Conduct of Worldly Saints

Introduction

1. Be Submissive & Obedient towards Civil Authorities
   “1 Put them in mind… to be subject to principalities [rulers] and powers [i.e. authority], to obey magistrates [government]”
    5th commandment; cf. Rom 13:1-7.
    What about civil authorities which we cannot fully agree with? (1 Pet 2:13-14; 1 Tim 3:1-2; Acts 5:29; 1 Pet 2:15)

2. Be Ready to Every Good Work
   …1b to be ready to every good work.
    What are good works?
    What good work have I done or will do? (1 Cor 15:58).

3. Be Kind in Speech, Slander Not
   2a To speak evil of no man…
    Are we to say only positive things about other? (cf. Prov 6:16-19).
    What attitude should we adopt seeing we can easily fail? (cf. Prov 10:19; Jas 1:26; Prov 17:9)

4. Be Not Quarrelsome
   …2b to be no brawlers.
    No-fighter. Not contentious.
    Is there a difference between being opinionated and having an opinion?

5. Be Gentle & Meek to All
   … 2c [to be] gentle, showing all meekness unto all men.
    Gentle: outward acts. Meekness: inward disposition.
    Imitate Christ (1 Peter 2:21-24).

Conclusion