<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Romans 13;5–7<div><br></div><div><b>5. &nbsp;Therefore one must be subject, </b>(to governing authorities)<b>&nbsp;not only to avoid God‘s wrath, but also for the sake of conscience.</b></div><div><b>6. &nbsp;For the same reason, you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.</b></div><div><b>7. &nbsp;Pay all of them their dues, taxes, to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><i>“ The authorities are ministers of God”</i>&nbsp;not on the basis of their personal righteousness, but on the basis of the Office lawfully given to them. &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>We respect the Office, Badge, and Judges Gavel, because they administer the authority of God for our good.</div><div><br></div><div>This is also a comfort for us in regard to the authority of the Pastoral Office. &nbsp;Regardless of what we think of a particular Pastor, the power and holiness Absolution,&nbsp;Sacraments, Preaching, and teaching remain pure, regardless of the personal failings of the man in the Office.</div><div><br></div><div>Nothing can separate us from&nbsp;God’s good will and love. &nbsp;Even the intentional evil plans of wicked people are turned by God to His glory and our joy, though for a season we may have to endure persecution or injustice,</div><div>yet, in Christ we remain Victors over the evil which seeks to harm us.</div><div><br></div><div>Prayer: &nbsp;Merciful Father, grant the true peace of Jesus to strengthen our hearts with Your own perfect love, even when we face persecution. &nbsp;Make us mindful that the ‘Light of Christ’ at work in us shines brightest as the darkness around us increases. &nbsp;In Jesus we pray, Amen.</div><div><br></div><div>Love,&nbsp;</div><div>Dad/Baba/Eric/Grandpa Pickle Pastor</div><div>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Romans 13;5–7
5.  Therefore one must be subject, (to governing authorities) not only to avoid God‘s wrath, but also for the sake of conscience.6.  For the same reason, you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.7.  Pay all of them their dues, taxes, to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
“ The authorities are ministers of God” not on the basis of their personal righteousness, but on the basis of the Office lawfully given to them.  
We respect the Office, Badge, and Judges Gavel, because they administer the authority of God for our good.
This is also a comfort for us in regard to the authority of the Pastoral Office.  Regardless of what we think of a particular Pastor, the power and holiness Absolution, Sacraments, Preaching, and teaching remain pure, regardless of the personal failings of the man in the Office.
Nothing can separate us from God’s good will and love.  Even the intentional evil plans of wicked people are turned by God to His glory and our joy, though for a season we may have to endure persecution or injustice,yet, in Christ we remain Victors over the evil which seeks to harm us.
Prayer:  Merciful Father, grant the true peace of Jesus to strengthen our hearts with Your own perfect love, even when we face persecution.  Make us mindful that the ‘Light of Christ’ at work in us shines brightest as the darkness around us increases.  In Jesus we pray, Amen.
Love, Dad/Baba/Eric/Grandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”
 

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