Matthew 28:18 (HCSB) Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
John 19:11 (TEV) Jesus answered, "You have authority over me only because it was given to you by God. So the man who handed me over to you is guilty of a worse sin."
Romans 13:1-2 (TEV) 1 Everyone must obey state authorities, because no authority exists without God's permission, and the existing authorities have been put there by God. 2 Whoever opposes the existing authority opposes what God has ordered; and anyone who does so will bring judgment on himself.
Authority is God-ordained, but authoritarianism and raw power, in almost all forms, is dangerous. James C. Dobson (1936- )
