Quotes About Authority

The weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. 2 Corinthians 10:4

Oh, from what heights of blessing it is possible for a man to fall! To what depths of sin a man can descend, even with all that spiritual background! The higher the pinnacle of blessing, authority, and publicity he has attained by grace, the deeper and more staggering can be his collapse. There is never a day in any man's life but that he is dependent upon the grace of God for power and the blood of Jesus for cleansing.

Lord, our God, other lords than You have ruled over us, but we remember Your name alone. Isaiah 26:13

As long as you have a male covering, were words I'd heard over and over again, and I believed them to my bones. A male covering was the key to a woman being blessed by God in ministry.

Instead, he is under guardians and stewards until the time set by his father. Galatians 4:2

God can do what He says He can do precisely because He is who He says He is.

You who occupy the mountain summit, though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down. Jeremiah 49:16

The Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. Luke 5:24

When we live under the umbrella of God's authority and seek to obey His commands, the enemy may oppose us and even oppress us, but he cannot thwart the fulfillment of God's plan for our lives.

Supremacy among mortals is always oppositional to God, but among people who carry the name of Christ, it is blasphemous.

He demonstrated this power in the Messiah by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavens. Ephesians 1:20

Yielding to His authority and affections makes no small difference in our judgment (1 Corinthians 2:12-16). When we look through spiritual eyes, we can see fruit for what it is—we can distinguish between pride and confidence, between self-abasement and humility, between contentiousness and healthy confrontation.

We quench or grieve the Holy Spirit by refusing His authority over us. In other words, by choosing not to yield to Him.

The key to peace is authority—peace is the fruit of an obedient, righteous life.

We did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:16

Words wield power, both divine and mortal. We might think of the comparison of the power of words like this: God's words are omnipotent. Our words are potent.

I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it. Matthew 16:18

Whatever you bind on earth is already bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:19

Who are you— anyone who talks back to God? Romans 9:20

In order to accuse Him, they asked Him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" Matthew 12:10

They want to be teachers of the law, although they don't understand what they are saying or what they are insisting on. 1 Timothy 1:7

The constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it.

I'm difficult for management. That's why I have the reputation because nobody challenges management.

As a former prosecutor, sometimes people refer to me as 'Attila the Hun.' I understand how people can get a reputation sometimes.