PASTORAL AUTHORITY
Authority: “Power or right to enforce obedience; moral or legal supremacy; the right to command, or give
an ultimate decision.”
I.
Our age is much characterized by a breakdown of authority.
A.
Consider the defiant rebellion against God's order promoted by women's liberation and
feminism.
GEN 3:16;
1CO 11:3,
7-9;
ISA 3:12.
B.
Consider the exaltation of “children's rights” in a time when children increasingly defy
parental authority.
2TI 3:1-2.
C.
Consider the exaltation of “w...