tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425256323377481863.post2120240800451536155..comments2023-08-28T07:26:32.905-05:00Comments on Biblical Soteriology: Jonathan Edwards on Sola FideC.S. Haydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08769518405890210074noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425256323377481863.post-81181682912905579612010-08-29T06:09:51.767-05:002010-08-29T06:09:51.767-05:00Who Has The Authority?
And who does not!
Authorit...<b>Who Has The Authority?<br />And who does not!</b><br /><br />Authority comes from the <b>"Author of Life",</b> Acts 3:15. All authority comes from GOD, <i>"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. <br /><br />For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment." </i> (Romans 13:1-2). <br /><br /><i><b>Notice that GOD is selective as to just who He gives authority.</b></i><br /><br />The <b>Catholic Church</b> has a form of government called a theocracy and operates as an <a href="http://home.inreach.com/bstanley/rock.htm" rel="nofollow">"Hierarchy"</a>. <br /><br />Like any other form of government, it has to have <i>"authority"</i> to function. <br /><br /><b>The Church received its authority from its founder, Jesus Christ...</b><br /><br /><b>Private interpretation</b> of Scriptures can be exceedingly harmful to self and others. This has divided Christianity into hundreds if not tens of thousands of segments. <br /><br />Too many individuals claim <b>their position is right</b> and are unwilling to freely discuss the position taken or to be <b>submissive to moral authorities.</b> <br /><br />Holding to a personal position, or one of <b>heretical source,</b> places one's <b>eternal soul in jeopardy.</b> Such people often become instruments <b>that lead others to perdition.</b>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940745178193985942noreply@blogger.com