If I enrolled my child in that class, then that professor was given authority by the one God gave the authority over that child to... to teach. Otherwise, that professor has no authority over my child.
I still don't see how any of this deals with one having authority over another person. I've never considered my professors to be the head of me, or an authority over me. Sharing information, which is not the same thing as giving orders to kids, is completely different from a system of authority. If an elderly mexican woman who is married comes to visit America, and she doesn't know the word for elevator, I don't think I'd be usurping her husbands authority by pointing out what a word in english is.
If that stranger was an adult, yes. If he was your 10 year old, he does NOT, you do. If you give that wise man the authority/permission... then he does... until then, no he doesn't.
Neither permission or authority are required to engage with individuals when it comes to plain matters unless there are actual impediments. Those things are just constructs of man's mind. As for marriage, that is a construct created by God, and that's different. I wouldn't touch another man's wife in an inappropriate way, but I don't think it's inappropriate from a biblical perspective to educate people on public safety matters while they cross the street. I don't think I need permission to talk to anyone unless there are clear impediments which prevent me from doing so.
I didn't say that, I said they would need our permission... a teacher can teach my son or daughter when I enroll them in school or sign them up in scouts or a 4H deal or whatever. Otherwise, I am NOT doing my duty as a parent if I am just letting anyone have access to my children. That is how they end up atheists, humanists, evolutionists, and any other "ist" that stands opposed to God's will and character. In the latter days some shall depart from the faith giving way to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons.... and you are saying I should just let ANYONE teach my child! Sorry... won't happen.
How you raise your own kids is up to you. I don't think you should expect the world and the Devil to place nice and not teach your kids anything without your permission. The Devil didn't ask for permission when he introduced me to sinful things as a kid. Go ahead and try not to let your kids be corrupted, because that is the right thing to do. All I'm saying is, the world doesn't seem to care whether or not your own permission is granted. A man can do his duty, but there are factors he may not be aware of which lead his children astray, and it sure isn't me preaching Jesus that is leading anyone astray. It's the ads on TV, their friends who are their own age, their liberal teachers spewing out nonsense, the Planned Parenthood representatives that come to their schools, and it's men and women who seduce that lead to broken families. Preaching Jesus to married unbelievers who happen to be crossing the street isn't doing a disservice, and it isn't going to cause them to commit adultery.
In the latter days some shall depart from the faith giving way to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons.... and you are saying I should just let ANYONE teach my child! Sorry... won't happen.
I didn't say you should let just anyone teach your children. I don't think I gave any advice about how to raise your own kids at all. This is about whether or not I am allowed in general, from a biblical perspective, to teach people regardless of their age, or marital status. I'm not even talking about a classroom or disciple-ship environment, I'm talking about being a helpful person to people around me.
I already know what you will do... I would not destroy a marriage for that reason. That is forcing them into MORE SIN.This isn't being PC, that is understanding authority. What do you want that wife to do anyway, say a "sinners prayer" that isn't even in the bible? You have no understanding of authority and are too young to realize that in a few years you will look back at what you believe today and realize that you have grown in depth and understanding. Yet... that Muslim wife needs to believe what you believe NOW?
God draws a man or woman unto Himself (
John 6:44)..... GOD DOES THAT, He said so. It sounds to be like you are trying to do HIS job!
I don't believe marriages are destroyed by preaching Jesus. Why think that?
I think the way you're thinking of authority is too grand. It's one thing if you refer to your own family, and by all means do all you can do protect your own, but I don't think you speak for the world, or even the entire body of the church. As for the Muslim wife, when preaching, the goal is to just let people hear. Whether or not they believe is not up to me. I suppose if we took your approach, people could only be saved if they went to a church and heard the gospel, because the church doesn't have the authority to go outside and preach to unbelievers since we're going against the authority of the unbelievers of the world.
So let me end this with this point... there is a church up the end of the road, 500 people attend every week. They do good works, people are growing... but you decide that they are lacking in one subject. Do you walk in, grab the mic from the hand of the pastor, and teach them? No, obviously not. Why? Because of political correctness? No... because it would be rude? No.... the answer is because GOD PLACED THAT PASTOR IN THAT POSITION OF AUTHORITY and you have no authority over that group. I imagine you recognize that authority structure but for some reason... don't see the same God given authority on a smaller scale.
Well, it would be rude, and odd, but lets say it was a Muslim country instead. Apparently it would go against the authority of that Islamic Nation under Sharia Law for me to preach the gospel, and I don't think I would really care whether or not it's against their authority. As for pastors, I don't think you can really know for sure who is actually placed there by God, if you're just going off the fact that they are pastors. I know of pastors who have ran away with wives of other men. Did God give them the authority to do that? No. So I don't think it's totally unbiblical to just grab a mic and start talking.