Wednesday, August 20, 2014

“Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake” (1 Peter 2:13).

ordinance - noun
1 a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority: a city ordinance banned smoking in nearly all types of restaurants.
2 an authoritative order; a decree.”

We may not like the ordinance.   We may not think the ordinance is fair, and it may not be.  But unless it is in direct disobedience to God’s law, we are to obey it.


Notice the correlation with  the Lord’s sake.  Our obedience or disobedience has a direct reflection on the reputation of God’s children, not just you as his individual child (1 Peter 2:12-13).