2. Scripture Reading
• MARK 13:34
• For the Son of man is as a man
taking a far journey, who left his
house, and gave authority to his
servants, and to every man his
work, and commanded the
porter to watch.
3. THE HIGHER POWERS
• ROMANS 13:1-7
• 1
¶ Let every soul be subject unto the
higher powers. For there is no power but of
God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
• 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the
power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and
they that resist shall receive to themselves
damnation.
• 7 ¶ Render therefore to all their dues:
tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to
whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to
4. 2 KINDS OF AUTHORITY
• 1. Direct authority. This means
that God tells us directly through His
Word or through His Spirit what He
wants us to do.
• 2. Delegated authority. This
means that God designates certain
people to represent Him and to
exercise His authority.
5. DIRECT AUTHORITY
• Command and signs following
the believer
• MATTHEW 28:18-20
• MARK 16:15
• 15 And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature.
• 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but
he that believeth not shall be damned.
• 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my
name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new
tongues;
• 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands
on the sick, and they shall recover.
6. DIRECT AUTHORITY
• MATTHEW 16:19
• And I will give unto thee the keys
of the kingdom of heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt bind on
earth shall be bound in heaven:
and whatsoever thou shalt loose
on earth shall be loosed in
heaven.
7. KNOW YOUR CALLING
• Now, everybody can't be a preacher, but you got
a voice… If you're a preacher, you're called to the
pulpit to preach. If you're not, you're still a
preacher, but live the people a sermon. Let your
sermon be lived, and it's the voice of God that'll bring
reproach to them who reject it.
• See, live your sermons. Don't try to preach them if
you're NOT called to be a preacher; get all mixed
up, anyhow, and messed up, and you'll get people
tangled up, and you won't know... Well, you'll-you'll ruin them and yourself too. Just live your
sermon.
• The preacher's called to preach his and to live it
too. If you can't live it, then stop preaching it. But
you're supposed to live your sermons.
(Willam Branham, REV.CHAP.4.PT.3.THRONE.MERCY.title JEFF.IN ROJC 645-716 61-0108)
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9. 1 -THE FAMILY
• God's arrangement for
the family is that the father
be the head of the house
under God.
• The wife is to be subject to her
husband, and the children
subject to their parents.
10. HUSBAND<>WIFE
• EPHESIANS 5:22 -"Wives,
submit yourselves unto your
own husbands, as unto the Lord.“
• EPHESIANS 5:24-25- “Therefore as the
church is subject unto Christ, so let the
wives be to their own husbands in every
thing. Husbands, love your wives, even
as Christ also loved the church, and gave
Himself for it;”
11. HUSBAND<>WIFE
•
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• “I can hear some of you sisters saying
now, maybe not right present, but hear you
saying, "Who, me obey my husband? Huh! I
make him obey me.“ But there is where
you're wrong.”
•
IS.YOUR.LIFE.WORTHY.OF.THE.GOSPEL_ JEFF.IN V-5 N-5 SUNDAY_ 63-0630E
“I don't care how much you dance and speak
with tongues, if you don't obey your
husband, you're out of the will of God.”
12. GOD’S COVENANT WITH THE WOMAN
• GENESIS 3:16
• ¶ Unto the woman he said, I will
greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy
conception; in sorrow thou shalt
bring forth children; and thy desire
shall be to thy husband, and he shall
rule over thee.
13. HUSBAND<>WIFE
• AND.KNOWETH.IT.NOT_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-10 SUNDAY_ 65-0815
• “A woman ain't got no business in politics.
She ain't got no business in the... over any
authority in the church.
• Her place is a man's queen at home. Outside
of that, she has nothing. And we know that
to be the Truth. You'll never find... I know
that sounds old-fashioned, but I'm
responsible.”
14. GOD’S COVENANT WITH THE WOMAN
• 1 Timothy 2:11-15 clearly states:
"Let the woman learn in silence with all
subjection. But I suffer not a woman to
teach, nor to usurp authority over the
man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first
formed, then Eve. And Adam was not
deceived, but the woman being deceived was
in the transgression. Notwithstanding she
shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue
in faith and charity and holiness with
sobriety.”
