Quotes about Authority

Getting to the top has an unfortunate tendency to persuade people that the system is OK after all.

If we are not careful, then, the culture rather than God actually gets to define reality.

We are the decisive factor in the affairs of the universe.

Wherever you encounter domination, you can be sure that it is satanic. That is not how God rules people.

The people who really rule the world are those who know how to pray.

It is unscriptural to pray for the sick if one is not prepared also to cast out demons. Jesus did not separate one from the other.

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.

The fearful danger of the present time is that above the cry for authority, we forget that man stands alone before the ultimate authority, and that anyone who lays violent hands on man here, is infringing eternal laws, and taking upon himself superhuman authority, which will eventually crush him.

Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.

Christ became our Brother in order to help us. Through him our brother has become Christ for us in the power and authority of the commission Christ has given him. Our brother stands before us the sign of the truth and the grace of God. He has been given to us to help us. He hears the confession of our sins in Christ's stead and he forgives our sins in Christ's name. He keeps the secret of our confession as God keeps it. When I go to my brother to confess, I am going to God.

the world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.