I always taught my children to remember their three things:
- Keep your eyes on Jesus.
- Obey your authorities- IN THE LORD.
- Use good manners.
I taught them who Jesus was and who Jesus is. I taught them the definition of authority and that some authority is good and of GOD and that some is evil; as every good thing fell in the beginning and can now be perverted. I told them to follow authority ONLY when authority did not ask them to sin or to go against THE GOD of THE BIBLE. I taught them that though manners and customs can be very specific as pertaining to different societies, ultimately manners are a way of behaving that does not offend another, and that good manners are defined in the Golden rule. The Golden rule reminds us to do to others only that we would in our reasonable mind do or want done to ourselves.
In this present world, It is becoming increasingly difficult to know when the authority is in opposition to GOD and to HIS good. Yet, as always, we must be able to recognize sin, and sin is anything that is displeasing to GOD, and to resist sin or flee from it. I ask now that my children and all people pray for discernment- BEG for wisdom- and resist any authority in opposition to the good that is GOD.
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