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1 posted on 06/26/2015 7:02:13 AM PDT by Salvation

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What Does It Mean to Preach With Authority? A Consideration of the Concluding Line of the Sermon on the Mount

2 posted on 06/26/2015 7:02:44 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)

“Respect my authoritah!”

~ E. Cartman

4 posted on 06/26/2015 7:15:25 AM PDT by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)

In order to understand why the crowd reacted the way they did, we need only listen to the sermon they heard.

How many times did Jesus say, "Ye have heard it said...but I say unto you"?

Sometimes we hear this sort of exchange between kids:

"You better quit doing that!"

"Oh yeah? Says who?"

Jesus spoke as though He had authority to issue edicts. The scribes didn't. And so...

"the multitudes were astonished at his teaching: for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes."

If we'll read the Bible carefully, we won't feel a need - as this OP author does - to come up with clever ideas like "preach with the authority that comes from the lived and substantial experience".

7 posted on 06/26/2015 11:29:22 AM PDT by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")

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