

679
00:42:35,900 --> 00:42:39,200
Number six, rulers have the 
power to inflict, severe 

680
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:41,900
punishment, even the death 
penalty. 

681
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:46,000
Got to obey. 
And finally, we obey for 

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conscience sake. 
Now, I'll tell you all that 

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being said, I don't know who's 
going to be the president, the 

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next prison. 
I don't know. 

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I don't know. 
But let me just say this to you,

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please, whoever it is. 
Don't badmouth, the president, 

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pray for the president. 
Number two prayed, no laws will 

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ever be enacted. 
That would keep us from serving 

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God, the way, the Bible says, we
must serve him number three, 

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understand beyond a shadow of a 
doubt, understand that God is 

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totally in control. 
And number four, understand 

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this. 
All that being said, God's 

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people will be just fine. 
We're gonna be fine. 

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So when people go oh it's going 
to now. 

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It's not so it's good. 
That was no, it's not going to 

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be just fine. 
We never know the hearts and 

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minds of those that are present.
Maybe you're here today and 

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you're not a child of God, we 
never know the hearts and minds 

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of those that are with us. 
So we want to extend now an 

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invitation to someone that might
be subject to the gospel call. 

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If you're not a Christian and 
come believing in Jesus, repent 

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of your sins confess, his name 
as the Son of God and be 

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baptized in water for the 
remission of your sins, be added

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to the body of Christ. 
Have your sins washed away, be a

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member of the Lord's church 
today. 

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Maybe you've taken those steps, 
but you bear this straight away.

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Something of a public nature 
that be the case to repent of 

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those things, confess those 
things and we'll pray with you 

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and for you, and God will 
forgive and restore. 

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If you want to be the class come
forward, while we stand, and 

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what we say, Maybe you've taken 
those steps, but you bear this 

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straight away. 
Something of a public nature 

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that be the case to repent of 
those things, confess those 

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things and we'll pray with you 
and for you, and God will 

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forgive and restore. 
If you want to be the class come

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forward, while we stand, and 
what we say,