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The Life Foundations
Nexus
DOES GOD REQUIRE A FINAL AUTHORITY?
Does God require a final authority? The answer to this question is so obvious that
we almost feel like we are insulting everyone’s intelligence by even asking
it. Of course, the Lord requires a
final authority. There are many reasons
why this must be so. Here are two:
1.
The Bible itself,
including certain Golden Verses
and certain Platinum
Verses, makes this crystal clear.
2.
How in the world would
mankind be accountable to God if there were no final authority?
Note that the Bible teaches that God
wants final authority to rest, UNDER HIS GUIDANCE, in the INDIVIDUAL and NOT in
some leader. For example, in the Old
Testament God WARNED the Israelites to NOT make anyone king. The Lord wanted the Israelites to be
INDIVIDUALLY, UNDER HIS GUIDANCE, masters of their own destinies. In the New Testament, we have the example of
pastors as NOT being “lords [rulers] over God's heritage” (I Peter 5:3). Note that the “absence of rulers” is UNDER
GOD. This means that, while there is no
human ruler, there is the divine ruler.
Now, in order to rule, a ruler must
“enter into another’s life with a demonstration of their authority.” How does the Lord do this? He brings the Bible into our lives AND HE BRINGS
A SPECIFIC BIBLE INTO OUR LIVES.
Why a specific Bible? A ruler
has ONE LAW AND ONE LAW ONLY.