Quotes about Authority

1 Kings 1:6: his father had never crossed him at any time by asking, "Why have you done so?" That was the foundation of all the mischief. David was an overindulgent father, a father who let his children have their own way, and he reaped according as he had sown.

People make nothing of God's authority. God threatens, but they despise His threatening. They make nothing of dishonoring God. They care not how much their behavior is to His.

Do you want to speak to the man in charge—or the nurse who knows what's going on?

But I remembered Ephesians 6:12, and it seemed to fit: "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Yes and No the two most powerful words.

When I am void of power, I am void of self-control.

What is distinctive and engaging about Jesus is not the novel things he says but the way he says things. He is creative not so much because he says things that are completely new but because he speaks with such authority.

Think of consecration as aligning and enforcing—aligning yourself with Jesus and all the laws of his kingdom, then enforcing his rule and those laws over the matter in question.

Requiring all things to recognize and yield to that authority, announcing that the authority of Jesus Christ is now in effect here.

The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God

There is little discipline in government, in school, in the home, or in most individuals. The rebellion against authority is also alive in the apostate church that has thrown discipline overboard and no longer mentions the necessity of submitting to spiritual and civil leadership. The alternative to discipline is mayhem where the nation has become an asylum, and the inmates are in charge.

It makes no difference what Washington, DC, thinks... what Iran wants... what Russia demands or what the European Union hopes for—it only matters what God Almighty has declared! He has all power in heaven and on earth!