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Earthly Conduct of Heavenly Citizens

Earthly Conduct of Heavenly Citizens. No f ear: God’s got this!. All authority belongs to God. Abraham Lincoln “ Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.”. No f ear: God’s got this!.

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Earthly Conduct of Heavenly Citizens

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  1. Earthly Conduct of Heavenly Citizens

  2. No fear: God’s got this! All authority belongs to God Abraham Lincoln “Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.”

  3. No fear: God’s got this! All human authority is established by God Romans 13:1 Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.

  4. No fear: God’s got this! All human authority is established by God Daniel 4:17 “...the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind, and bestows it on whom He wishes and sets over it the lowliest of men.”

  5. No fear: God’s got this! All human authority is established by God Job 12:23 “He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.”

  6. No fear: God’s got this! All earthly rulers will submit to God Daniel 2:44 “In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.”

  7. No fear: God’s got this!

  8. No fatalism: God can use us! Sovereignty means that God has... • the right to rule over everything • the power to rule over everything • the wisdom to rule over everything

  9. No fatalism: God can use us! What matters to God?

  10. No fatalism: God can use us! What matters to God? • Life

  11. No fatalism: God can use us! What matters to God? • Justice Proverbs 16:12 It is an abomination for kings to commit wicked acts, for a throne is established on righteousness.

  12. No fatalism: God can use us! What matters to God? • Justice Jeremiah 23:5 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; and He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land.”

  13. No fatalism: God can use us! What matters to God? • Justice Proverbs 31:8–9 Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all the unfortunate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.

  14. No fatalism: God can use us! What matters to God? • Justice Jeremiah 22:16 “He [Josiah] pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; then it was well. Is not that what it means to know Me?” declares the Lord.

  15. No fatalism: God can use us! What matters to God? • Marriage

  16. No fatalism: God can use us! What matters to God? • Worship

  17. No fatalism: God can use us! What can we do? Acts 23:1 Paul, looking intently at the Council, said, “Brethren, I have lived my life with a perfectly good conscience before God up to this day.”

  18. No fatalism: God can use us! What can we do? Jeremiah 29:7 “Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.”

  19. No fatalism: God can use us! What can we do? • Submit • Resist • Vote • Serve • Act

  20. No fatalism: God can use us! • Distance increases anxiety or apathy • Proximity increases empathy and opportunity

  21. Find a way to SERVE Stop worrying about everything Start doing something

  22. Find a way to SERVE www.grace-bible.org/serve/outreach CommunityOutreach@grace-bible.org GlobalOutreach@grace-bible.org

  23. Earthly Conduct of Heavenly Citizens

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