2. Four Pillars

3. Four Pillars
1. God is Creator.
Gen 1; Isa 42:8; Rom 1:25

4. Four Pillars
2. Christ is King.
Isaiah 52:7; Psalm 2

5. 3. The Holy Spirit is the Revealer of God’s Mind.
Four Pillars
3. The Holy Spirit is the Revealer of God’s Mind.
1 Cor 2:10-13

6. 4. Mankind is not able to be his own authority.
Four Pillars
4. Mankind is not able to be his own authority.
Prov 14:12; Jer 10:23

7. Fundamental Needs
The Will of God
Luke 9:23; Matt 6:10; Luke 22:42

8. Matthew 7:21-23
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from ME, you who practice lawlessness.”

9. Reconciliation with God
Fundamental Needs
Reconciliation with God
2 Cor 5:20

10. Gal 5:16-17; 2 Cor 5;9; 2 Cor 10:5 Fundamental Needs
Purpose to Please God
Gal 5:16-17; 2 Cor 5;9; 2 Cor 10:5

11. Someone has to be in charge!

12. JUDE 11
“Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.”

13. JUDE 11
“Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.”

14. JUDE 11
the way of Cain: distortion of worship (Gen 4) the error of Balaam: distortion of teaching and for gain (Num 22) the rebellion of Korah: distortion of God’s organization (Num 16)

15. Authority is at the core of recognizing right from wrong, truth from error

16. Meaning

17. Power to make, enforce laws, command, expect obedience, judge
Meaning
Power to make, enforce laws, command, expect obedience, judge

18. Inherent based on position
Meaning
Inherent based on position

19. Delegated (permission, license)
Meaning
Delegated (permission, license)

20. Meaning
God’s has Absolute Authority.
Jesus is King and Head over all.
His will is expressed in His word.
We cannot rule ourselves.

21. Need Illustrated
Adam and Eve
Cain and Abel
Nadab and Abihu
Korah
Moses
David and the New Cart

22. Matthew 21:23-27
And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?” And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ But if we say, ‘From man,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.” So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

23. Luke 6:46
“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?”

24. John 8:31-32
“So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

25. John 12:48
“He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.”

26. Everyone listens to someone’s authority, whether God, self, or another
Everyone listens to someone’s authority, whether God, self, or another. If we reject God’s, then who shall be the authority? Who gets to say?

27. God has authority over your salvation
God has authority over your salvation. Grace can only come from one who has the power to grant it (Mark 2). God has told us how to be reconciled to Him.