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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak
Here, it seems odd that Paul would admonish the Thessilonians to "know them which labor amoung you" - as in, "take note of who they are" if "authority" resided in a status - since, there would be no question of who the "leaders" or "authorities" were in such a case.
Just more food for thought. But here's my real question:
Is there anything in the "submit to authority" verses which conveys something more than "submit to one another in reverence for CHrist"? (Eph. 5:21?
Peter
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Peter,
"to know them which labor amoung you", could that be not only those who serve through appointment or coordination to carry out a work, but those who have no appointment and no affiliation, but are burdened before the Lord which he or she may be pressed to pursue?
My comment on your second point, the answer is not so simple. The matter of submitting is a matter of the will. We can submit to one another in reverence for Christ. What can muddy the equation, is our fallen adamic man. If we sense alternative agendas other than Christ on the matter of "submit to authority", we have reservation in submitting. In the past there have been brothers who have outwardly resisted "submitting" while others just go along. I wouldn't consider going along as submitting, because the will has not submitted. I see it as a passive resistance to submission.
Truthfully the matter of submitting is something I need more clarity on.
Terry Fisher