The Church and its Minister
I. All sinners have a problem with submitting to authority.
A. “...sin is the transgression of the law” (1JO 3:4).
B. law: A rule of conduct imposed by authority.
C. For someone to say that he has no problem with authority is to say that he has no sin,
which is self-deception and in effect charges God with lying. 1JO 1:8, 10.
D. Honesty and sincerity demand that we admit that we have a natural reluctance to submit
to godly authority because it gets in the way of our sins, our liberties, our plans and our
pride.