Building on the Foundation

There are many problems with the world today, and you can boil them down to a few main sources, such as feminism, greed, communism, and others, but if you distill them a little further, the main issue is rebellion against God.  The World and everyone who is of the World hates God, His instructions, and the very idea that there is a Being who will render a final judgment on them.  They don’t like to be told no, but let’s face it, not a one of us particularly enjoys being told no. When God tells us no, it’s for our own good, but like spoiled children, we’ll throw a fit.  That behavior is just among those of us who are of the household of faith, and when you expand a little further out into the world, there is genuine hatred of the One who would dare impose limits on the evil imaginations of their hearts.  Throughout history, there has been a sense of entitlement among those who walk the path of the World, but it’s worse today than it has perhaps ever been on a widespre...

The question of authority versus power is a vital one, especially where it concerns the Bible. It's a question that encompasses order and structure in the Church and the roles in the family that God put in place. The keyword is “role” since this is the box within which authority and power exist, and it's the box that each of us operates out of in the family and church. Our role dictates the authority given to us by God, and on the other side of things, it also details the authority we are not given.  It is the abuse of power that leads to negative outcomes from leadership. When a person in a position of authority begins to take more power than their position warrants, it is a recipe for tyranny. In God's system of doing things, power is used by righteous authority in the way that has been granted by God, and they do not take more power to themselves than their role grants to them.   This is the way kings were supposed to operate in Israel, but they failed. Remember, the rol...