A Different Kind Of Society: A Society Of Radical Submission
While Rome glorified political agitation and uprisings were common, Christians display trust in God by honouring governing authorities appropriately.
While Rome glorified political agitation and uprisings were common, Christians display trust in God by honouring governing authorities appropriately.
Rome glorified vengeance; we are called to glorify sacrificial love.
In Rome, status was everything.
In Christ’s body, humility and mutual dependence define greatness.
In the heart of the Roman Empire—where power, honour, social climbing, and vengeance defined the culture—Paul calls the church to display a radically different society shaped by mercy, humility, sacrifice, and love. The church becomes an alternative society only when shaped by God’s mercy rather than Rome’s patterns.