2 Timothy 4 - Nathanael

For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
2 Timothy 4:3 NIV
http://bible.com/111/2ti.4.3.NIV

This unfortunately is very true of our time. Lord Jesus, please keep us seeking  the truth. You are the truth!

2 Timothy 3 -Wun-gwi

¹⁶ All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, ¹⁷ so that the servant of God^[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

I am glad to see the great memory verse I've learned.

I experienced that more reading the bible helps my current life more.

I pray that I can seek after the Truth by daily bible reading

2 Timothy 3 - Nathanael- persecution

Most of us run from pain and many run from conflict and yet Jesus promised that we would have persecution if we follow him. Paul says it like this to Timothy:
In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted
2 Timothy 3:12‭ NIV
http://bible.com/111/2ti.3.12.NIV

Here is where a conflict of interest comes. On the one hand we want to be godly and follow Jesus, but on the other we run away from the thought of persecution. So what should we do?
Lord help me to want you so much that I don't care if I am persecuted and that I can rejoice when I am persecuted!

2 Timothy 2 - Nathanael- trustworthy sayings and solid foundation

Paul loads this chapter with much practical advice and important statements of truth. He includes some important statements that he wants us to pay attention to so he describes them as a "trustworthy saying" and "God's solid foundation".  Those sound pretty important to me!

Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him;  if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us;  if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself. 
2 Timothy 2:11‭-‬13
What strikes me is that 3 of the four are good news and there is one that is a serious warning: don't deny Jesus. The great news is that even if we become faithless, our eternal life is built on God's faithfulness not ours! Thank you Jesus for your great love and faithfulness!

Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."
2 Timothy 2:19
This is a powerful statement of belonging and a strong challenge to pursue the one we belong to. Help me Jesus to fully turn to you and find life!

2 Timothy 2:11‭-‬13‭, ‬19 NIV
http://bible.com/111/2ti.2.11-19.NIV

1Timothy Chapters 1-6 and 2 Timothy Chapter1 Debbie

I've read.

2 Timothy 1 - Nathanael - stability in uncertain times

That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.
2 Timothy 1:12 NIV
http://bible.com/111/2ti.1.12.NIV

Paul was in prison because he had been preaching about the good news of Jesus. In such a situation there would be plenty of time to question if he was doing the right thing and why he was suffering for doing good. Hardships can test us to the core of our being. But Paul had an anchor for his soul - he knows Jesus who he has believed in. He knows him personally! He knows him intimately.  He speaks to him regularly. And he has seen and knows that Jesus has the power to take care of him in all situations.

Thank you Jesus!

1 Timothy 6 - Nathanael - Money, money, money, money!

Money is always a very important topic!  Jesus talked about it A LOT and most people are interested, concerned and spend much of their lives in pursuit of it.  We can also see the great harm that it causes when abused/misused even, and perhaps especially, among the followers of Jesus. Paul gives Timothy a shocking warning - especially in verse 8.

Paul warns Timothy in the 6th chapter of his first letter to Timothy: "...people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain."  I'm sure many examples of this easily come to mind.

Paul then goes on to give the proper perspective on life and money starting in verse 6: 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 

Money isn't eternal so don't focus on it.  All we need is to be content with what we have and follow in God's ways.

He goes on to describe contentment basics:

Verse 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 

In our materialistic world, this is quite a shocker! We normally think of food, clothing and shelter as minimum requirements but he strips it back to the very basics.  If our perspective truly is that God is all we need and only God and people are of lasting value or importance, then we can be content with just this.  Our lives get easily cluttered and we often focus on the things and gifts rather than the giver. 

He continues and indicates that the main problem is really life focus.  If our goal is to get rich, then we are already looking in the wrong direction and are a destined to fall into ruin and destruction.  

9 Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 

As Jesus said, "Where your treasure is there will your heart be also" (Matt 6:21). The love of money is idolatry and it is a subtle trap that we constantly are getting pulled toward.

10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Wow!  Great wisdom and warnings!

Lord Jesus, keep my eyes and focus on you and not on the things of the earth.  Let my treasure be completely in you!

1 Timothy 5-Hanjun

Verse 17, "The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching  and teaching."

The elders are the leaders of church, and they work as servants with humble hearts and serve the people in church. The true elders serve not because they want to get honor from people, but because of their thankful hearts and faith in God, who shows his mercy and grace on them. 

1 Timothy chpters 1-5-Maurice

I've read

1 Timothy 5 - Nathanael

Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
1 Timothy 5:1‭-‬2 NIV
http://bible.com/111/1ti.5.1-2.NIV

This is a great paradigm for how we should relate to others. Sin problems in our lives can make this not happen at times, but Jesus came to set us free! Thank you Jesus! Help me to serve others in the way you want me to.

