Ultimate Authority (4 of 6)
Series: The Beginning of the Gospel
Bob Ingle
Mark 1:21-28
Let me give you the main point of what Mark is trying to tell us this morning: Jesus is the Ultimate Authority over everything everywhere.
That means He is King over creation, He is Master over every molecule, He is preeminent over every person, He is the great I am over every iota of the universe. He is the ultimate authority over everything everywhere. There's nothing bigger, nothing better, nothing smarter, nothing stronger, nothing wiser, nothing holier than Jesus. So Mark wants us to know, you can trust Him. You can surrender your life to Him. He's the one who does it all, loves you, cares for you, protects you, and welcomes you to come to Him. He wants you to come and be under Him and under His authority in everything. That's what he's trying to teach.
It's so easy to hear that and say, ''Amen, I believe it!'' And yet, we know that in America, Americans, for the most part, hate authority. There is something in our flesh - we hate authority. We don't want anything over us, we don't want anything directing us, we don't want anybody telling us what to do and when to do it. ''It's about me!'' We don't like authority, we never have. It's almost been instilled and woven into us from the very beginning, as Americans.
As a matter of fact, Benjamin Franklin, 240 years ago said this: ''It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.'' I can name a number of things citizens ought to do first. But we like that. I think we have obeyed that one pretty good. When we don't like our governmental leaders, we just vote them out. If we don't like our child's teacher, we go to the principal. If we don't like what our boss has said, we go to his boss. If we don't like what the pastor decides or what the pastor teaches, we go to another church. Why? Because somehow, directly or indirectly, we've been taught that most, if not all, authority over you, is n ...
Series: The Beginning of the Gospel
Bob Ingle
Mark 1:21-28
Let me give you the main point of what Mark is trying to tell us this morning: Jesus is the Ultimate Authority over everything everywhere.
That means He is King over creation, He is Master over every molecule, He is preeminent over every person, He is the great I am over every iota of the universe. He is the ultimate authority over everything everywhere. There's nothing bigger, nothing better, nothing smarter, nothing stronger, nothing wiser, nothing holier than Jesus. So Mark wants us to know, you can trust Him. You can surrender your life to Him. He's the one who does it all, loves you, cares for you, protects you, and welcomes you to come to Him. He wants you to come and be under Him and under His authority in everything. That's what he's trying to teach.
It's so easy to hear that and say, ''Amen, I believe it!'' And yet, we know that in America, Americans, for the most part, hate authority. There is something in our flesh - we hate authority. We don't want anything over us, we don't want anything directing us, we don't want anybody telling us what to do and when to do it. ''It's about me!'' We don't like authority, we never have. It's almost been instilled and woven into us from the very beginning, as Americans.
As a matter of fact, Benjamin Franklin, 240 years ago said this: ''It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.'' I can name a number of things citizens ought to do first. But we like that. I think we have obeyed that one pretty good. When we don't like our governmental leaders, we just vote them out. If we don't like our child's teacher, we go to the principal. If we don't like what our boss has said, we go to his boss. If we don't like what the pastor decides or what the pastor teaches, we go to another church. Why? Because somehow, directly or indirectly, we've been taught that most, if not all, authority over you, is n ...
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