Submit to governing authorities

as part of submitting everything to God’s authority.

I. Jesus is asked an “either-or” question (vv. 19-22)

II. Jesus gives a “both-and” response (vv. 23-26)

What does it look like for us to submit to governing authorities as part of submitting everything to God’s authority?

1. Pray for governing authorities

2. Pay your taxes

3. Obey the law

4. Share the gospel and make disciples

Three of God’s purposes for governing authorities:

• To administer the justice required for protecting human life

• To enable people to fulfill the cultural mandate (“be fruitful and

multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over

[it]”)

• To provide a stable context for God’s people to share the gospel

and make disciples