1 Timothy 4- Wun-gwi

¹² Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.

Setting an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.

This is a practical way to follow Jesus, resembling his character. However, this can be possible through holy spirit.

I have decided to follow Jesus and ask God his will be done in my life.

1 Timothy 4 - NL - New Fitness Craze!!

train yourself to be godly.8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.  1 Timothy 4:7-8

Think about how much we focus on physical fitness.  Billions of dollars and lots of hours in people's lives.  Paul says that physical fitness is good...but better yet is spiritual fitness!

We should spend more effort on spiritual fitness - godliness - since it has value not just now but for eternity!

1 Timothy 3 - NL - Quite a measuring stick!

Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect. 1 Timothy 3:2-4

These guidelines that Paul gives to Timothy for choosing church overseers are a good guideline for measuring our lives against. It shows us where we have areas to grow in and where God has grown and changed us. It is quite an imposing list!

• Above reproach - reproach is bringing shame or rebuke so being above reproach is living in such a way that people have nothing to accuse you of doing wrong. That is quite a high bar!
• Faithful to his wife - certainly an important area in this age when divorce and unfaithfulness are common. It demonstrates a commitment to loving another in practical ways even through hard times. 
• Temperate - Showing moderation or self restraint - commonly in areas of food and drink. Not giving into eating too much, drinking too much or excess in general.
• Self-controlled - not so much focused on the "self" but rather focused on being able to live in a right way. It is the fruit or working of the Holy Spirit in our lives (Gal 5:22-23) and is a gift from God (Titus 2:11-12) rather than us controlling ourselves by sheer will or effort.
• Respectable - a view that others have of us as being good. In verse 7 he describes it as a "good reputation with outsiders." So how do coworkers or neighbors view you? Kind or mean? Hypocritical or honorable?
• Hospitable - A practical demonstration of helping/loving those who aren't a part of your family.
• Able to teach - This requires both patience with those who don't understand, but also a clear understanding that enables you to describe things in ways that others can understand.
• Not given to drunkenness - Like temperate - showing restraint and moderation - but specifically in the area of alcohol since this obviously can be an area of problem.
• Not violent but gentle - How do you act toward your children, co-workers, wife, others - especially when they frustrate you?! Quite a challenge!
• Not quarrelsome - Sometimes Christians want to be "right" instead of show the love of Christ. Jesus didn't argue or quarrel. He told the truth in love. I like how Paul says our speech should be full of grace and seasoned with salt (Col 4:6). Sometimes we are full of salt and seasoned with grace :(
• Not a lover of money - Another area of temptation. Jesus spoke a lot about money and said that our heart will be where our treasure is (Matt 6:21). If our treasure is money and material wealth, then our heart will be there instead of loving God. True treasure is that which is eternal - God and people - the two things we are to love.
• Manage his own family well - Partially related to relationships with children and wife and partially related to the practical aspects of managing a family - finances, responsibilities
• Children obey him - But not when done with an iron fist or a terror-based obedience. But rather as God loves us and calls us to follow and obey. There is discipline involved, but mercy triumphs over judgement (Jas 2:13). It is God's love and kindness that leads us to repentance (Romans 2:4).

Who is worthy of such regard?! Our only hope is that it is Jesus who changes and works in us (Phil 2:13). Thanks be to Jesus who continues to lead us, change us and shape us in his glorious image! Jesus I need your help!

1 Timothy 1- Wun-gwi

¹⁵ Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. ¹⁶ But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners,

I need to be aware of deceitfulness of wealth, position that makes me proud of myself and forget what God has done.

I know I can be shown mercy from Christ Jesus as I realize I am the worst of sinners.

Jesus the Lord, please give mercy on me and save me with your grace.

Amen.

1 Timothy 1 - Nathanael - the worst of sinners

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.
1 Timothy 1:15‭-‬16 NIV
http://bible.com/111/1ti.1.15-16.NIV

When I've read this is the past, my focus was on Paul being the worst of sinners. But it occurred to me that this is speaking to me also - the worst of sinners. Often when reading the Bible it is easy to assume that I am like the "good" people and wouldn't do the foolish or bad things that the "bad" people do. But the longer I follow Christ I realize that I am just like the "bad" people. I would (and have) doubted like Thomas and would deny like Peter and would grumble like the Israelites.

So reading this I recognize that indeed I too am the worst of sinners! My only hope is the grace and forgiveness of Jesus! Thank you Jesus for having mercy on me, the worst of sinners!

Philippians 4 - Nathanael

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:12‭-‬13 NIV
http://bible.com/111/php.4.12-13.NIV

Thank you Jesus! You provide that we need and you give us the strength to handle each and every situation!