15. GOD’S COVENANT WITH THE WOMAN
• 1 Corinthians 14:34-37:
"Let your women keep silence in the
churches: for it is not permitted unto
them to speak; but [they are
commanded] to be under obedience, as
also saith the law. And if they will learn
any thing, let them ask their husbands
at home: for it is a shame for women to
speak in the church."
16. GOD’S COVENANT WITH THE MAN
• I TIMOTHY 5:8
“But if any provide not for his
own, and specially for those
of his own house, he hath
denied the faith, and is worse
than an infidel.”
17. GOD’S COVENANT WITH THE MAN
• GENESIS 3:17-19
• 17 ¶ And unto Adam he said, Because thou
hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and
hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded
thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is
the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat
of it all the days of thy life;
• 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out
of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto
dust shalt thou return.
18. PARENTS<>CHILDREN
• COLOSSIANS 3:20 –
Children, obey your
parents in all things:
for this is well pleasing
unto the Lord.”
• EXODUS 20:12 –
“Honour thy father and thy
mother: that thy days may be long
upon the land which the LORD thy
God giveth thee.”
19. PARENTS<>CHILDREN
• EPHESIANS 6:4 –
“And, ye fathers,
provoke not your children
to wrath: but bring them
up in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord.”
20. 2 -THE CHURCH
• God's plan is that Christ be
the Head of every church.
• Under Christ are God-appointed leaders
such as elders prophet, pastors, evangelists, missionaries, te
achers, deacons, and the trustees. We are to
be subject to God's delegated authorities in
the church.
21. THE FIVE-FOLD MINISTRY
• EPHESIANS 4:11-14
• 11 And he gave some, apostles; and
some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and
some, pastors and teachers;
• 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the
ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
• 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto
the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
• 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to
and fro, and carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning
craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.
22. PASTOR<>CONGREGATION
• The Bible says, in HEBREWS 13:7
– “Remember them which have
the rule over you, who have
spoken unto you the word of
God: whose faith
follow, considering the end of
their conversation.”
23. PASTOR<>CONGREGATION
• HEBREWS 13:17 – “Obey them that
have the rule over you, and submit
yourselves: for they watch for your
souls, as they that must give
account, that they may do it with
joy, and not with grief: for that is
unprofitable for you.”
24. COMPLETE AUTHORITY IN
THE CHURCH
• “But the full and complete
authority of the church is
the pastor. Read that in the Bible;
see if that's not Bible order. That's
exactly right. There's no one
above the elder.”
(HEBREWS.CHAPTER.7.PT.2.CHURCH.ORDER.title JEFF.IN HEB 57-0922)
25. COMPLETE AUTHORITY IN
THE CHURCH
• “I have nothing to do with what Brother
Neville does here. That's up to you and Brother
Neville. If Brother Neville wanted to preach
Jehovah Witness doctrine, that's up to him and
you. See? If he wanted to preach anything he
wanted to, that's between you and him. That's
all. If the congregation votes for him in there
to preach that, that's all right. That's up to
him.” (HEBREWS.CHAPTER.7.PT.2.CHURCH.ORDER.title JEFF.IN HEB 570922)
26. LOCAL SOVEREIGNTY
• But I believe in the supreme authority of
the local assembly. Yes. Let each church be
its own, choose its pastors, its
deacons, its, whatever it is. And then, that
way, the man in there has no bishop over
him. The Holy Spirit wants to speak
something to that church, they don't have
to ask anybody about whether they could
do this or do that. It's the individual in
contact with the Holy Spirit.
• (HEBREWS.CHAPTER.FIVE.AND.SIX.1_ JEFF.IN HEB SUNDAY_ 570908M)
27. LOCAL SOVEREIGNTY
• Show me by the Bible what's
greater, in the Bible, than a local elder
to a local church? That's
right, yes, sir, the sovereignty of the
local church, each church in itself.
Now, brotherhood, that's wonderful.
All churches ought to be in a
brotherhood like that, together. But
the sovereignty of local church!
(HEBREWS.CHAPTER.FIVE.AND.SIX.1_ JEFF.IN HEB SUNDAY_
57-0908M)
28. YOU CAN’T LIVE HIGHER
•
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• “You'll never live no higher than your
pastor. You just remember that. See?
