{"id":287,"date":"2015-04-16T13:05:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T13:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rhemaindia.org.in\/demo\/rhema\/?p=287"},"modified":"2015-04-16T13:05:14","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T13:05:14","slug":"authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhemaindia.org.in\/rhema\/authority\/","title":{"rendered":"Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"

Behold, I give unto you power [authority] to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. \u2014 LUKE 10:19<\/p>\n

The Greek word \u201cexousia\u201d means authority. However, it is often translated as \u201cpower\u201d in the King James Version of the New Testament. In our text, for example, two different Greek words are translated as \u201cpower,\u201d yet the correct translation of the first word is \u201cauthority.\u201d Our verse should read, \u201cI give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy . . . .\u201d<\/p>\n

What is the difference between power and authority?<\/p>\n

Well, what can one uniformed police officer do to direct the flow of rush hour traffic? He can do a great deal. Is it because the policeman has the power to hold back these mighty machines? No! His most strenuous efforts couldn\u2019t stop the swiftly passing cars. He doesn\u2019t have the power to do it, but he has something far better. He is invested with the authority of the government he serves. Even a stranger in the city recognizes this authority and obeys it.<\/p>\n

Authority is delegated power.<\/p>\n

Confession:
\nI have been given authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing shall by any means hurt me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Behold, I give unto you power [authority] to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. \u2014 LUKE 10:19 The Greek word \u201cexousia\u201d means authority. However, it is often translated as \u201cpower\u201d in the King James Version of the New Testament. In … Continue reading Authority<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhemaindia.org.in\/rhema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhemaindia.org.in\/rhema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhemaindia.org.in\/rhema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhemaindia.org.in\/rhema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhemaindia.org.in\/rhema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rhemaindia.org.in\/rhema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288,"href":"https:\/\/rhemaindia.org.in\/rhema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhemaindia.org.in\/rhema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhemaindia.org.in\/rhema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhemaindia.org.in\/rhema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}