As followers of Christ, we are to show to this world how we please both our heavenly Father and proclaim him to others by our submission.
Sermon Title: HONORABLE CITIZENS
Sermon Text: 1 PETER 2:13-17 (NIV)
Sermon Series: 1 PETER: HOPE IN A HOSTILE WORLD
By: PTR NIC SY
Sermon Notes:
1 PETER 2:13-17 NIV
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority,
14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.
15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.
16 Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
17 Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
“What (for you) is the hardest doctrine in the Bible?”
ISAIAH 53:6 NIV
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
1 PETER 2:11-12 NIV
11 Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.
12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
As followers of Christ, we are to show to this world how we please both our heavenly Father and proclaim him to others by our submission.
THE PRESCRIPTION OF SUBMISSION
1 PETER 2:13 NIV
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority,
submit | Greek: hupotassó
“to get in line.”
1 PETER 2:13 NIV
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority,
1 PETER 2:23 NIV
23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.
THE PARTICULARS OF SUBMISSION
1 PETER 2:13-14 NIV
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority,
14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.
Obey earthly authority until our obedience (to them) makes us disobey God.
EXODUS 1:17 NIV
17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
DANIEL 1:8 NIV
8 But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.
DANIEL 3:18 NIV
18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”
DANIEL 6:10 NIV
10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
ACTS 5:29 NIV
29 Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than men!”
1 PETER 2:13-14 NIV
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority,
14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.
THE PURPOSE OF SUBMISSION
1 PETER 2:13 NIV
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority,
The call to submission is grounded in the privilege of doing it for Christ’s sake.
1 PETER 2:15 NIV
15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.
We will never truly submit until we connect it to our submission to Christ.
1 PETER 2:16 NIV
16 Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
THE PRACTICE OF SUBMISSION
1 PETER 2:17 NIV
17 Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
1 TIMOTHY 2:1-2 NIV
1 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone--
2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.
Does your submission show?