Here We Stand - Considering Our Core Values: AUTHORITY

Here We Stand - Considering Our Core Values

1. Truth
2. Humility
3. Freedom
4. Authority
5. Delight

#4 – “Authority”

I. What is Authority?

--- a. Creator [Psalm 90:2 ]

--- b. Finisher [2 Peter 3:4-13]

--- c. Sovereign [Colossians 1:16-17]

II. Why is Authority a core value?

--- a. “If you do not value authority, by default, you value, cherish, esteem rebellion: disobedience and unbelief.” [Deuteronomy 9:22ff; Hebrews 3:7ff; 1 Samuel 15:22]

--- b. “At the core, rejection of authority is a rejection of God.”

III. How Do You Value Authority?

--- a. We Embrace authority of God Himself [Psalm 2]

--- b. We listen to and obey the people and laws in positions of authority in our society. [Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2: 13-19]

--- --- The exception [Acts 5:29; Matthew 22:21; Ephesians 6:5-8]

--- c. We properly exercise and submit to it in the home [Ephesians 5:22-24; Ephesians 6:1ff]

--- d. We properly exercise and submit to it in the church [Titus 2:15; Hebrews 13:17; 1 Timothy 2:11-12]

--- e. We obey the Gospel [Romans 16:25-27; Isaiah 65:1; Jeremiah 33:8]