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Wednesday night Bible study Under Cover series About 40 minutes

Under Cover: Finding Shelter in God's Authority

Pastor Erickson opens the Under Cover series on a Wednesday night with Psalm 91 and Romans 13, teaching that all authority comes from God and that His protection is found by dwelling under His covering. Using the story of a youth pastor who learned submission and the fall in Eden, he calls believers to examine their hearts for rebellion and stay submitted to God and the leaders He has placed over them.

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The message in 6 points

  1. Dwelling under His shadow

    He opens the Under Cover series with Psalm 91:1-2. To live under cover means dwelling in God's protective shadow, a place of refuge, safety and provision, and stepping out of that covering leaves us exposed with no protection.

    38:41

  2. All authority comes from God

    Romans 13 says every soul should be subject to the higher powers, because the powers that be are ordained of God. In a democratic culture we think authority is ours to approve, but God's kingdom is not a democracy, and we submit not out of fear but for conscience's sake.

    42:24

  3. Kicking against the pricks

    He tells how John Bevere, as a youth pastor, saw eight months of planning cancelled by his senior pastor and felt rebellion rise. Like Saul on the Damascus road, he was kicking against the pricks, so he repented and told his team the news with joy. Submission is revealed when agreement ends.

    46:08

  4. Sin is lawlessness

    From 1 John 3:4 he says sin is lawlessness, stepping outside God's authority. In Eden God gave every tree but one, and the serpent twisted God's word and questioned His goodness until Adam and Eve stepped out from under God's covering.

    59:09

  5. Doers of the word

    Hearing without obeying is self-deception, and submission is a decision he says he has to keep making. He urges people facing major decisions to ask their pastor to help them pray, not just inform him, because the Holy Ghost sees what we cannot.

    1:04:58

  6. Stay under cover

    The mystery of iniquity is already at work, making rebellion look reasonable, and staying under cover is our guard against deception. He closes by asking everyone to check whether they dwell in the secret place and to pray for a heart submitted to God and their pastor.

    1:11:26

In his words

“It's been said many times, you're never going to be able to prove you're submitted to your authority until you have a serious disagreement with your authority. Submission is revealed when agreement ends.”

54:38

“If there was no choice to disobey, there would have been forced obedience in forced relationship. But I thank God that he gave us one tree so we could prove our submission to him.”

1:02:34

“When we stay under cover, God reveals truth to protect us.”

1:13:08

Taken word for word from the video, with punctuation added.

Scripture

He reads

Psalms 91:1-2

1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

King James Version.

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Romans 13:1-2

1Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 2Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

King James Version.

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Acts 9:5

5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

King James Version.

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1 John 3:4

4Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

King James Version.

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Genesis 2:16-17

16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

King James Version.

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Genesis 3:5

5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

King James Version.

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James 1:22

22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

King James Version.

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