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Recently I taught on the topic of authority to a group of High School Students. In getting prepared for the time of teaching God really put me through the paces to make sure that I was prepared to back up what I was going to teach. In the week before I taught I had to choose if I would submit to authority that was over me or chose to skirt around it.
In my time of preparation I looked back at our first parents, Adam and Eve. Man they had it good. Nothing to worry about except what names to come up with for the animals and there was no wrong name so whatever they wanted to call the animal they did. (I mean why was a bird named “bird” and not “fly”?) Even in all this freedom God gave them one rule and only one rule. How simple is that?! And yet they still screwed it up royally. Fast forward to today where in the postmodern mindset every authority is under question. There is no definite right or wrong in our society, its whatever is good for each individual person. The authorities in our culture are always under attack. How many times have you watched Fox News or CNN and heard nothing but positives about our government? A lot of times we as Christians can forget who spoke the earth into being. Its true, when you hear of a political policy that you absolutely don’t agree with what’s your response? Is it critical? Or do you pray for the authorities over you that God has placed there (Romans 13:1-7, Hebrews 13:17)? The point is that since the garden we have a rebellious heart. We are constantly looking to usurp the authority around us if we feel that it will 1. elevate me as a person or 2.cause upheaval and we try to get our own way, both are sin. Pride and selfishness. Adam and Eve in the garden rebelled against God and since that time we have continued to rebel in our hearts against God (Col 1:21), but praise be to Christ for his work on the Cross. Because of Christ submission to authorities and not desiring to be higher than God but serve him (Phil 2:5-11) he has allowed those who live for His glory to have freedom under God’s authority. Its seems like an oxymoron statement but its true. True freedom is found only under God’s authority. In our hearts we must trust that God is working all things out for those who love him (Romans 8:28-30). The cross brings us true freedom in loving and serving our Lord and Savior. The life of the believer is one of repentance and submission. Repenting of sins and submission to the King.
I chose submission and God was and will be glorified.
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