{"id":1810,"date":"2016-05-31T22:22:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T22:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thenewagesite.com\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2019-09-08T22:05:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T03:05:33","slug":"big-deal-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thenewagesite.com\/index.php\/authority\/big-deal-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the big deal about authority?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is the big deal about authority? Doesn’t everyone have to follow authorities and do what they say?<\/p>\n

Sometimes, yes. But there is a big difference between being coerced physically to outwardly acknowledge an authority and really believing that authority is something like “the voice of God<\/em>,” or whatever you think an authority is – a politician, a professor at your college, or some pastor at the church you attend.<\/p>\n

People may be forced physically to outwardly accept certain authorities. Think of Nazi Germany or North Korea where openly defying authority could be a death sentence. But inwardly do you accept those authorities as being valid and something you would follow if you were not compelled to?<\/p>\n

That’s\u00a0a big\u00a0difference.<\/p>\n

Yes, I give the minimal deference to some authorities in my society, but that doesn’t mean I always think they are morally justified. Think of the IRS. Think of organizations on your college that try to enforce politically correct views and censure views they don’t like.<\/p>\n

The big deal about authority is that if you accept an authority, but not from an inward conviction, you are in the words of our ancient forbearers “worshipping” that authority<\/em>. The original Greek word often translated as “worship<\/em>” in the New Testament means something like to be like a dog licking its master’s hand.<\/p>\n

But you should not worship a false god or idol. Don’t make your outward authorities your idol, that which you worship. That is why it is a big deal.<\/p>\n

In the end you need to find the God inside, in your Temple, in your Holy of Holies, and that is the real authority you should seek to follow. Easy? No.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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