“Authority?”

November 2, 2017

“Authority?”

Blessings folk!

We have seen that the religious rulers were determined to destroy Jesus - Mark 11:18.
They feared how the people were reacting to Jesus.
They were afraid of Jesus because the people were astonished at Jesus’ teaching.

The same occurs today.
The Religionists will seek to undermine those who speak the Truth of the Lord.
The are interested in man’s glory, not God’s glory.

They sought to “get” Jesus is several ways…

Here is one…

Mar 11:27

They came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple,
the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to Him,

and began saying to Him, “By what authority are You doing these things,
or who gave You this authority to do these things?”

Jesus returns to Jerusalem.
He is walking through the temple when confronted by the Religionists: the chief priests, the scribes, the elders.

They questioned Jesus’ “authority”?
“By what authority was He doing these things?”
“Who gave You authority to do these things?”

This was a well-thought-out trap, at least in their minds.

Notice they did not question the validity of what was happening.
They knew what Jesus was doing.
They did not like it because He was not of them.
They did not like it because He spoke Truth - often reflecting negatively upon them.

Men can be very creative in such.
Too often man is more interested in the power of authority than they are in the power of the Lord.

We will see Jesus’ response tomorrow…may not be what we think.
For now…
Under what authority do you do the things you do?
Man’s?
God’s?

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