This episode seeks to explore the idea of authority. We do start off with some nerdy things, then explore the relation of God to human authority. Hopefully, this will help us understand the difference between tyranny and appropriate authority.
NOTES:
We refer to Christ and the Kingdoms of Men: Foundations of Political Life by David C. Innes.
Bible verses included in this episode:
- Matthew 28:19-20
- Romans 13:1
- Genesis 1:16
- Genesis 1:28
RECAP & TAKEAWAYS:
- We cannot understand authority apart from God’s sovereign relationship with his creation and the story of the gospel.
- Authority is a person’s moral right to direct others. — David Koyzis, We Answer to Another
- To have Jesus as your king is a political position. Jesus mediates God’s authority over us.
- We have rights because God has authority. Rights are our authority over our own persons so that we might do what God wants us to do.
- Innes suggests thinking of four spheres of authority that should not impinge on each other: Individual, Family, Church, and Government.
- What we consider tyranny usually comes from the governmental sphere invading the other spheres.
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MUSIC:
Little Lily Swing, Tri-Tachyon, Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/the-kleptotonic-ep/little-lily-swing
Sorry, Comfort Fit, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Germany (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 DE), https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Comfort_Fit/Forget_And_Remember/03_Sorry