“Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath but also because of your conscience.” (CSB – Read the chapter)
I have received a speeding ticket on time in my life. It was while I was driving through a small town region in a county that is otherwise pretty sparsely populated. I was actually talking to someone on the phone and had missed a speed limit change. It is a stretch of road where the speed limit changes back and forth between 45 and 55 several times over about 30 miles. I thought I was in the correct zone, but it turns out that I wasn’t. I think the officer posted me as going 9 miles over the limit. He wasn’t even sitting and running radar. He was driving the other way, happened to have his radar on, and flipped around to get me. Ultimately, the judge had me do a round of driving school online and dismissed the case, which was inconvenient, but welcome. While the ticket was pretty irritating given the circumstances (and especially now that as a police chaplain I’ve seen how much leeway some departments give on speed limit infractions), the fact is that I was over the posted limit. I was in the wrong. I deserved the ticket. My conscience still occasionally bothers me about that. Before shifting gears to some other implications of God’s sovereignly assigning authority as He wills, Paul offers one more reason why submitting to the governing authorities over us matters. Let’s take a quick look at what he has to say.
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