{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Dialog","title":"1.35 / Do you have to honor a leader you disagree with?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2049,"description":"Can you honor a leader you disagree with? Every Bible hero we love had to. Joseph had Potiphar. David had Saul. Samuel had Eli.\nWe don't mean a leader doing something immoral or unethical. We mean a leader doing something you don't like and don't think will work. My co-host Nick Surface and I keep going on spiritual authority, right where Episode 34 ended.\nDo you have to honor a leader you disagree with?\nHebrews 13:17 says to obey your leaders and submit to them, because they keep watch over your souls. My dad says it this way: we don't honor because they're honorable. We honor because we're honorable.\nWhy didn't David take the throne from Saul?\nHe was anointed, and he had more than one chance to take Saul's life. He wouldn't do it. As Nick puts it, spiritual authority comes down to one question: where is your trust?\nIs it a principle issue or a preference issue?\nAsk that before you leave. You can get over preferences. Deciding a church is bad because it isn't what you want is pride and entitlement.\nWho holds leaders accountable?\nGod does, because nothing is more valuable to Him than a human soul. Find leaders you're willing to submit to. Then pray they stay submitted to God.\nScriptures\nHebrews 13:17 · Ephesians 6:1-3 · Psalm 51:17 · 1 Samuel 24 and 26 · 2 Samuel 15\nBooks and people\nJohn Bevere, Under Cover\nA Tale of Three Kings\nErwin McManus: fit the values, even if you don't fit the vision\nChapters\n0:00 Cold open and show intro\n0:52 How much should you hold your leaders accountable?\n1:55 What does the Bible expect of leaders and followers?\n2:51 When the leader isn't wrong, you just don't like it\n3:17 Hebrews 13:17: obey your leaders and submit to them\n4:41 \"We don't honor because they're honorable\"\n6:27 No disclaimer for good parents (Ephesians 6)\n8:23 Marriage, divorce and good justifications\n10:15 God always holds authority accountable\n11:38 Hold on: is that always true?\n12:31 David was anointed and still honored Saul\n13:18 Have a dream? Submit it to your...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7YsfA4gq5VzjhvmKvDET1pQqT0OM6yxv1laklKclR7g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZWZh/MTRmZDEzOWRjZGQz/Y2M2NThkNzYwOTJj/ODA4MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}