BE IN SUBMISSION

BE IN SUBMISSION I. WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE CIVIL UNREST IS VERY COMMON. A. CIVIL ORDER IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT BEING IN SUBMISSION TO AUTHORITY. B. HOW BLESSED WE ARE TO HAVE A COPY OF THE HOLY BIBLE, THE WORD OF GOD! II. TITUS 3:1-8 ROMANS 13:1 A. CHRISTIANS ARE TO SUBMIT TO RULERS AND AUTHORITIES. B. WHY BRING UP THE PAST? C. WHAT VALUE MIGHT THERE BE IN COMPARING LIFE NOW WITH LIFE BEFORE CHRIST? III. WERE YOU MORE OR LESS SUBMISSIVE TO AUTHORITY BEFORE BECOMING A CHRISTIAN? A. THE LONGER WE ARE CHRISTIANS, THE EASIER IT IS FOR US TO FORGET WHERE GOD BROUGHT US FROM. B. PAUL’S REMINDER TO TITUS OF THE POOR CHOICES THEY MADE B.C., MIGHT BE AN ATTEMPT TO SHOW THE PROGRESS THEY WERE MAKING. C. MIGHT ALSO HELP THEM TO STAY HUMBLE AND COMPASSIONATE TO OTHERS. IV. PEOPLE NEED A REMINDER: BE SUBJECT TO RULERS AND AUTHORITIES, BE OBEDIENT, DO GOOD, SLANDER NO ONE, BE PEACEABLE, SHOW TRUE HUMILITY. A. AS CHRISTIANS, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO FOLLOW JESUS’ PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SUBMISSION. B. JOHN 21:18-19 C. TRUTH: WE ALL RESIST AUTHORITY. V. SUBMITTING IS A MANDATE OF SCRIPTURE TO THOSE WHO CLAIM TO BE BORN-AGAIN. A. LIFE RUNS SMOOTHER WHEN CITIZENS AND CHURCH MEMBERS SUBMIT AND FOLLOW SCRIPTURE. B. PHILIPPIANS 2:5,7b,8b VI. JUST FOR FUN: HOW OFTEN IS YOUR ATTITUDE THE SAME AS JESUS? _________% A. HOW OFTEN DO YOU VIEW YOUSELF AS A “SERVANT?” B. WITHOUT A CHRIST-LIKE ATTITUDE, WE DON’T HAVE MUCH HOPE OF LIVING LIKE CHRIST OR SUBMITTING TO RULER AND AUTHORITIES.