Saturday, July 22, 2017

Submission to Christ

We are never to be in total submission to any human being. We are to be in total submission to Christ.

Submission to humans is limited based on what they want us to do. When someone asks us to disobey God, then we are to ignore the request of the human to obey God first.

When others desire us to do things with them or on their behalf, then we are to evaluate the request in terms of God's principles.

We enjoy doing things for others when it is in line with the principles of God, but we are in sin when we obey an authority that commands us to disobey God.

There will be many consequences as we obey Christ. Family members will be angry at us for not participating in events and rituals that we know dishonor God.

On more than one occasion we have been asked to attend the wedding of divorced people. We have declined because we know that divorce and remarriage dishonors and disobeys God, therefore we cannot participate to validate these things.

We can be friendly with a divorced person, many are in this condition through no fault of their own and they did not want the divorce, but we cannot validate a remarriage by attending or congratulating a remarriage.

Psalm 40:8
"I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart."

Psalm 143:10
"Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground."

Matthew 12:50
"For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother."

Romans 12:2
"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."

Ephesians 6:6
"not by way of eye service, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart."

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