{"id":126,"date":"2019-05-19T20:19:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T01:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2019-05-19T20:19:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T01:19:32","slug":"biblical-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"Biblical Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hebrews 7:14- For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authority\nis a concept many do not completely understand. In the case of jobs,\nmost employees know that they can do nothing without their boss’s\napproval. When we have positions of authority we want our orders to\nbe carried out exactly as we directed. However, when it comes to the\nBible, many do not see the necessity of following it as directed. \nThey pick and choose what God would want them to do and leave out the\npoints they do not like. This is not how things should be. God is\nnot some lenient, weak being who lets anything go. He has a way He\nwants things to be done and is not happy when they are not followed. \nEven if we understand this, the question comes of how to establish\nauthority. In this article we will briefly cover them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Express\n\tcommand: <\/strong>This is the one\n\teveryone understands. When God commands that something be done, it\n\tis that and nothing else. The Bible is full of instances where God\n\tcommanded that something be done. However, even then men still did\n\tnot follow the command.\n\tThe\n\tmost famous example is Adam and Eve in the garden. God told them\n\tnot to eat of the tree and they failed. We see that God did not\n\tjust let them off the hook because they were deceived but instead He\n\tpunished them. Then there is Nadab and Abihu. The Lord had told\n\tthem a specific fire they were to use and when they used something\n\tdifferent, they were killed. Lastly, look at the young prophet. He\n\twas told not to eat or drink until he returned home. However, he\n\tdid it anyway, believing that God had changed His mind. Did God go\n\teasy on him for it? No, a lion met him on the way and killed him. \n\tGod takes His command’s seriously, no matter how \u201cminor\u201d the\n\tcommand may be.\n\t<\/li>
  2. Apostolic\n\texample: <\/strong>Many will say the\n\tonly thing we can bind is express command. However, let’s think of\n\tthis in a secular sense for a minute. When we do not know how to do\n\tsomething, or not sure how those in authority want it done, how do\n\twe learn? We need someone to show us. God does the same. We as\n\timperfect humans can get many things confused, even commands. To\n\tcounter this, God has shown us many examples of how we are to behave\n\tand how to worship. We see the first century Christians meet on\n\tSunday, partake of the Lord’s Supper on that day and have many\n\texamples of how we should behave. This is just as good as command.\n\t<\/li>
  3. Necessary\n\tinference: <\/strong>The final way to\n\tdetermine authority is by necessary inference or conclusion. God is\n\tnot always specific with commands and even with the examples we are\n\tgiven. In these moments we have to think things through and reason\n\twhat God has authorized. Some might see this and say there is no\n\tway to know exactly what God meant in some places but in each one of\n\tthem God worded things in such a way we can only come to one\n\tconclusion.\n\tFor\n\texample, we are told to meet. This means that we need a place to do\n\tso and a way to have it. We are told to sing. This authorizes\n\tbooks, a way to keep the tune and pitch pipes. These are just two\n\texamples but God has always made it easy for us.\n<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    \tThese\nare the ways we determine authority. However, as is the case with\nall things Biblical, men do not always listen. Many believe that if\nGod did not forbid something, then it is okay. As the passage above\nstates, if God did not condone an act, we have no right to ourselves.\n God’s authority is what matters and nothing else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Hebrews 7:14- For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. Authority is a concept many do not completely understand. In the case of jobs, most employees know that they can do nothing without their boss’s approval. When we have positions of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}