Imagine that joseph is an 18-year-old adolescent who lives in europe during the 1500s. joseph recently moved out of his family’s home and into that of an expert carpenter to undergo a 7-year apprenticeship. joseph is experiencing what historians would call :

Life-Cycle service

Explanation:

Imagine that Joseph is an 18-year-old adolescent who lives in Europe during the 1500s. Joseph recently moved out of his family’s home and into that of an expert carpenter to undergo a 7-year apprenticeship. Joseph is experiencing what historians would call life-cycle service.

The above para narrates the explanation of what life-cycle service involves and specify when it was most common in western cultures.

it foreshadows the theme of the paragraph and hints the topic that will be discussed in the paragraph!

according to romans 13: 1-7, 1st peter 2: 12-14, and 1 timothy 2: 1-4, christians as citizens have specific responsibilities to a nation that gives liberties to its people. christians are obliged to live as good citizens by submitting to the human government. honor, or respect, is due to men in the high governmental station. a christian should reflect such respect not to gain some favor but because it is god’s will. peter 2: 14 notes that the purpose of the human government is to promote peace and justice in society. to submit to human government, peter includes three elements; obedience, respect, and good deeds.