Excerpt from sermon on Sunday, 02/01/2015: "How do we know when authority and the power it brings with it are from God? What do that authority and power look like? What don’t they look like? Christopher Morse believes that God is love and that God is Lord. You can’t say that God is love only, and you can’t say that God is Lord only. God is both love and Lord. God has authority and power over all things. In the final analysis, God will not be defeated by anything. Yet God’s authority and power are only used with love. Here’s how Morse says this:
'Christian faith refuses to believe that love, as defined with reference to God, is subject to final defeat by any opposition. [In other words, God’s love cannot be defeated by anything.] Christian faith refuses to believe in any form of domination that is not the dominion of love. [Yet, God will only dominate through the power of love.]'
Authority and power that are from God are used with love. If they are not used with love, they are not from God. This is the test that the Bible asks us to do when confronted by authority and power, or when using authority and power."
READ FULL SERMON HERE
'Christian faith refuses to believe that love, as defined with reference to God, is subject to final defeat by any opposition. [In other words, God’s love cannot be defeated by anything.] Christian faith refuses to believe in any form of domination that is not the dominion of love. [Yet, God will only dominate through the power of love.]'
Authority and power that are from God are used with love. If they are not used with love, they are not from God. This is the test that the Bible asks us to do when confronted by authority and power, or when using authority and power."
READ FULL SERMON HERE
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