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Superior AuthoritiesAll Must Submit to SuperiorAuthority, Christ Jesus°Rom . 15 :12 `And again Isaiahsays : `There will be the root ofJesse, and there will be one arisingto rule nations ; on him nationswill rest their hope.'"Rev . 1 :5 "Jesus Christ, . . . `TheRuler of the kings of the earth .' "I Pet. 2:13, 14, 17 "For theLord's sake subject yourselves toevery human creation : whetherto a king as being superior orto governors as being sent by himto inflict punishment on evildoersbut to praise doers of good . Honormen of all kinds, have love forthe whole association of brothers,be in fear of God, have honorfor the king ."Matt. 28 :18 "And Jesus approachedand spoke to them, saying: `All authority has been givenme in heaven and on theearth .'Those Who Show Works of Faithin Christ's Position ReceiveFavorRom . 13 :3, 4 "For those rulingare an object of fear, not to thegood deed, but to the evil . Do you,then, want to have no fear ofthe authority? Keep doing good,and you will have praise fromit ; for it is God's minister to youfor your good . But if you aredoing evil, be in fear : for it isnot without purpose that it bearshe sword ; for it is God's minister,an avenger to express wrathupon the one practicing evil ."Matt . 10 :22 "And you will behated by all people on account ofmy name ; but he that has enduredto the end is the one thatwill be saved ."Matt. 24 :9 "Then people willdeliver you up to tribulation and372will kill you, and you will behated by all the nations on accountof my name."Matt . 25 :34 . 40 "Then the kingwill say to those on his right :`Come, you who have my Father'sblessing, inherit the kingdomprepared for you from the world'sfoundation . . . . Truly I say to you,To the extent that you did it toone of the least of these mybrothers, you did it to me .' "Those Who Hold to Other Superiorsas Supreme Must Perishat Christ's Hand'Rom . 13 :4 "But if you aredoing evil, be in fear : for it isnot without purpose that it bearsthe sword ; for it is God's minister,an avenger to express wrathupon the one practicing evil ."Luke 12 :4, 5 "Moreover I sayto you, my friends, Do not fearthose who kill the body and afterthis are not able to do anythingmore . But I will indicate to youwhom to fear : Fear him whoafter killing has authority tothrow into Gehenna ."Rev . 19 :15 "And out of hismouth there protrudes a sharplong sword, that he may smitethe nations with it, and he willshepherd them with a rod ofiron. He treads, too, the pressof the wine of the anger of thewrath of God the Almighty ."Matt. 25 :45, 46 "Then he willanswer them with the words :`Truly I say to you, To the extentthat you did not do it to oneof these least ones, you did notdo it to me .' And these will departinto everlasting cutting-off,but the righteous ones into everlastinglife ."See "Caesar's Things to Caesar ."