As believers in Christ who love the Lord and pursue Him, we want to be used by the Lord, so we need to see from God’s word what are the qualifications of a person who represents God with authority, that is, what are the qualifications for a person who is a deputy authority; such a […]
Christ is the unique Head of the Body: we submit to Him and to His Deputy Authority
According to the divine revelation in the New Testament, Christ is both the Head of the Body corporately (the church), and individually the Head of all the believers; He is the Head directly of every one of us, and we all are under His unique authority. This is something that we all need to realize […]
We need to be Saved from Ambition and from Rebelling against God’s Deputy Authority
In Num. 12 and 16 of Numbers we see the rebellion against God’s deputy authority, how Moses reacted to it, and how God deals with rebellion. In the book of Numbers it seems that there was rebellion after rebellion, from the murmuring of the people of Israel against Moses and against God concerning their basic […]
Authority and Rebellion: we need to Submit to God’s Authority and Reject Rebellion
The unique controversy between God and Satan concerns authority and rebellion; rebellion is the denial of God’s authority and the rejection of God’s rule, so we as believers should submit to God’s authority and uphold it, and we should assert that authority is with God. There are two great principles in the universe – God’s […]
We Submit to God’s Authority when we Submit to the Delegated Authority He set over us
In this universe only God is the supreme authority, and all other authorities are delegated authorities, deputy authorities, authorities appointed by God; when we submit to and obey the deputy authority, we obey and submit to God. God is the supreme authority; He has all authority, and He gives authority to particular persons in a […]
We must Realise that God is the Supreme Authority and we must Touch God’s Authority
In this universe God is the supreme authority; He has all the authority, and we need to know authority, submit to God’s authority, and also submit to God’s delegated authority. In our deeper study of the book of Numbers this week we come to the matter of Authority, Rebellion, the Vindication of Delegated Authority, and […]
A Nazarite has a Submissive Spirit and is Absolutely Subject to the Lord’s Headship
Being a Nazarite means that we do not reject but are absolutely subject under the Lord’s headship as well as to all the deputy authorities appointed by God, as indicated by a Nazarite not shaving his head but letting his hair grow long. The first thing related to a Nazarite was that he had to […]