Phillipians Chapters 1-4 Debbie

In Chapter 1:6  And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.  It gives me hope that God will complete what he has started in me.  I like to use this chapter for my own prayer to let my life be worthy of the Lord and ask the Lord to make me ready for what he has for me, "For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake..."  In Chapter 2 the verses that spoke to me was sharing what the Lord has done for you: encouragement, comfort, love affection and sympathy.  Also to look not only to my own interests, but the interest of others. And in vs.12...work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." that encourages me that it's an ongoing relationship and to keep changing the things that would come between Christ and me.

In Chapter 3:7  When I read this verse it helped me to know that if we give up for Christ it's not a mistake, or a loss. We gave it up because we believed that it's what the Lord wanted us to do.  Having the Lord is worth more than anything else.  This verse gave me peace.

In Chapter 4 the verse that stood out was the one we sometimes sing.  vs. 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard  your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

I've been quoting this verse to myself a lot lately.

Philippians 2 - Nathanael

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Philippians 2:3‭-‬4‭

This is a great description if love! Not seeking our own interests but rather putting others and their needs before our own.

for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
Philippians 2:13 NIV
http://bible.com/111/php.2.3-13.NIV

This Is an amazing verse! Understanding this fully is key to walking in Christ Jesus! God is the one who works in us and enables us to do his will, but he also gives us the will, the desire, to obey him!
We owe everything to God and can trust in him! What we need to do is rely on him instead of trying to follow Jesus on our own strength. The key is deepening or relationship and love for Jesus. He then does the work of life transformation!
Thank you Jesus!

Ephesians 4 - Nathanael

You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:22‭-‬24 NIV
http://bible.com/111/eph.4.22-24.NIV

This is such an important chapter! It is loaded with practical instruction and important keys for newness in Christ Jesus. One of these is the concept of putting off the old and putting on the new.
It isn't good enough to just try to stop doing wrong, but that behavior must be replaced with right actions or you will not be successful.
Thank you Jesus for providing freedom and a new life!

Ephesians 4 - Randy

Verses 31 &32- Get rid of bitterness, rage, and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.  Be kind and compassionate to  one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Uhmmm... what to do with anger, bitterness, and rage.?  Are these things ever justified-this is my first response on reading these two verses.   When he says "Be kind and compassionate to one another"  who is "one another"- maybe what these verses are saying is that we need to "Be kind and compassionate" to  other Christians, but everyone else is fair game????
I don't think so, but to be honest, I wish this was the case.  What do yo do when someone has offended or hurt you so deeply that you feel rage and bitterness are appropriate?  Are they (rage and bitterness) ever appropriate?

How about those folks who, in my mind, represent pure evil and are only out to do me harm?

We all know these types of people, and we all have these feelings;  rage, anger , and bitterness- what are we  to do? 

We can go though the motions of forgiving them (do we really know how to forgive, I don't), but they are still there, full of evil, waiting to hurt me again, and again.

What to do?

Like many other verses, these are troubling, I understand them, I just don't know how to live them.  I guess this is where faith and prayer come in :)

  

Ephesians 4-Hanjun

Verses 1-2, "As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love." (NIV)

Thank you, Lord Jesus, for calling me! Help me be completely humble and gentle in family, work, church, and the places where I go. 

Ephesians 3- Wun-gwi

I've read it.

Ephesians 2 - Wun-gwi

⁸ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— ⁹ not by works, so that no one can boast.

I was saved by his grace, not by my works.

I remember how he loves me how he cares me.

Thank you for bringing me this comforts, Joy.

I pray I can be led by you and make right choice and decision for your plans in my life.

Ephesians 1 - Nathanael

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
Ephesians 1:3‭
That is amazing!  Good had blessed usa with every spiritual blessing! Thank you Father!

And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
Ephesians 1:13‭
Thank you Jesus for including me in your inheritance! Thank you for your Holy Spirit!

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
Ephesians 1:18-20
Praise Jesus! Yes Lord, please own our spiritual eyes!

Ephesians 1:3‭, ‬13‭-‬13‭, ‬18‭-‬20 NIV
http://bible.com/111/eph.1.3-20.NIV

Ephesians 1 - Wun-gwi

¹¹ In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, ¹² in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.

I can see that Jesus predestined my life as I look back of my previous life.

That was a amazing puzzle that made the great life for me.

I believe God will guide me to the direction he made, that will give love, peace and the glory of God.

I pray that I put my hope in Christ, not this world such as money/ fame/ positions.

Ephesians 1-Hanjun

Verse 3, "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ." (NIV) Thank you God for giving me the spiritual blessings that help me make righteous decisions and have peace in the daily life.

Verse 5, "In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will." (NIV) Thank you God for calling me to follow you and that I can be your child. Even though we are predestined by you to be adopted as your children, I do not want to give up any people in my life to bring them to you. And I need your calling and direction.  

