The Higher Liberty
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The Higher Liberty
by Gregory HHC, d
Minister of His Holy Church
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Higher
Power
God gave man the right to
choose. He has delivered man from bondage and warned him about going
under authority of others.
It is essential to the plan and
purpose of Satan, the adversary, to deceive people. He does this by
telling us part of the truth while deluding us to believe a lie. The
cunning use of sophistry and his ability to tempt us to act selfishly
in our own interest has been his recorded modus operandi.
Our modern misunderstanding of
Romans 13 seems to hinge on one word of the text, powers. Dunamis, dunamai, didomi, arche, ischus, ischuros, kratos and energes are all translated in
the New Testament as ‘power’,
but have decidedly different meanings than the word that appears in
Romans 13.
The original Greek word is exousia. It is from
two Greek words. Ex meaning ‘of’ or ‘from’,
while ousia means ‘what one has, i.e. property,
possessions, estate’. Exousia is defined: “power
of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases.” Is Paul telling us to go under government authority or to remain at
liberty?
What would happen if we
translated exousia in Romans 13 into the English word
“liberty” as we see in Corinthians 8:9?
“Let every soul be subject unto
the higher liberty. For there is no liberty but of God: the liberties that be are ordained of God.
Whosoever therefore resisteth (opposes) the liberty, resisteth
(opposes) the ordinance of God: and they that resist (sets one’s
self against) 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 liberty? Do that which is good, and thou
shalt have praise of the same.” Romans 13:1-3
Can this be true? Could so many
people have been a part of such a bold deception? The
word exousia is translated “right” in
Hebrews 13:10 and Revelation 22:14, and it is translated as “liberty”
in 1 Corinthians 8:9.
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Related Articles and Audio:
Romans 13 part 1
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/audio/rm/Romans131.ram
ROMANS 13 verse 1 the higher liberty
Does God want us to be subject or to be free?
http://www.hisholychurch.org/sermon/romans13.php
Romans 13 and I Peter 2,13-14
Is the Bible consistent about setting men free or does it contradict itself?
http://www.hisholychurch.org/sermon/romanspeter.php
Romans 13, NN Video Series:7-10 4:32
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SEMYx6affo
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