Title: The Art and Science of Submission

Text: 1 Peter 5:5-7

I. What Submission Is Not.

A. Commands of Men+God Col. 2:8; Mark 7:6-8.

B. Bare minimum/compliance (Standing inside while sitting outside) Col. 3:22,23.

C. Conditional* or Selective Luke 18:20-23.

D. Passive complacency Rev. 3:15-17.

E. Adjusting authorities for easier submission 1 Kings 22:5-8; 2 Tim. 4:2-3.

II. What Submission Is.

A. Putting oneself under 1 Peter 5:5.

B. Under His explicit commands and proper understanding of His Word 1 Peter 5:6.

C. Under God ordained people Eph. 5:22; 6:1; 1 Pet.; 2:18; Heb. 13:17.

D. Under God’s ordained corporations Matt. 18:17; Rom 13:1.

III. Examples of Submission in Scripture.

A. Highest example: Christ Gal. 4:4,5; Php. 2:8.

B. Examples that example 1 Cor 16:15-16; Act 23:3-5; 26:27,28.

C. Examples the may seem optional.

Conclusion: Submission is a Christian Virtue.