Submit to Authorities | Romans 13:1-7

Paul continues to share on consecrated life in how we relate to governing authorities. In writing to Christians navigating the challenges of living within the Roman Empire, Paul exhorts them to faithfully submit to the governing authorities for three main reasons: governments are instituted by God, governments maintain justice, and governments maintain society and order. Therefore, Christians have a civic duty to not only submit to governing authorities, but to also wisely engage with government and society so that they may carry out these mandates. In this way, Paul gives us a general framework and exhortation of our gospel duty of loving our neighbor and glorifying God through wise civic engagement.