{"id":44867,"date":"2022-10-01T01:33:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T06:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/submitting-to-unjust-governments-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T01:33:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T06:33:08","slug":"submitting-to-unjust-governments-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/submitting-to-unjust-governments-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Submitting To Unjust Governments &#8211; Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A querist asks, &#8220;How are we supposed to submit to unjust governments?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the Scriptures, we are to &#8220;be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained [ordered] of God&#8221; (Romans 13:1). Basically, Peter tells us the same thing in 1 Peter 2:13-14. However, as Christians, we are not to submit to government when that government&#8217;s actions are <strong>contrary<\/strong> to God&#8217;s law (Acts 4:1-22; Acts 5:17-29).<\/p>\n<p>For example, <strong>(1)<\/strong> a gospel preacher or missionary may ignore government regulations prohibiting the distribution of the Scriptures because that edict would violate Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; <strong>(2)<\/strong> A Christian teacher must never submit to a state requirement that he\/she teach the dogma of evolution as scientific truth when that teaching is contrary to biblical teaching (Genesis 1-2; Acts 14:15; Acts 17:24-25); <strong>(3)<\/strong> A government that upholds abortion runs contrary to God&#8217;s teaching (Psalm 139:11-16; Proverbs 6:17; Isaiah 49:1,5; Jeremiah 1:4-5; Luke 1:41,44; 1 Corinthians 12:18; Gal. 1:15); <strong>(4)<\/strong> The promotion of homosexuality as an &#8220;alternate lifestyle&#8221; is contrary and foreign to biblical teaching (cf. Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13; Romans 1:24-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Timothy 1:10).<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, a government that abuses its divinely ordered authority and power to deter evil and re-enforce good, will be called to account for any abuse of that power. Such authorities will one day reckon with the God of heaven (Job 12:17-19; Psalm 9:16-17; Psalm 75:1-8; Daniel 2:21; Daniel 4:17).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Romans 13 and the Role of Government (1)<\/li>\n<li>Romans 13 and the Role of Government (2)<\/li>\n<li>Romans 13 and the Role of Government (3)<\/li>\n<li>We Must Obey God Rather Than Men<\/li>\n<li>How Is A Civil Ruler A &#8220;Minister of God&#8221;?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A querist asks, &#8220;How are we supposed to submit to unjust governments?&#8221; According to the Scriptures, we are to &#8220;be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained [ordered] of God&#8221; (Romans 13:1). Basically, Peter tells us the same thing in 1 Peter 2:13-14. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/submitting-to-unjust-governments-bible-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Submitting To Unjust Governments &#8211; Bible study&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}