THE ROADS CHURCH - NC & MTC
Sunday, Aug 16, 2020 - Part 3
Matthew 28:16-20 NKJV
Worshipped - proskyneo - To bow or prostrate oneself as an act of allegiance to or regard for
Doubted - distazo - To duplicate, waver, To be uncertain; To stand where two ways meet
James 1:6-8 NKJV
John 14:6 NKJV
John 17:17 NKJV
Matthew 28:18 NKJV
Two key foundations in authority for every soldier:
Source of authority - Truth; source of information
Submission to authority - Commonality of purpose
Authority - exousia - Ability and power over a domain or sphere of influence; jurisdiction; limits or territory within which authority may be exercised
Jesus was both:
Son of God - 46 x’s in NT
Son of Man - 87 x’s in NT
Hebrews 4:14-16 NKJV
Rules of Engagement - The orders issued by a competent military authority that describe in detail when, where, how, and against whom military force may be used, and they have implications for what actions soldiers may take on their own authority and what directives may be issued by a commanding officer.
I Timothy 2:5 NKJV
Hebrews 7:25 NKJV
Philippians 2:5-11 NKJV
Genesis 1:26 NKJV
Luke 4:5-7 NKJV
Delivered - paradidōmi - To give or hand over to; to transfer or yield to someone, particularly a right or an authority
Luke 9:1-2 NKJV
Luke 10:17-20 NKJV
Colossians 1:13-14 NKJV
Delivered - rhuŏmai - Rescue from danger, save or free from harm or evil
Power - exousia
Conveyed - mĕthistēmi - Move from one place to another; change of state, with emphasis upon the difference in the resulting state
Psalms 119:160 NKJV
James 4:7 NKJV
Submit - hypotasso - To yield to the orders or directives of others.
Resist - anthistēmi - Stand against, resist, oppose, rebel
Luke 7:6-10 NKJV
APPLICATION:
Do we know our source of authority?
Are we submitted to the system of His authority?