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Live Free with Josh Howerton

Real Authority is Given | Ep. 416 | Monday, September 9, 2024

Live Free with Josh Howerton

Lakepointe Church

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

2.4706 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Genuine leaders are distinguished by their authority, which is not derived from titles but from how they interact with others. Authority cannot be forced or assumed through promotion; it must be voluntarily acknowledged by those who submit. The culture dictates that individuals in authority should hold others accountable, acknowledge their achievements, and accept them as they are. Reflecting on Luke 7 reveals how Jesus consistently defies societal norms to demonstrate love and engage deeply with each individual encountered. For more information, visit lakepointe.church/dailydrive

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0:00.0

Thanks for tuning in to today's Daily Drive with Lake Point Church, a daily dose of God's word for your morning drive.

0:08.6

When the word, not the world, becomes the majority of your week, your life will start to change.

0:15.2

For that reason, our prayer is that God will speak to you through today's devotional.

0:20.6

For more digital content to

0:22.6

feed your faith, visit lakepoint.church slash daily drive. And now let's dive in to today's devotional.

0:30.1

Hey, welcome to the Daily Drive. My name is Bro, and we hang here for a few minutes each weekday,

0:35.4

just diving into God's Word and trying to become

0:38.2

a little bit more like Jesus every day. Now, in order to do that, we've been looking at some

0:42.5

one-on-one encounters that people had with Jesus, and today we're going to meet a really good dude

0:48.0

that you're going to like a lot. His story is found over in Luke, Chapter 7. And this guy is a hardworking, blue collar, calloused

0:57.1

hands, car hardware, and bass pro shop kind of guy. He's a tough guy. He's a military guy.

1:02.3

A guy who understood real authority. Now, when I say authority, what type of people come to

1:08.6

your mind? Police, principal, teacher, coach, president,

1:13.6

governor, mayor, boss, parents? The Bible is clear on the appropriate response we are to have to

1:20.7

those in authority over us. It says unless it's contrary to how God has told us to live, we are to submit to those in authority. Now, sometimes it is contrary to how God has told us to live, we are to submit to those in authority.

1:29.3

Now, sometimes it is contrary to what God would have us do.

1:32.7

I mean, a boss tells you you've got to lie or participate in a cover-up.

1:35.6

In those cases, you always have to go with what God, the ultimate authority, says,

1:39.5

over what others are telling you to do, and we should never just blindly follow.

1:43.8

But for the most part,

1:44.9

you and I are to live with a humble attitude of submission toward those in authority.

1:50.8

And the original word for submit that's used in the Bible comes from the military world.

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