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what authority does the average christian today have?
Good answer. Perhaps I can say it a little better. Allow me a little rope here. We are all doulos or slaves of Christ. All authority was given to Him. Matt 28. Where Christ commands us we follow. Where He does not then we do not. Not to say there isn’t room for Christian freedom. But with that freedom comes much responsibility.I believe that all true Christians have power over demons if they approach them in the name of: Christ / Jesus, or Father, Son and Holy Spirit etc.
I believe they also have the authority to pray the prayer of Faith over the sick, and sometimes this can bring supernatural results, aka the person is healed, or recovers much faster than is normally possible.
I believe that people have the authority to preach the basic message of the Gospel. Although, In many ways this authority is more of a responsibility.
I believe that Christian parents (or single people) also are suppose to exorcise authority order over their house and to make it a spiritual center.
I guess I believe in authority in most common areas that many Protestants, the big parting of the ways comes with things like defining doctrine. A person can and should read the Bible when it comes to getting wisdom for their life etc. but there are lots of problems when it comes to defining doctrine. This is especially true when it comes to wanting to go against established Christian teaching coming from ancient times etc. When this happens it real easy to do things like "remove the ancient boundary stones", and overstep your authority and even set up a lot of negative precedents.
I don't really claim a perfect answer to the problem. I don't like the heritage of Anabaptists on the Christian Tradition, but also think they should be free to do their own thing.
what authority does the average christian today have?
what authority does the average christian today have?