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Obedience and Trust: Submitting to Earthly Authority

1 Peter 2

 |  Mark Bates
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Mark Bates discusses the Christian duty of submission to earthly authorities. Bates highlights that such submission is not based on the worthiness of the authority but on the command of God, ultimately reflecting a trust in God’s sovereign control and serving as a testimony to others.

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Mark Bates is senior pastor of Village Seven Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Before moving to Colorado in 2007, he was pastor of University Presbyterian Church in Orlando, which he and his wife, Tricia, planted in 1991. They have three daughters.

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