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It’s good to remember also that authority as the world defines it is often at contrast with the kinds of authority that God gives us as Christians. The majority of the authority that God gives us is NOT positional but is part of the Holy Spirit’s gifting us for service. It is about abilities and spiritual power. Then there is the authority we have as emissaries of God which is both positional and spiritual.

When Jesus described a disciplining for those sinning it was not an individual that exercised this type of authority, but the whole body of Christ.