In the Name of the Holy Trinity – Amen
Article Title: – Arise from sleep with Jesus Christ, and thank God for His security and confidence, and you will find grace.
My dear brother and sister in Christ our Lord, welcome to the fold of our living God, in beloved South Sudan. Our God, our father Abraham, our God, our father Isaac, and our God, our father Jacob, on this blessed morning, by God’s grace, for His chosen people in South Sudan from eternity. May you be well and in good health. My beloved brothers, I am pleased to first of all like you: – To point out this grace from the Holy Bible, and to your readiness to accept it, including in your daily lives, from a spiritual perspective, faith, and trust in God alone, without partner. As stated in Romans 13:1-7, 8, 10-12#
A simple summary: – Concerning submission to the worldly and international authorities ruling today. We must abide by and respect the state and submit to God’s arrangements for the authorities, laws, and regulations of the ruling state, as stated in the Bible from the beginning of time. God created the world without complaint about the authorities existing today in the world, and all that we do in this obedience and respect to the arrangements of the authorities, we find favor in the eyes of God and of people, my brother and sister in Christ our Lord. And from here also, my brother and sister in Christ our Lord, come with me, all of us, to see what the Bible says about the worldly and international authorities existing today from the beginning of time. We find in Romans 13:1-7# 1- Every soul must submit to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities established by God. 2- Even those who resist the authority resist the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment upon themselves. 3 For rulers are not afraid of those who do good, but of those who do evil. Do you then desire to be unafraid of authority? Do what is good, and you will be praised by it. 4 For it is God’s handmaid to you for your good. But if you do evil, be afraid, for authority does not bear the sword in vain, for it is God’s handmaid, and it avenges His wrath on those who do evil. 5 Therefore, it is necessary that you submit, not only to avoid wrath, but also out of conscience. 6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for those in authority are God’s servants who persevere in this very work. 7 Give each one his due: taxes to whomever pays taxes, tribute to whomever pays tribute, respect to whomever respects, honor to whomever honors. (And from here: brotherly love in the authorities existing in the world and the state today is found in: – Romans 13:8 and 10-12# says: 8- Owe no one, except to love one another. For whoever loves another has fulfilled the law. 10- Love does not bear evil to his neighbor. And so love is the fulfillment of the whole law. 11- Moreover, you know the time, and that it is now the hour in which we must awake from sleep. For our salvation is now nearer to us than in the day of our security. 12- The night is almost over and the day is about to dawn. Let us lay aside the works of iniquity and put on the armor of light. And from here, my dear brother and sister in Christ our Lord, not only this: but the Holy Bible has indicated to us with the title: (Prayer and collective worship for the ruling authorities existing today). 1 Timothy 2:1-6# 1- I urge, therefore, first of all, that you make supplications, fervent prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, For all people. 2. And for kings and those in authority, that we may live a life of peace and tranquility, with godliness and dignity. 3. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior. 4. And He desires for all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5. For God is one, and there is one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus. 6. Who gave himself as a ransom for all. This is a testimony to be given in its proper time
Finally, my beloved brothers: May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you al.
Elder: John D.N.D 0981540275