This post came from Tamara Mills' Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/tamara.mills1?fref=nf
I'm so grateful that on April 27, 2014, Tamara posted this under one of her posts:
" . . . any are welcome to repost anything I post."
Thank you, Tamara!
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Tamara expressed:
In the Body of Christ, AUTHORITY comes from God, NOT man! When the Pharisees asked Christ who gave Him authority to drive the merchants out of the Temple, because they couldn't answer his question about John's baptism, He didn't answer their question. He knew they were trying to trip Him up, as they probably felt He was undermining their "authority". Many do the very same thing today, they will quickly claim authority, however when you FUNCTION in authority, they question you. Now here is something that you may want to take note of. Because the Pharisees didn't want to believe who Christ was, they recognized, but didn't recognize His GOD GIVEN authority.
With that being said, because
Christ knew He WAS the AUTHORITY, He didn't allow them to push Him in a
corner. I admonish you today to NEVER allow anyone to make you feel that
you have no authority, because all who are in Christ, have AUTHORITY!
Although we function different, it is the same AUTHORITY and it comes
from ONE place......GOD! There is no need to flaunt titles to show
authority, that is what pride causes one to do. And the truth of the
matter is that 9 times out of 10, they AINT GOT no darn authority, other
than what they have given themselves, or some other mere mortal has
told them they have.
IF YOU are indwelled with the Holy Spirit, YOU are AUTHORIZED by God, to Preach the Gospel of salvation to those who never heard, as a matter of fact, be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage, with great patience and careful instruction(discipleship) YOU are authorized by God, to gather with other believers and exhort, encourage and remind of the second coming of Christ, WHEREEVER AND WHENEVER YOU so desire. YOU are authorized by God, to correct ANY believer who is in error(in love of course) YOU are NOT authorized to control others!
Walk in YOUR God given authority, it looks good on you! Remember where it comes from!
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Here's the link to the subject page that includes comments relative to Tamara's above post.
https://www.facebook.com/tamara.mills1/posts/10152457854999758?comment_id=10152457958449758&offset=0&total_comments=35¬if_t=feed_comment_reply
Note: I don't know how long Facebook keeps posts in their system so I've posted this here on my blog for preservation purposes and for easy reference.
IF YOU are indwelled with the Holy Spirit, YOU are AUTHORIZED by God, to Preach the Gospel of salvation to those who never heard, as a matter of fact, be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage, with great patience and careful instruction(discipleship) YOU are authorized by God, to gather with other believers and exhort, encourage and remind of the second coming of Christ, WHEREEVER AND WHENEVER YOU so desire. YOU are authorized by God, to correct ANY believer who is in error(in love of course) YOU are NOT authorized to control others!
Walk in YOUR God given authority, it looks good on you! Remember where it comes from!
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Here's the link to the subject page that includes comments relative to Tamara's above post.
https://www.facebook.com/tamara.mills1/posts/10152457854999758?comment_id=10152457958449758&offset=0&total_comments=35¬if_t=feed_comment_reply
Note: I don't know how long Facebook keeps posts in their system so I've posted this here on my blog for preservation purposes and for easy reference.
