The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-10-31
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Lesson
(By REV. P. B. FITzWATER, D. D, Dean
Moody Pible Institute OF ChicagO.)
%, 1929, Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for November 3
RESPECT FOR EIGHTFUL
AUTHORITY
Worlds Temperance Sunday

NWorloS temperance Sunoay)
LESSON TEXT-Mark 12:13-17; Rom.
13:1-14; Peter 2:13-17.
GOLDEN TEXT-Let every soul be
subject unto the higher powers.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Why We Have
Laws.
JUNIOR ToPIc-why We Have
Laws.
INTERMEDIARY AND SENIOR TOP
1C-Obeying the Law.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
1C-Making Effective the WIN Of the
Community.
Though our citizenship is in heaven,
we have obligation to the government
under which we live.
!. Obligation to Pay Tribute mark
12:13-17).
This teaching concerning the tribute
money came in answer to the question
put to Jesus by representatives Of the
Pharisees and Herod. They would
gladly have killed him, but they feared
the people. Their only hope was to
discredit him among the people.
l. Their question ". 10.
Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar
or not? The PhariseeS contended that
since God was the real king of Israel,
it was not obligatory-yea, even sin
ful-to pay taxes to a heather king
The Herodians were supporters of
Herod. With flattery on their lips,
they put this subtle question. For
Christ to have answered yves" would
have discredited Him with the people,
and to have said mo" would have
made Him liable to arrest as an
enemy of the government.
2. Jesus reply wv. 1910.
He requested a coin to be brought
and inquired as to whose image and
superscription it bore, declaring that
those who accept the coin of Caesar
should pay taxes to Caesar. Thus the
Lord escapes their trap and inculcates
a principle which applies to all time
and conditions as to the Christians
responsibility to civil government.
II. The Christians Obligation to the
State (8om. 13:1-O.
The believer is a citizen as well as
a Christian.
l. Obedience to rulers wv. 1-4).
This obligation is upon all Chris
tians. Civil government is ordained
of God, and rulers are His represent
atives. To refuse obedience to civil
authority is to resist God. This does
not mean that Christian at the be-
hest of the state should do that which
is inherently wrong. The same is true
of the child in its responsibility to it's
parents. While obedience to parents
is the will of God for children, this
does not imply that the child is un-
morally wrong, at the command of the
parents. Submission to authority Is
the law of the believers life.
2. The spirit in which the Christian
renders obedience to rulers (v. -.
He should regard it as his obligation
because it is morally right.
8. Methods of expressing this obedi-
encH wv. G, y.
- In the payment of personal and
property taxes. The citizen who en-
joys the benefits of government is
morally bound to support it.
(2) Payment of duty upon merchan-
disc, and license fees. The business
exchange between nations must be
regulated. 'For such regulations, ex-
pense is incurred for which benefit
the citizen should pay.
CD Veneration for magistrates
"Fear to whom fear"
Those who have the fear Of God in
their hearts will venerate their rul-
ers, Gods representatives.
(4) "HOnOr to whom honor" Civil
officers should be honored because of
the ministry they perform.
III. The Spirit Of Loyalty to Author
ity Il Pet. 2:13-1D.
The loyalty of the Christian to right
authority should be glad and free.
The Christian recognizes the necessity
Of social order, and will graciously
submit to the authority of rulers and
faithfully perform his obligation as a
citizen, not through cringing fear, but
as the Lords free man, for the Lords
sake. BY means of this free submits
sion as Gods servant, he puts to ST.
lence the ignorance of foolish men
Wv. 10, 1G).
1. Honor all men ". ~.
He will see in every man the image
of God and therefore give honor to
him. A Christian will attend to the
prophecies of life among all classes
and in all relations.
(2) Love the brotherhood ". ~.
The Christian has a Deculiar love for
those who are of the same household.
90 Fear God ". ~. This is fllal,
reverental fear.
(4) Honor the king ". 17). This
had a peculiar Significance, for in all
probability the wicsnd Nero was then
the reigning monarch.