The Authority of Jesus

UV 3421/10000 The Authority of Jesus
And said to Him, “Tell us by what kind of authority You are doing these things? Or who is the one who gave You this authority?”
Luke20 v 2

Then as today, people question the authority of Jesus. Is the source of His power or authority to do the unthinkable, the unimaginable, the impossible from man or from God? Jesus refused to answer this question of the chief priests, elders and scribes for the answer was obvious. It lay in the very scriptures they were studying. Jesus represents God for He is the visible expression of the invisible God. He is the Author of life as we know it. We are created by Him, through Him and for Him. Hence, He was exchanged as a ransom for our sakes. History got bifurcated by His act of sacrifice for mankind into the dark ages before and the age of the coming of His light into this world.

Jesus in the course of His brief life on Earth of 33 years proved He has authority over demons, diseases of all kinds including the deadly, the incurable and the inherited ones, over the elements of weather, over human beings, over angels, over the mind, over matter, over death and sin, over time, over principalities and powers of darkness. By His mere word on many occasions He commanded all of these at various times. No human before or since has demonstrated an iota of His total power and authority. Yet He exercised it not flamboyantly but with responsibility, wisdom, grace, humility, discernment and only when needed and natural means was not enough.

He did not, however, monopolise His authority and power but shared it with His followers. Just as God authorized Him to do the miraculous and supernatural, He authorized His first disciples as well as contemporary ones to do greater things than these. His authority being vested in His name makes it possible for us to speak, command, heal, deliver people. He has given us the authority or keys to both heaven and earth and we exercise it through prayer and intercession. The testimonies of people around the world right through history who were healed, delivered, blessed in a variety of ways are proof of the continuing authority of Jesus. He continues to shape and influence our lives for good.