{"id":142997,"date":"2022-04-14T04:11:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T09:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/?p=142997"},"modified":"2022-04-06T05:21:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T10:21:46","slug":"34-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/14\/34-s\/","title":{"rendered":"34.s. \u201cBy what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matthew 21:23\u00a0 <\/span>And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, \u201cBy what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?\u201d Jesus answered them, \u201cI also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?\u201d And they discussed it among themselves, saying, \u201cIf we say, \u2018From heaven,\u2019 he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?\u2019 But if we say, \u2018From man,\u2019 we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.\u201d So they answered Jesus, \u201cWe do not know.\u201d And he said to them, \u201cNeither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Jesus did not confine himself to beneficent acts; he used the opportunity of the gathering of crowds around him to preach unto them the gospel (Luke 20:1<\/span><\/a>), to teach truths which came with double force from One who bad done such marvellous things.\u00a0By what authority doest thou these things?\u00a0They refer to the triumphal entry, the reception of the homage offered, the healing of the blind and lame, the teaching as with the authority of a rabbi, and especially to the cleansing of the temple. No one could presume to teach without a proper commission: where was his authorization? They were the guardians and rulers of the temple: what right had he to interfere with their management, and to use the sacred precincts for his own purposes? These and such like questions were in their mind when they addressed him thus. Wilfully ignoring the many proofs they had of Christ’s Divine mission.<\/p>\n

Who gave thee this authority?\u00a0They resolve the general inquiry into the personal one – Who was it that conferred upon you this authority which you presume to exercise? Was it some earthly ruler, or was it God himself? Perhaps they mean to insinuate that Satan was the master whose power he wielded – an accusation already often made. They thought thus to place Christ in an embarrassing position, from which he could not emerge without affording the opportunity which they desired. The trap was cleverly set, and, as they deemed, unavoidable. If he was forced to confess that he spoke and acted without any proper authorization, he would be humiliated in the eyes of the people, and might be officially silenced by the strong hand. If he asserted himself to be the Messiah and the bearer of a Divine commission, they would at once bring against him a charge of blasphemy.<\/p>\n

Without the infilling Holy Spirit, it is impossible to comprehend the honor and glory Jesus Christ deserves. His power, might, authority, and message will be ever falling on the deaf ears of those who deny and reject His Good News of salvation, redemption, forgiveness, and eternal life. The Word of God is a sharp sword that swings at the thoughts and intents of the heart of a person. It is a smart person who, after being cut to the heart, cries out for the wielder of the sword to heal and make their heart new.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matthew 21:23\u00a0 And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, \u201cBy what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?\u201d Jesus answered them, \u201cI also will ask you one question, and if you tell … Continue reading “34.s. \u201cBy what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?\u201d”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[598,4031,528,3839,5428,38,165,15462,3331,4446,15811],"class_list":["post-142997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-afraid","tag-answered","tag-authority","tag-chief-priests","tag-crowd","tag-heaven","tag-jesus","tag-john-the-baptist","tag-teaching","tag-temple","tag-we-do-not-know"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142997"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143078,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142997\/revisions\/143078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}