How Should We Respond to Corrupt Authority?

This is the last episode of 2023. It has been a good year and I am excited about what is to come in 2024. This last episode is based a conviction I have regarding authority, our heart posture, and how we should respond. Key points covered:

• Moses and Miriam, David and Absalom, David and Saul in the Cave, Paul and the high priest.

• All authority is ordained by God. That means when someone becomes an authority, God has approved of it. He gives authority to men.

• Bad authority doesn’t give you permission to revolt or rebel (unless it’s sinful, but even then resistance is silent).

• Everyone who despises authority tends to desire authority.

• Rebels subtly claim infallibility. All rebels always claim, “if only I were in charge then everything would be good.”

• Rebels, stir up false hope. They rally people to their cause and they create division. They get everybody thinking on the same page, but they have no authority to make any change happen. It’s false hope. Division causes anger, resentment, bitterne…