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May 3, 2023 · Authority to Forgive Sins. In Matthew 9:1-8 we find the story of a paralyzed man brought to Jesus by his friends. Jesus told him that his sins were forgiven. And when challenged by the religious elite of his day, who equated sin and sickness, he healed the man to demonstrate to them his authority to also forgive sins.
May 30, 2024 · Jesus did not veil His power or His authority; we see it shown in the following accounts: Jesus Turned Water to Wine (John 2:1-11) This was the first of His signs (miracles). “This, the first of His signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested His glory. And his disciples believed in Him.” Jesus Knows Men’s Hearts (John 2:25 ...
Jun 7, 2010 · Every call to worship in a public gathering of the church, every act of missions and evangelism, is an exercise of Jesus’ sovereign authority through His people. The Congregation Provides When we speak of the headship or authority of Christ, we must keep in mind that Christ is Head of the church not as a tyrant is head of a country but in the way a loving husband is head of his wife (Eph. 5: ...
It is a strangely unflattering ending to the story, but it has reinforced Matthew’s message that Jesus is not like other people. Before long we shall hear of similarly unflattering reactions to Jesus’ exorcistic activities even among his own people: his power is not doubted, but its source is called into question (9:34; 12:24).
In every realm where evil reigns, a mightier authority had come to intervene and to set men free. His authority resided in his Person. It was not the authority of the scribes, which lay in citing passages of Scripture or the tradition which had grown up around the Scriptures (Mark 1:22). It was an authority inherent in who Jesus was.
Oct 8, 2015 · The authority of Jesus in heaven and earth is his authorized rule in heaven and on earth. And the second thing to say is that what the Father has the authority to do, Jesus has the authority to do, because Jesus said in John 3:35, “The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.” So where we have statements in the Bible ...
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Mar 24, 2022 · The issue is Jesus’s prophetic authority: does Jesus’s authority come from God, or was his condemnation of the Temple by his own authority? Jesus has not been shy about telling his followers where his authority came from. In Matthew 11:27 and 28:18 it is clear Jesus’s authority comes from God, his father.
