May I have a WORD with you?
Helping ordinary people read the Bible for the sake of life application and a godly transformation. In other words, for the sake of becoming more like Jesus.
May I have a WORD with you?
Ep 035 (S2E16) My Story? He’s writing my life.
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John
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Season 2
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Episode 16
References:
- Authority—a definition (American Heritage Dictionary online)
- The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge.
- One that is invested with this power, especially a government or body of government officials…
- ἐξουσία (ex-oo-see'-ah)- power, authority (author)
- Mat 7:29 - 1st time in NT - end of Sermon on Mount
- Mat 8:9 - a man who understands authority
- Mat 9:8 - that we may know He has power and authority as God
- Jn 10:18 - authority to lay down His life and the power to take it up again.
- Etymology traces the word back to Latin “auctor,” creator; see author
- Jesus as author of salvation
- author and giver of life
- Etymology traces the word back to Latin “auctor,” creator; see author
- Will I let Him be the Author of my life, and write the story of my life according to His plot line?
- Song: Write My Life by Out of the Grey
- He holds the copyright on our lives
- When we try to take control of our own story, we are guilty of copyright infringement