As sojourners and exiles, we continue to think through the implications of keeping our conduct honorable among the gentiles (1 Peter 2:12). How do we as citizens of Heaven under the authority of the King of Heaven (Philippians 3:20), relate to and engage with the law of the land, with civil authority, with the government?

The answer is easy when those authorities are acting within God’s ideal. But what about when they don’t? What if that civil authority is under the influence of the spirit of the age? What if it is in the hands of the enemy? And what if on account of that fact, it was the source of suffering and hardship for believers in our community? How do we respond then? 

Join us today as we study 1 Peter 2:13 - 17 and talk through An Exile's Response to Civil Authority.