AUTHORITY
Authority is the right to exercise power, particularly in control over others (Matthew 8:9; 20:25; Romans 9:20-21). God alone has ultimate authority that He displays in His universal rulership through Christ (Matthew 28:18; Ephesians 1:20-22; Colossians 1:15-19). All human authority originates from Him (1 Chronicles 29:11-12; Romans 13:1). God's exercise of authority includes demands upon people and their accountability to Him (Isaiah 45:23; Acts 17:30; Romans 14:12) (see also ACCOUNTABILITY). Men will be rewarded for compliance or punished for disobedience to divine authority (Romans 2:4-8; 13:1-4; 1 Peter 2:13-14).
of God:
♦ extent of:
• Exodus 15:18; 2 Chronicles 20:6; Job 26:12; 34:13; Psalms 29:10; 47:2-4; 66:3, 5-7; 93:1-2; 95:3-5; 103:19; 146:10; 147:5; Isaiah 40:12-17; 50:2; Daniel 4:34-35; Acts 1:7; Romans 13:1
♦ delegation of:
• Genesis 1:28; Psalms 8:6-8; 72:1; Daniel 2:37; Matthew 9:8; 19:17; John 5:27; 10:18; 17:2; 19:11; Romans 13:1-7; 1 Corinthians 6:2-3; Revelation 6:8
♦ voice of:
♦ relation of salvation to:
♦ acknowledgment of:
• Jude 25; Revelation 4:11; 5:12-13
of Jesus Christ:
areas of
♦ in His messianic office
• Genesis 3:15; 49:10; Deuteronomy 18:18-19; Psalms 2:6-12; Isaiah 9:6-7; 11:1-5; Jeremiah 23:5; Daniel 7:13-14; Matthew 26:63-64
♦ in His judgment
♦ in His teaching
♦ in His ministry and miracles
♦ in His forgiveness
♦ in His demands on others
♦ in His control of nature
♦ in His raising the dead
♦ in His death
♦ in His resurrection
♦ in His gift of eternal life
♦ in believers
♦ in His reign
♦ delegation to others
♦ extent of
conquest by
♦ over Satan and demonic powers
♦ over death
♦ over all His enemies
of Scripture:
(See INSPIRATION; REVELATION, special; WORD OF GOD)
of men in general:
♦ submission to:
♦ exercised over others:
• Genesis 41:35; Judges 9:29; Nehemiah 5:18; 13:25; Ecclesiastes 8:9; Jeremiah 38:10-11; Daniel 2:38; 4:22; Matthew 8:9; 20:25; Luke 20:20; 22:25; John 19:10; 1 Timothy 2:12
♦ lack of:
♦ delegated to others:
• Numbers 27:20; 2 Chronicles 23:18; 31:13, 15; Esther 3:1; 9:29; Daniel 5:7, 16, 29; Acts 8:19; 9:14; 26:10, 12
♦ accomplishments of:
♦ transfer of:
♦ from themselves:
♦ in government:
♦ in marital sex:
♦ over self:
♦ of apostles:
(See also APOSTLE)
• Matthew 10:1, 40; 16:19; 18:18; 28:19-20; Mark 3:14; John 20:21-23; Acts 1:1-8; 6:1-6; 14:23; 1 Corinthians 2:10-13; 5:4; 7:17; 11:2; 14:34-35, 37; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 10:8; 13:10; Galatians 1:1, 8-9, 11-17; 2:7-9; Ephesians 2:20; 3:5; 4:11-13; I Thessalonians 2:6, 13; 2 Thessalonians 2:15; 3:4, 6, 14 (cf. 1 Corinthians 12:28); Titus 2:15
in the church:
♦ Christ as head of:
♦ leaders of:
♦ order of:
• 1 Corinthians 11:2-34 (cf. 14:40); 1 Timothy 3:15
in the family:
♦ husbands and wives:
• Genesis 2:24; 1 Corinthians 11:3-16; Galatians 3:28; Ephesians 5:21-33; Colossians 3:18-19; 1 Timothy 2:12-15; 1 Peter 3:1-7
♦ parents:
♦ children:
in civil government:
divine origin of
Christian obligation to
♦ general principles
♦ specific exception
♦ of an angel
of Satan:
divinely controlled
• Job 1-2; Matthew 16:21-23; Luke 4:6; 22:31-32; John 13:2, 27; Acts 5:3; 26:18; Romans 16:20; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 2 Corinthians 2:11; 12:7; Ephesians 6:11-12; Colossians 1:13; I Thessalonians 3:5; 1 Peter 5:8; 1 John 5:19; Revelation 12:9; 13:7; 20:1-3, 10 (cf. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10)
delegated
♦ to the first beast
♦ to the second beast
♦ proper aspiration for
• Matthew 20:25-28 (cf. Ecclesiastes 9:16-18)
♦ improper response to
• Deuteronomy 8:10-18; 2 Peter 2:10; Jude 8
This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.