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1 | How much authority do leaders have? | Ruth 3:5 | DocTrinsograce | 131226 | ||
The definition of authorities, in this context, would be those who are invested with the power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge. They can be individuals, but they can also be organizations. They are temporal. They can change throughout our lifetime. I would include in this list parents, husbands, elders, and governments. God frequently guides through such agencies. (For example, once, after exhibiting a high level of stress at work, an atheist boss of mine suggested I pray more frequently!) In the case of the lion, submitting to its authority by fleeing would simply be exercising God's command regarding the sanctity of life -- although this would probably be more of a manifestation of instinct, than of cerebration. |
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2 | How much authority do leaders have? | Ruth 3:5 | Reighnskye | 131311 | ||
Doc, So are the different types of authority ranked in any way? Or do they each apply separately to different jurisdictions? For example: Federal/State authority (our government) Parental authority (our family) Corporate authority (our workplace) Religious authority (our church) Who's the most important and who's the least important, when they may disagree with each other? ---- Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. (Romans 13:1-4 KJV) - Reighnskye |
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3 | How much authority do leaders have? | Ruth 3:5 | DocTrinsograce | 131318 | ||
All of the things you mention are in the nature of authorities. Often they overlap. Often they overshadow. Often they interconnect. Sometimes, when I am meeting the requirements of one, I meet the requirements of others. We prioritize and so we should, but that implies choice. The real keyword is balance. For example, I might affirm that my priorities are God, Spouse, Children, etc. However, there are times when my far-better-half needs me. As I am tending to her needs, that does not mean I am denying the authority of the Lord or neglecting my children. In fact, I am instructed by the Lord to care for my wife. Even my children benefit when I do what I ought in the care of my wife. Etc. |
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