Colossians 4- Wun-gwi

² Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

Devote myself to prayer to rely on God and focusing on God other than my problems.

This is general statement but really practical and powerful instruction when we are in uncertainties.

Thank you Jesus for guiding me through the scripture.

Colossians 4 - Nathanael

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Colossians 4:6 NIV
http://bible.com/111/col.4.6.NIV

I love and needed this reminder!
My conversations need to be full of God's goodness and kindness and be sprinkled with the call to follow Jesus, the call to repentance, and the tasty, preserving power of Jesus!

Colossians 2 - Nathanael

My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
Paul's goal for them is:
1) encouraged 2) united 3) full understanding of Jesus
Sounds like good goals for us too!

"Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"? These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
Colossians 2:2‭, ‬21‭-‬23 NIV
http://bible.com/111/col.2.2-23.NIV

Jesus calls us to be holy but the human tendency is to create a bunch of rules to make that happen. Instead of getting bogged down in many rules we need to keep our focus on Jesus!

Colossians 1 - Nathanael

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,  so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 1:9‭-‬14 NIV
http://bible.com/111/col.1.9-14.NIV

This whole section except for the last verse is one sentence. It is powerful and needs to be broken down:
We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives
The Spirit gives us wisdom and understanding and the knowledge of God's will. And we should pray and ask God to do this for us.

so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way
That knowledge of God's ways and spiritual wisdom and understanding enable us to please God and live a life worthy of him.

Here is a list of the things that please God in our lives:
1) bearing fruit in every good work, 2) growing in the knowledge of God, 3) being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might 4) so that you may have great endurance and patience,

who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves
God is the one who qualified us and rescued us.

the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
In Jesus we were bought back from sin, death and captivity and our sins were forgiven!

Thank you Jesus and thank you Father God for your amazing love, sacrifice and workings for us!

Colossians 1-Hanjun

Verse 16, "For by him (Jesus) all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him." (NIV)

When I read this verse, I think about whether sins were also created by God Jesus? When God created this universe including human beings, God saw all that he had made, and it was very good (Genesis 1: 31). Sins are not good, so God didn't them. But human beings use the freedom that God gives to use in wrong ways and have sins. Thanks for Jesus's sacrifice that we can be saved from our sins and rescued from the dominion of darkness!

Romans 16 - Nathanael

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon  of the church in Cenchreae. Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was. 
Romans 16:1‭, ‬3‭-‬3‭, ‬7‭
One thing quite striking in this list is the large number of female ministers whom Paul holds in high esteem.

to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.
Romans 16:27 NIV
http://bible.com/111/rom.16.1-27.NIV

Amen! You alone oh God are wise! I praise and worship your name and thank you for your love, goodness and kindness!

Romans Chapters 9-16 Debbie

I've read.  Today I saw a license plate with Romans 8 on it.  Angelina was with me and we talked about us reading Romans together.  She looked up chapter 8 and read it to me while I was driving her to get some things for the Festival.  There is so many instructions in the book of Romans for us and they still speak to me.

Romans 8:1,2  "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.  For the law of the Spirit has set  you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death."  I know that we have finished Romans but I went back to re-read Romans chapter 8.  Thank you Jesus, please free us from the law of sin and death.

Romans 15 - Nathanael

Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.
Romans 15:2
This is loving our neighbors - serving them, pleasing them for their good.

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. 
Romans 15:4
Reading the Bible increases or endurance and hope!

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had,
Romans 15:5
Not only reading the Bible but also God gives to us endurance and encouragement.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13
Amen! That is quite a blessing!

Romans 15:2‭, ‬4‭-‬5‭, ‬13 NIV
http://bible.com/111/rom.15.2-13.NIV

Romans Chapter 14-Hanjun

The last verse stands out to me, "everything that does not come from faith is sin." It's hard to do everything through faith in my daily life, so I sin everyday, but I know through the blood of Jesus Christ and my faith in him, my sins have been forgiven. Now I am not a sinner or a slave of sin. Thank you, Lord Jesus! 

Romans Chapter 12-Hanjun

Verse 1, "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God- this is your spiritual act of worship." I remember when I first read about "living sacrifice", I felt scared. But because of God's grace and mercy, Jesus died for me for my sins, I live for him. So it would be not very difficult to offer my body as living sacrifice for God. I believe it is a blessing, not a scare for us. 

Romans 13 - Nathanael

Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
Romans 13:2‭

This is an important principle but can be tricky at times because we need to obey God before the authority. Generally we need to obey the authorities unless they are asking us to sin. This is true even when it is unfair or we don't like it.

The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
Romans 13:2‭, ‬12‭-‬14 NIV
http://bible.com/111/rom.13.2-14.NIV
God calls us to holy living, just as God is holy. We should focus on pleasing God rather than our flesh or our sinful desires.