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From lawful to lawbreaker in an instant: “When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went up to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. Daniel went from submission to the king to open rebellion in a heartbeat. However, once the king stepped outside his jurisdiction, Daniel promptly ignored the king and treated him like he was nobody at all. Daniel had no problems obeying the king as long as the king acted within his sphere of authority. To the contrary, he had risen high in the ranks of the king’s court and was held in very high esteem. This tells us that Daniel was not in the habit of disobeying the king. This was not a targeted attack by the king. He was not angry with Daniel at all for praying to God. This was not a vindictive king and he had no animosity to Daniel or to his faith. Darius was very distressed at what happened and he had no desire to punish Daniel. There are a few things of note in this story.įirst, notice that Daniel had the king’s favor. Daniel disobeyed this order and was thrown into the lion’s den as a result of his faithfulness, from which God saved him. King Darius made an edict declaring that you could not pray to any god for thirty days.

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Here is the shortened version (you can read the full account in Daniel 6).

The example of Daniel and the lion’s den. Just as the church cannot tell the civil government to not do what God has commanded it to do. The civil government cannot tell the church to not do what she has been commanded by Jesus Christ to do. And under the authority of Jesus Christ, the church also has a task to fulfill, and she will be held to account on how she completes her task.

And they will be held to account for how they complete their task. Therefore, under the authority of Jesus Christ, the civil government has a task to fulfil. Each authority answers to Him for how they perform their duties. So, when we say that Jesus is Lord, that means that He oversees each individual ruler in their area of power, and He sets their limits. To each He has given their own task, and each ruler is responsible to fulfill that task. What is given by God, and is being dutifully carried out, cannot lawfully be taken away by another. If God has given rulership to someone in a certain area, then others can not come and take it away. It also means that you cannot take authority away from someone to whom God has given it. He grants power to certain people, and he limits those powers according to His word. What does that mean? It means that Jesus is the one who tells every power on earth what they are, and are not, authorized to do. There is no authority that is not already under His authority. According to scripture, there is no realm or office anywhere that is not under his rule and ownership. Jesus said that all authority has been given to him, in heaven and on earth. I do not think it means what you think it means.” Let me explain. And there are those who are left scratching their heads and saying those famous words, “You keep using that word. Somewhere along the line someone has smuggled in a new definition of what the Lordship of Christ means. The problem is that we don’t know what it means. The problem is not that we don’t agree on this fact because we do. It’s hardly a controversial statement, is it? Christians have been saying it for 2000 years. In this article, we would like to establish some important implications from the phrase: Jesus is Lord. The declaration is not very long but is full of important information and is an excellent follow up to the article. Second, we have added a link to the Niagara Declaration (see below), which is well worth your time. It is not intended to answer every question, but rather is simply meant as a primer on the topic. The first is an article that sets out a few implications of the Lordship of Jesus Christ over every other form of government. Today we are posting 2 items as we begin our conversation. Here is a link to an important article that follows from the sermon by Pastor Eric this past Sunday, March 7. Here is the link to the audio from our last member meeting where Pastor Eric taught on sphere sovereignty (it's under the 'sermons' tab if you want to look for it there as well).

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