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Where does the Christian's authority come from and how can we increase it in our lives?
Jesus can pray to people to warn them of the error of their ways. It happened to Paul on the road to Damascus. Paul did not return to work for the chief priests/Sanhedrin. He gave up his salary and went to teach Christianity. He made tents and gained from what his people shared with him.
 
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Our authority comes from the Bible and as we read it and study it and live it out in our life under the guidance of the Holy Spirit we take on its' authority which glorifies Christ in our life.
 
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Jesus can pray to people to warn them of the error of their ways. It happened to Paul on the road to Damascus. Paul did not return to work for the chief priests/Sanhedrin. He gave up his salary and went to teach Christianity. He made tents and gained from what his people shared with him.
Saul, who was later called Paul, was not a believer when Jesus Christ knocked him off that horse. He was an "enemy" of Christ and thus His Church. Christ had to "blind" his blind-as-a-bat self in order for him to "see" the Light, so to speak. :)
 
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One of the best descriptions of the authority of the scriptures came from John Wesley. He described the living core of the Christian faith as being revealed in Scripture, illumined by tradition, vivified in personal experience, and confirmed by reason.
 
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If Jesus is Lord of our life,He has full authority!
Yes, Jesus have all authority on the earth as in heaven forever. It gives me so much peace I can't even describe it. Wonderful things.
 
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