Quotes About Authority

Meeting needs and obeying commands are not the same.

any form of government that required the repression, imprisonment, and execution of those who disagreed with it was certainly not a government of the people.

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

It is well known in the legal profession that many judges, upon ascending the bench, think they are three steps closer to God.

if the Bible is a revelation of truth, then anything that contradicts it must be false.

the one and only sovereign God reasons, creates, sustains, reveals, commands, judges, and saves.

The Bible is sufficient to both assert and defend its own teachings. It is a mighty sword, and we must develop the skill to wield it.

The Bible contains no errors; it is correct in all that it asserts. Since God does not lie or err, and the Bible is his word, it follows that everything written in it is true.

Sinners will oppose any teaching that exalts the sovereignty of God over the freedom of men. So

election is "arbitrary," since God indeed rules "by absolute authority," and election is indeed based on his "individual discretion.

The Bible cannot and does not contain errors, whether it is speaking of spiritual, historical, or other matters. It is correct in all that it affirms.

Since the Scripture is the very word of God, or God speaking, the necessary conclusion is that it carries the authority of God. Therefore, the authority of Scripture is identical to the authority of God.

The Bible is God's voice, and the authority of Scripture is total.

All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: "What have you done?" (Daniel 4:35)

Why, do you think that you can undermine God's sovereignty and get away with it?

The Bible is the ultimate authority of the Christian system; therefore, our first principle, our starting point, or the foundation of our thinking, is the Bible itself.

Since God possesses ultimate authority, there is no higher authority by which one may pronounce the Bible as infallible and inerrant.

But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?'" Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?

Some Christians find it difficult to accept that our relationship with God is partly characterized as a master and slave relationship.

you are dealing with an absolutely sovereign and powerful God.

The Bible is bold and honest. It tells you that if you disagree with anything in it, then you are wrong, and God will hold you accountable for your false belief and the false conduct that follows from it.

the very ideas of right and wrong remain undefined without his verbal revelation – he must define these concepts for us, and only his definitions are authoritative, relevant, and binding on all people.

Therefore, we have the authority and the obligation to be active, aggressive, and even militant in advancing the Christian faith.

It does not pretend to grant you the right to oppose or debate it. You must agree with it, believe it, and obey it. It does not respect private values and private opinions, as if we are each our own god. It ignores those things that we would consider our rights when we are dealing with our fellow human beings. This is because when we are dealing with the Bible, we are not dealing with other human beings, but with God himself.