Submit.
It's not a popular word. Not a feel-good concept. Not an easy practice.
But it is a command believers frequently find themselves under in various situations.
A command!
Here's a particularly neglected passage of Scripture with a submission command:
"Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you." (Hebrews 13:17)
It seems clear from the context that the author of Hebrews has the local church authorities in mind.
I wonder what percentage of churchgoers have confidence in their church leaders and submit to their authority?
I wonder what percentage know that it's a commandment.
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