AUTHORITY-CHURCH

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Church officers must exercise…authority with a theology of the cross. As servants of Christ, they are servants of Chris’s people, and their power is for the building up of the church. That power is limited to what the Word of God commands, and temptations to add to or subtract from it must be resisted. The church has no right to bind consciences of its members without warrant from the Word.

John R. Muether

Knowing His Voice, Tabletalk, March, 2009, p. 16. Used by Permission.

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Contrary to contemporary wisdom, the Bible teaches that one cannot yield to the authority of the Word without submitting to the authority of the church.

John R. Muether

Knowing His Voice, Tabletalk, March, 2009, p. 15. Used by Permission.

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