Quotes about Authority

but conformity to the will and the way of Jesus is life and freedom itself—under his authority.

God is the ultimate source of all power. All human power is therefore derived, limited, unstable and transient.

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

God doesn't want courageous cowards; He needs confident commanders.

The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is second; immediately an institution recognizes itself it becomes the dominating factor.

Jesus did not stand as a prophet and utter judgements; wherever He went the unerring directness of His presence located men.

We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples.

Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, 'All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations.' " Matthew 28:18—19 The key to the missionary's work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples.

You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you . . ." (Acts 1:8)—not power as a gift from the Holy Spirit; the power is the Holy Spirit, not something that He gives us.

To have a master and teacher is not the same thing as being mastered and taught.

The first duty of every soul is to find not its freedom but its Master.

Ask, in Aramaic, means a combination of "claim" (as in, that deed to the land is yours) and "demand." To ask for something in prayer is to simply lay hold of what's yours. You have the right, and even the responsibility to command your life.