Authority..what does it mean?

Jesus is the Author and finisher of our faith..it is written.
The word authority starts with the word author.. Lots to think of in that connotation..
Jesus spoke with authority..not like the scribes..( who..I take it spoke what they were taught by tradition).
Authority to me is in one who receives their power from God.. Then lifts those around and under them up by that gifted power.
Oppression on the other hand..starts with no innate power from God..they maneuver those around them and under them so as to take those power from them.

Authority lifts people from below..

Oppression hoards over people and presses down on them squeezing for more power to the oppressor from those people.

Authority rightly established responds like a goodly servant helping those around them.

Oppression responds like a hungry wolf seeking whom they might devour.

I hope this commentary is a help to you somehow.
Peace..I am glad you are here.
Kandy
May God bless your path today in every way.

Weights

Once one is potty trained..
They no longer need diapers.
Diapers then become a weight.

Set aside every weight and the sin that so easily beset us.
It is written.

Beset means surround.
Peace .. I am glad you are here.
Kandy
May God bless your day.

What if….

What if you were a citizen.. Not of your country you are in..
But a faraway country..
What if you were in this country..
But not of this country..
What if you were citizens of heaven.

What if your only communication from there was Holy Scripture.. The Bible.
What if your only communication from your King..whom you loved and adored was that scripture. And it was the only way to get to your beloved homeland.

Would you live differently.?

Peace..I am glad you are here..
Kandy
God bless you today.

Thought.

Some commentary on thought..

By what thought can one change their stature?

Phil.4 Think on these things ..whatsoever things are lovely..of good report..

Psalms 1..blessed is the man whose delight is in the Lord..who meditates on the law..( the Word) day and night..and he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers if water….and everything he doeth shall prosper.

Peace..I am glad you are here.
Kandy