Authority? Who has it? Where does it come from?

au·thor·i·ty

əˈTHôrədē/

noun

1. 1.

   the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.

   "he had absolute authority over his subordinates"

   synonyms:

   power, jurisdiction, command, control, charge, dominance, rule,sovereignty,  supremacy;

2. 2.a person or organization having power or control in a particular, typically political or administrative, sphere.

Isaiah 58 Ministries                                                          May, 2015

Pastor:  Leah Faith

Scriptures:Matthew 28:18-20, Matthew 9:6-8, 1 Peter 3:22, Romans 7:22-24

Matthew 28:18 - And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

1 Peter 3:21-22........by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

²² Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

John 20:22-24..................... Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

²³ Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; [and] whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.

                                                 

                                                 Authority       

   

   The Bible is "authority". It is God. It is God's Will. God is over all things, he is the "authority" over all life.  The Constitution and The Declaration of Independence are both "authority." They were written by men inspired by God to write down his will for government.  Government is a "gift" of the Holy Spirit.

     

    God gave All "authority" to Jesus Christ.  Those saved, ordained, and anointed by him have Jesus' authority. 

The men who wrote and signed the the Declaration of Independence proved their authority and rights come from God. 

They proved the King had "no authority" over them because the king didn't submit to God.  The Founding Fathers proved they only have to submit to "God" and his laws.

    There can be no other "authority" but God. All men must submit to him. Evil people will always try to force others to "submit" to them "claiming authority."  Only those who are submitted to God and care deeply about your eternal soul can claim any authority over you.  That authority is to protect your soul, protect your life, protect your rights under God, protect your happiness, protect your ability to see, hear and talk to God freely, protect your virtue, honor, to make sure all your thoughts are clean.  Jesus came to clean our minds of any sin, any filthy thoughts.  This is why people say things like "get your mind out of the gutter."  Keep it clean.

   

Any filthy thoughts come from breaking the laws of God has written in his Word. The "Holy" Bible.  When submitted to God and good Godly leadership your mind, your thoughts are "holy" and "pure" like God's mind. You have the clean holy pure mind of Jesus Christ.

    

           So you accepted Jesus as your Savior but you still have unholy, impure thoughts.  Isaiah 58 Ministries can save you a whole lot of trouble if you are willing to work to "the saving of your soul". All your unholy thoughts come from an open door to the devil.  Jesus came to save us from the devils power.  The devil doesn't have the right to "make" us sin any more. We are filled with the light and power of God's Holy Spirit.  God has put his laws in us so we just automatically obey God by following the Holy Spirit.  

Struggling with Sin

Romans 7:23…22For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, 23but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. 24Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?…

       What's going on? Part of our mind is under the "law".

 Unlawful authority has access to your mind causing you to obey them instead of God like school teachers. If you have ever submitted to them and they were not caring for your eternal soul; making sure you are following the Holy Spirit, you have a hole in your mind that gives the Devil access to your mind. You are being "oppressed" by another individual. 

            In America we call it being "dominated" by someone else or stupefied.  A Mother, Father, Boss, friend can usurp God's rightful position of authority in your mind and you can no longer see, hear or follow the leadership of the Holy Spirit.  

     

Money, Paper Currency is what gives men and women "Unlawful" authority. Authority they took and it was not giving to them by "God", through Jesus Christ.  You just have to start digging in your memory and experiences to find the times you "had" to obey another voice in your head other than the Holy Spirit.  Behind their voice, even if it's your own is the thought of paper money.

Definition of Fiat Currency or Paper Money

Currency that a government has declared to be legal tender, 

but is not backed by a physical commodity. 

The value of fiat money is derived from the relationship between supply and 

demand rather than the value of the material that the money is made of. 

Historically, most currencies were based on physical commodities such as gold or silver, 

but fiat money is based solely on faith. Fiat is the Latin word for "it shall be".

Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fiatmoney.asp#ixzz3Yj2qumzX 

You have to decide who is caring for

 your eternal soul. Who do you submit

 to as your leader, government? Government

 is instituted by God 

 There are people with the

gift of government by 

the Holy Spirit. 

These men have been called by God, 

given power and authority from God

 to do one thing, 

make sure everyone is treated honestly, fairly, and justly

 by  rewarding "good" behavior and punish "evil behavior.

     

             

      The Founding Fathers were called by God

 and did what God called them to do;

 with The Declaration of Independence 

and The Constitution. The Founding Fathers

said that you can only use

 "Gold and Silver Coins.

 It's up to each person to come out from/ 

under; being dominated, oppressed,

 stupefied by people who were 

not called by God and have no authority

 from God  to start the paper money system.

 These people  broke the law of the Constitution, 

which has all "authority",  and started printing money.

       In order for us to get our minds

 out of the gutter we have to submit

 to "authority" given by God to a man.

 God has lead us to the Pilgrims, William Penn 

and the Founding Fathers.  They all answered

 the call of God and had the "gift of government".

When you submit to them, stay humble

 before them and learn from them. Your thoughts

 do become clean.  Thinking of Gold and Silver

 Coins causes your mind to be filled with

 clean, pure, holy, thoughts, the light of 

God's love, the wisdom of God,

The Power and Fire of God!

Scripture References:

Matthew 28:18-20 - And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,

 All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.   

Matthew 28:18-19 - And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.   (Read More...)

Matthew 9:6-8 - But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the

 sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.   (Read More...)

1 Peter 3:18-22 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, 

being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:   (Read More...)

1 Peter Chapter 3

¹⁸ For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

¹⁹ By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

²⁰ Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

²¹ The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

²² Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

John 12:48 - He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

John 20:19-24 - Then the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you.  

²⁰ And when he had so said, he shewed unto them [his] hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.

²¹ Then said Jesus to them again, Peace [be] unto you: as [my] Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

²² And when he had said this, he breathed on [them], and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

²³ Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; [and] whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.

²⁴ But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

Philippians 2:12-13 - Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.   (Read More...)

Ephesians 2:14-16 - For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us];  (Read More...)

James 2:24 - Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

Hebrews 1:2 - Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;