Civil Disobedience

Since the fall of man, and the instituting of human government, there has been a continual tension for God's saints between submission to these authorities, and disobeying them when necessary.

Christians in communist or Muslim countries have had to work through these issues for a long time, but in the West, it is only in more recent years, as our governments become increasingly antichrist and hostile to the church, that Christians have been forced to ask the question, “At what point does God require me to disobey the government?”

In this sermon we will consider how God has established human government, the specific purpose they are to fulfil, and the circumstances in which we must disobey them.

I. THE DOMAIN OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT
II. THE DUTY OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT
III. OUR DISOBEDIENCE TO CIVIL GOVERNMENT