Tag: authority
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Government and Rebellion – Genesis 14:3-4
Genesis 14:3, 4 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer… … and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. The vale of Siddim is identified here as the salt sea, what we know as the Dead Sea in the southern part of Israel.…
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The Rise of Religious Rule – Revelation 2:15
Revelation 2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. Pergamos had not only embraced the doctrine of Balaam, that unhealthy marriage with the world, but they had also embraced the doctrine of the Nicolaitans. And Jesus says plainly, “which thing I hate.” That is strong language.…
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Blessed, Yet Broken – Jude 7-10
Jude 7-10 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. Yet Michael the…
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Under the Water, Under His Authority – 1 Peter 3:21-22
1 Peter 3:21-22 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and…
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Living Well Under Authority — Titus 3:1
Titus 3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work. As Paul moves into the next chapter, he reminds Titus to keep bringing certain truths back to the minds of the believers. “Put them in mind.” People often assume the greatest need…