Romans Week 2, Day 3 – Romans 13:1-2, 7-10

Read Romans 13

Paul gives all sorts of practical ways to live well as a Christian. His thoughts in Romans 13 seem especially applicable to Christians today. In Romans 13, Paul talks politics. Paul’s first instruction is radical – you should submit to your government because God placed those leaders in power. Paul doesn’t say, ‘Only support Christian government.’ Paul says your political leaders, in the end, were placed there by God and to rebel against them is the same as rebelling against God. How might our political landscape be radically different if we lived in light of this truth? Today, consider how you might give everyone what you owe them – respect, taxes, honor or payment – regardless of how you voted.