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"Why should I submit, he is not more matured and better than I am"
📖 Related Verses (8)
1Peter 2:18 "Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh."
1Timothy 6:1 "Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed."
Colossians 3:17 "And whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him."
Ephesians 6:2
John 19:11 "Jesus answered,
Proverbs 18:12 "Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility."
Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Romans 13:2 "Whosoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves judgment."
"Why should I submit, he isn't more matured and better than I am"
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1Corinthians 10:31 "Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God."
1Corinthians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
Ephesians 6:5 "Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;"
People are put into authority by God and this is not primarily because they are better Mattured or more important than others but so that the power and ordinances of God will be established.
John 3:27 "John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven."
My relationship with authority depends primarily on heaven and not on who has been put in authority. Heaven will judge how people use and relate to authority.
Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.
Philippians 2:5 "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:"
Proverbs 18:12 "Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility."
"I should be the leader because I am the oldest"
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1Corinthians 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
1Samuel 9:21 ,21 "And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then speak you so to me?",22 "And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlor, and made them sit in the chief place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons."
2Corinthians 10:12 "For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise."
John 19:11 "Jesus answered,
Judges 6:15 "And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."
Psalm 8:2 "Out of the mouth of babes and infants have you ordained strength because of your enemies, that you might still the enemy and the avenger."
"When I am more matured in God, I will start serving Him"
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2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Jeremiah 1:7 "But the LORD said unto me,
Zechariah 4:6 "Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
It is not about Matturity but all about the glory of God.