The Civil Laws of God

01-28-06

1. 1 Cor. 14:40 – God desires decency and order.

A. Ex. 21-23 & Deut. 22-25 – God ordered Israel’s day to day behavior.

· Ex. 21:33 – Responsibility for actions.

· Deut. 22:1 – Cartakers of nature (Rev. 11:18).

· Deut. 23:9-12 – Cleanliness & hygiene.

· Deut. 24:14-15 – Fair recompense for labor.

· Deut. 23:20 7 Lev. 25:36-37 – No interest on loans.

· Matt. 7:12 – The golden rule.

· When my Dad drove the bus for the black choir.

B. Rom 13:1-7 – God orders our lives today as well.

· Titus 3:1 – Obey the rulers of government.

· 1 Pet. 2:13-17 – Live obediently to gain respect & favor

· Matt. 22:21 – Render to Caesar what belongs to him.

· 1 Tim. 2:1-4 – Respect and pray for authorities.

· The lady, the mugger and the policeman.

C. Ex. 20:3 – Serve God above all earthly rulers.

· Acts 4:13-20 & 5:29 – Obey God rather than man.

· Rev. 13:15-17 & 14:9-10 – A time of great conflict.

· Dan. 3:18 – Resolve to obey God at all costs.

· The car sale and the witness.

“The greatest want of the world is the want of men – men who will not be bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true and honest, men who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole, men who will stand for the right through the heavens fall.” {Ed 57.3}