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1 Peter 2:16

We are to submit because we are servants of God! We are all servants of God, so our submission is out of respect for God. Are we aware that our liberty appears in this context? Our freedom, our liberty, is to consciously choose to submit. People in the world do not have that liberty. If they submit, they do so out of fear of the power of the authorities. We are free to submit out of deep respect and an abiding love for God. They lack that freedom.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Submitting (Part 2)

Related Topics: Freedom as Function of Submission to God | Freedom as Submitting to God | Liberty as Function of Submission to God | Liberty as Submitting to God | Liberty in Law | Respect for God | Servant of God | Submission | Submission to God | Submitting to God | Submitting to God's Will

Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing 1 Peter 2:16:

Numbers 22:20-21
Matthew 12:1-8
Revelation 6:15
Revelation 6:15-17

 

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