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NASB | Ruth 3:5 She said to her, "All that you say I will do." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ruth 3:5 Ruth answered her, "I will do everything that you say." |
Bible Question: To what extent shall we obey leaders and elders? How complete should our submission be to them and to what degree does their authority over us extend? |
Bible Answer: Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. John 19:9b-11a [Pilate] saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above. Romans 13:1-3 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same. All authority ultimately originates in God. Good examples of submission to authority are Joseph and Daniel. I suspect we too often hasten to rebel, not because we are seeking to "obey God rather than man" but because rebellion is deeply imbedded in the heart of man. |