Click here for the correlating audio message
1.1 THE COMMAND: BE SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY
2.1 Reason #1: Governmental authority God–given
3.1 GOD IS ULTIMATE AUTHORITY
3.2 GOD DELEGATES GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY
3.3 RESISTING GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY IS RESISTING GOD
3.4 RESISTING GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY BRINGS JUDGMENT
2.2 Reason #2: For wrath’s sake
3.1 GOVERNMENT CREATES FEAR FOR LAW–BREAKERS
3.2 GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES REPRESENT GOD
3.3 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IS FOUNDATIONAL TO GOVERNMENT
2.3 Reason #3: For conscience’s sake
2.4 The supplemental teaching
3.1 WE OBEY ALL THE LAWS
3.2 WE OBEY “FOR THE LORD’S SAKE” (THE WILL OF GOD — 1 Peter 2:15)
3.3 WE RECOGNIZE DELEGATED AUTHORITY
3.4 WE BECOME GOOD WITNESSES TO OTHERS
2.5 The exception: When obeying man means disobeying God
1.2 THE APPLICATION
2.1 The specific issue:
3.1 THE PAYMENT OF TAXES
3.2 THE REASON
2.2 The more general principle: Pay what is due
3.1 TAXES
3.2 CUSTOMS
3.3 FEAR
3.4 HONOR
1 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. 4 For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. 5 Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. 7 Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. (NKJV)
