Teaching
Understanding Your Authority In Christ
Understanding the authority God has given His people helps believers live according to their identity and responsibility before Him.
Scripture
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Truth
God has given mankind dominion, and believers must understand and faithfully exercise the authority entrusted to them under Christ.
Insight
- God created mankind in His image and likeness and gave mankind dominion over His creation.
- Authority is connected with responsibility; what God entrusts to a person is meant to be exercised according to His purpose.
- Believers should understand what God has entrusted to them rather than living as though they have received nothing from Him.
- Authority should never become a reason for pride or control over others, because everything entrusted to us remains under God's authority.
- Understanding what God has given us helps us live with confidence, responsibility, and obedience.
Application
- Study what Scripture teaches about the authority Christ has given His followers.
- Do not live as though God has left you without spiritual responsibility.
- Use whatever authority God has entrusted to you to serve His purposes.
- Remain submitted to Christ while exercising the authority He has given.
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