Submissive Justice

Taming His Submissive

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Build a chain of words by adding one letter at a time. Synonyms and Antonyms of submissive. Words Related to submissive. Near Antonyms of submissive. Learn More about submissive See words that rhyme with submissive Dictionary: Seen and Heard What made you want to look up submissive? Christ replaced the priestly authorities, not just for Israel, but for all people who follow him. And that left the early Christians, mostly Israelites, at a loss.

Instead, Christian converts everywhere were still oppressed or imprisoned by unjust worldly leaders. For this reason, the apostles Paul and Peter had to encourage Christians to obey the government authorities that God, himself, allowed to exist. Slaves still had to obey their masters; wives still had to obey their patriarchal husbands, even if they had no recourses under the law. If any Christian nation existed, it was spiritual—a spiritual Israel, with God as her head, while living in secular political states. This is a difficult truth to ponder: God wants us to live at peace, as far as is possible, with the society we live in.

My soul rises up in rebellion at my government spying on me and my fellow American citizens. How am I — how are any of us — to reconcile this?

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How far are we to submit to our government authorities? If social workers from child services knock on our door, do we allow them to enter in order that we remain in subjection to the institutions that God has ordained? While I still possess an almost sacred respect for those above me, I have no respect for government institutions that misuse their authority, who operate outside the law, or who step outside their designated spheres and demand compliance where none is due. Here is the crux of my problem: Greater than my respect for government is my God-influenced ideal of justice. My earthly authorities will let me down.

Christianity may not have a national identity, but God is still the highest authority, regardless of who is temporarily in control of human society. You see, there is no paradox. Despite our citizenship in secular states, God is still the highest authority. His power trumps all earthly institutions. And, as we learn from the Old Testament writings, God hates injustice.

Jill Domschot writes speculative novels with a Gothic flair, as well as odd short stories and philosophical memoirs. Anna and the Dragon is her debut novel. You can find out more about Jill and her current writing projects at her website.

They are not our kings, they are our employees. In this case we are on the road to becoming serfs to a class of elites with no authority other than what they usurp. Just what I was going to say. This is something I have struggled with until I had an aha moment. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. But the question broadens to all Christianity. All the while hanging on to the fact this life is a vapor and his rule is just, his kingdom eternal.

Complacency and enabling when it comes to respecting authority. I am not saying this of you. I struggle with this everyday because everyday I deal with authority figures who stink to high heaven because of their perverting of righteousness and judgment.

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When God made Nebuchanezzar to conquer Jerusalem and take the people captive, some of the many people were Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, Abadnego. They submitted to and served as slaves to Babylon as God commanded through Jeremiah, but they were not complacent nor were they enabling as we read about:. I admire all of them, Esther, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, Abadnego, and many many others in the KJV Holy Bible who respected authority due to their love and obedience to God but they also knew God does not pervert judgment and they were bold to stand up to wicked authority.

God was number 1 in their life and they were not willing to let that authority come between them and God. David willingly fought Goliath because while, no doubt, Goliath easily could destroy all of Israel, David took a stand for God, and God rewarded David by making Davids aim a success. Also, in the New Testament we read about Pauls imprisonment and he makes mention in at least one letter if not more of his fellow prisoners like Junea.

They were in prison for their Christian faith. They willingly took a stand for what was right knowing that their stand would result in execution. In 1 Kings 3: Pray for me that I will be that pleasing to the Lord. You bring up an important point. If we follow God and not man, we will have to be willing to face the consequences.

Ironically, the entire idea of Jesus, who did no wrong, sacrificing himself for evildoers, is terribly unjust. And yet that is our example. As always, Jill, you leave much to ponder. Many parts of the Old Testament seem shockingly unjust, such as when God tells the Israelites to go and kill everyone including the women and children. Why the women and children?

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But I do have confidence that God has a plan and he knows best, so I revert to that as my default position. In this day, we are faced with circumstances that seem unjust to human eyes. I struggle with this on a micro level every day at work. The only place I can find understanding is in remembering that He is the Creator, we are the created. The potter has every right to do as He pleases, the clay has none. We are left happily, I add to trust in His judgment. Bad, bad stuff has happened to them. But as one of my friends said, upon arriving in Canada, the spiritual challenge was that all of Babylon was laid out before him for the taking, like grapes on the vine.

So perhaps if we want to walk justly, our first calling as North American Christians is similar to that of Laodicea: But we do, as human beings, and human culture is worth protecting—our Burmese friends regularly pray their gratitude to God that He has allowed them to keep their culture and language in the face of genocide. The problem, of course, with us is that we are wealthy.

But that is no reason to become complacent with the injustices that do happen. Perhaps what is more likely is that a refugee from another country will acutely feel the injustice of his new American neighbor who has just lost his children to Child Services due to an anonymous tipper, or his neighbor who was arrested because she asked a police officer a simple question. Perhaps the refugee is more sensitive. I think our insulation and affluence skews our sense of injustice out of proportion. Furor over celebrity, top-of-the-news cycle or personal or minor dramas command our attention while long-term erosion continues unchecked, even unnoticed.

Once, when I wondered why we all so complacently allowed the TSA to search our baggage and strip search us either electronically or physically if we were singled out , made us remove our shoes and separated us from our children in the airport search lines, I looked up at a an ad for great food and cocktails on the other end of the flight. We have cocktails awaiting us. I live paycheck to paycheck. But I live in a sq ft home, have five computers, a dishwasher, etc. We are still able to buy expensive products on clearance and we feel satisfied with ourselves.

Yeah, I shudder, too.

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It is another subject altogether—complacency in the face of perceived injustice. The USA and Canada are perceived as sanctuaries. As to living here, a couple of stories have jumped out at me. One was the invitation for some of the newly-arrived families to send their kids to summer camp. Nothing wrong with getting back to nature. That surely affects our ability to perceive the nature of justice and mercy. Seeing how my international friends worship, I firmly believe God rejoices in human culture even as He rejects our corruption of human rights, freedoms and personal sanctity.

This is the church we visit. Blind submission is a form of religious legalism. Therefore do not go on being subject to a yoke of slavery. How can we preach that God is loving and trustworthy if we ignore need and suffering? Excellent points being made by all within this post. I think Jill has posed a valid concern, which many of us have been nurturing. To put it crudely, I often fear we citizens are like proverbial frogs in boiling water.

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