Wednesday, December 05, 2007

The Comprehensive Authority of Jesus

Meditate on the declaration of authority at the beginning of The Great Commission (Matthew 28:18).

"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me."
King Jesus has all authority everywhere!

-All authority over our lives. All authority over our alarm clocks, our heaters, our plumbing, our electricity, our kids, our automobiles, and our relationships.
-All authority over Satan, demons, angels, and sin.
-All authority over terrorists, suicide bombers, Palestinians, Israelis, and peace-treaties.
-All authority over galaxies, stars, planets, black holes, gravity, and meteorites.
-All authority over government, elections, congress, policies, vetoes, Republicans, and Democrats.
-All authority over hospitals, diseases, medicines, bacteria, germs, vaccines, and viruses.
-All authority over computers, the Internet, e-mail, blogs, websites, Google, Yahoo, You Tube, and spam.
-All authority over the economy, business, banks, mergers, stock market, savings accounts, and interest rates.
-All authority over the military, bullets, bombs, heat-seeking missals, tactics, and grenades.
-All authority over nature, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, wind, and fires.
-All authority over sports, injuries, salaries, victories, defeats, fastballs, interceptions, and jump shots.
-All authority over atoms, neutrons, electrons, protons, sub-atomic particles, DNA, and quantum physics.
-All authority over animals, reptiles, insects, mammals, fish, and all 10,000 species of birds.
-All authority over our bodies, our heart beats, our lungs, our digestive systems, our nerves, and our thoughts.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hadn't thought about blaming the alarm not going off on God or my disobedient children on God. Even more God has authority over spam mail. LOL

pastor justin said...

Anonymous, what do you take Matt. 28:18 to mean? Is your alarm clock part of heaven and earth or not?

Anonymous said...

I take Matthew 28:18 to mean that all things are under God's authority whether in heaven or on earth. So therefore my alarm clock, my child's disobedience and spam mail is under God's authority.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for these thoughts Justin!