And so... 'Cause he's the shepherd that
feeds you. If he's the shepherd, he's
got to know where the manna is, to
feed the--the sheep… the
revelation, the hidden manna.”
29. Admonition to the Elders
• I PETER 5:1-3
• 1 ¶ The elders which are among you I
exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness
of the sufferings of Christ, and also a
partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
• 2 Feed the flock of God which is among
you, taking the oversight thereof, not by
constraint, but willingly; not for filthy
lucre, but of a ready mind;
• 3 Neither as being lords over God's
heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
30. RESPECT THE OFFICE OF THE MAN
• RESPECTS_ JEFF.IN V-13 N-4 SUNDAY_ 61-1015E
•
If you can't respect the man, respect
the office he holds in God. That's exactly
right (See?); respect him. If a minister
comes up, your pastor, always respect
him. I've heard congregations talk about
their pastor, how just talk about
him, run him down, ridicule him. How is
that pastor ever going to do anything for
you? He can't do it..
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31. RESPECT THE OFFICE OF THE MAN
• RESPECTS_ JEFF.IN V-13 N-4 SUNDAY_ 61-1015E
• I don't say this church, but I mean
churches I have seen, that if you... You've
got to love your pastor. You've got to
know that he's a human being, but yet
God has made him His pastor. The Holy
Ghost has made him overseer; then
you've got to respect him in that manner.
And no matter what the pastor's done, if
you respect him in your heart as God's
servant, God will respect you for doing
it.
32. 3 -THE GOVERNMENT
• Due to the sinful and rebellious
nature of men, God established
laws and set up human
government.
• God gave men the authority to
enforce His laws. He did this for
the protection and good of the
society.
33. 3 -THE GOVERNMENT
• Civil authorities are God's
provision for the restraint of
evil in order that we might
live "a quiet and peaceable
life in all godliness and
honesty." (1 Timothy 2:2)
34. 3 -THE GOVERNMENT
• The nation’s president, the
school teachers, police
officers, local
officials, judges, state
officials are all God's
delegated authorities. Since
they represent God's
authority, we must obey
35. 3 -THE GOVERNMENT
• The Bible says, "Let every
soul be subject to the
governing authorities. For
there is no authority
except from God, and the
authorities that exist are
appointed by God." Romans
13:1
36. 3 -THE GOVERNMENT
• Our Lord was never a party
to any rebellion. He taught
people to obey
governmental authorities.
When the Pharisees asked
Jesus whether they should
pay taxes to Caesar,
• The Lord replied, "Render
therefore to Caesar the
things that are Caesar's, and
to God the things that are
God's." Matthew 22:21
1 Peter 2:13 - "Submit
yourselves to every
ordinance of man
FOR THE LORD'S
SAKE...."
37. Question: "What if someone
in authority commands me to
do something which is contrary
to what God has commanded?"
•"We ought to obey God
rather than men." (Acts
5:29)
38. 4 -BUSINESS
• Our employer or
"boss"
represents God's
delegated
authority at
work.
39. 4 -BUSINESS
• We honor God in our
work when we do our
best for Jesus' sake.
• God is not pleased when
we do our work in a
careless and half-hearted
way. He wants us to put
our heart into our work.
40. 4 -BUSINESS
• MASTERS/EMPLOYERS
• EPHESIANS 6:9And, ye masters, do the
same things unto
them, forbearing
threatening: knowing that
your Master also is in
heaven; neither is there
respect of persons with
41. 4 -BUSINESS
• SERVANTS/EMPLOYEES
• COLOSSIANS 3:22-24
• 22 Servants, obey in all things your
masters according to the flesh; not with
eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in
singleness of heart, fearing God:
• 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it
heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto
men;
• 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall
receive the reward of the inheritance:
for ye serve the Lord Christ.
43. Final Admonition to All
• ROMANS 12:16-19
• 16 Be of the same mind one toward
another. Mind not high things, but
condescend to men of low estate. Be
not wise in your own conceits.
• 17 Recompense to no man evil for
evil. Provide things honest in the
sight of all men.
