Undeniably Free
Bible Excerpt from Romans 13:1-7
“Let every person be subject to the governing authorities…”
Reflection by Felix Carrion
It’s a good thing--no, it’s really a good thing—that after this was written, many, many people throughout the course of history, around the world, never fully, if at all, took these words to be undeniably the exact representation of how God sees it.
“Therefore whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.”
What would still be enthroned on the altar of the status quo if indeed we had taken these words to be the literal words of God? What evil would still have us in the vise of the fear of repercussions?
The first, and greatest, tyrannical authority is fear. And all other authorities that rule with fear as a wielding weapon follow suit.
I am, like you, and Paul, too, prone to get it both right and wrong, but always undeniably free to be the subject of no other human being or institution.
I am, like you, and Paul, too, undeniably free from the rule of all human beings who forget that they also are just like you and me.
We are undeniably free. Now let’s not ever forget it!
Prayer
O God, for creating and loving me in total freedom, I give you thanks and praise! Amen.
O God, for creating and loving me in total freedom, I give you thanks and praise! Amen.
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