Romans 13:1-2 In-Context All governments are under God. Insofar as there is peace and order, it's God's order. So live responsibly as a citizen. 2 If you're irresponsible to the state, then you're irresponsible with God, and God will hold you responsible.
Look at Romans 13:1-7: 1 Let everyone submit to the governing authorities, since there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are instituted by God. 2 So then, the one who resists the authority is opposing God's command, and those who oppose it will bring judgment on themselves.
Paul is dealing with a group that hesitated to send contributions, and he urges them to contribute because it shows that through Christ equality has come upon both Judeans and Gentiles.
Opposition to human government is antagonism to God's plan for national entities. Therefore [consequently] whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, Christians who rebel against the state dissent against divine establishment for government. Here the idea is opposition or resistance to government.
#1 “Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities,”
As already stated, the Father wants us to submit to him by submitting to those he has sovereignly put in authority over us. It is important to remember that there was hardly any authority in the ancient world that was not corrupt and oppressive.
Romans 13:1-8 In-Context
Insofar as there is peace and order, it's God's order. So live responsibly as a citizen. 2 If you're irresponsible to the state, then you're irresponsible with God, and God will hold you responsible. 3 Duly constituted authorities are only a threat if you're trying to get by with something.
Romans 13 is a charge to clothe ourselves with Christ Jesus and live as His children in this present world. We are to submit to authorities and to pay respect where it is due. We are to wake up and serve the Lord out of love by showing others the light of the gospel.
God's Word says that we are saved by grace through faith in Christ Jesus and not by our own efforts or works (Ephesians 2:8-9). Grace Alone. Faith Alone. Grace alone means that God loves, forgives, and saves us not because of who we are or what we do, but because of the work of Christ.
What self-denial does mean is that while we can have the desires of our heart, we are to deny our own way of achieving them and trust the Lord to do it His way (Proverbs 16:7, Isaiah 55:8) Denying ourselves also means turning away from the ways of the “old self” and continually putting on our new self in Christ ( ...
Nothing that enters our life is able or sufficient to separate us from God's love demonstrated at the cross. God's love allows the believer to be a conqueror in adversity (Romans 8:37). God walks with us through every adversity and hardship. We do not merely survive or squeak by. We do not just succeed.
Romans 13:1–4 Prays for Leaders that Reflect Christ
Our vote for the sake of governing leaders who promote good and protect against evil. God, help us to know how to do that with the voice and the vote you've given us.
By being faithful to Christ, the world will already think we are rebellious. So Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2:13–17 are encouragements to the church to not give the world any more reason to see us as rebels than obeying the commands of Jesus.
Today, Romans is perhaps best known for clearly articulating key doctrines like man's sinfulness, justification by faith, regeneration, union with Christ, adoption, and sanctification. Romans is known for its rich, deep, glorious, and at times unsettling theological assertions and implications.
Romans 13 is the thirteenth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle, while he was in Corinth in the mid-50s AD, with the help of an amanuensis (secretary), Tertius, who adds his own greeting in Romans 16:22.
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Paul's dominant concern in Romans is salvation—God's reconciliation of the world through the cross of Jesus Christ. In Christ, God is working to reconcile all people to himself, to reconcile people to one another, and to redeem the created order from the evil forces of sin, death, and decay.
That is the sin of turning away from God and refusing the forgiveness and salvation He offers us in Jesus Christ. But God loves us and He wants to forgive us and welcome us into His family forever. Have you accepted the gift of salvation He offers us in His Son, Jesus Christ?
Jesus faced rejection from his Father.
I think it was the knowledge that he would soon be separated from and abandoned by his Father. As he hung on the cross dying, Jesus cried out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46).
When people have hope they have faith, because they hold a belief that says “I believe that the future will be better.” And while they have no grounds to “prove” the hopeful assumption, they have faith in it. While faith without hope is possible, hope without faith is not. Thus faith is not sufficient for hope.
The key preposition for faith is “through,” which refers to the means or instrumentality by which we are saved. We are saved by God's grace (grace is the ground and agency of our salvation) through faith, which is the means by which we receive the gift of salvation.
So what is saving faith? According to the Westminster Shorter Catechism, saving faith is first and foremost faith that is “in Jesus Christ.” “Faith” as a thing in itself, no matter how sincerely exercised, is no grounds of salvation or favor with God.
Description. The numbers in the King James Holy Bible have significant meaning that follow the number throughout the scripture. The number 13 has always been an 'unlucky' number. The number 13 is the number that represents Satan, evil, wickedness, devils, and everything vile that is connected to them.
Romans 13:8–14 describes the Christian obligation to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. To do this is to fulfill the law of Moses, because love itself never hurts anyone. The time has come for believers to cast off any works of darkness, including drunkenness, immorality, and jealousy.
Paul shifts from addressing obligations to the governing authorities to addressing obligations to one's neighbor. His audience is to have no outstanding debts except to love one another. The reason for this debt is, “for the one who loves another has fulfilled (pleroo) the law” (verse 8b).