Why is the Lord Jesus One with Authority, Reigning in Life?

 

Why is the Lord Jesus One with Authority, Reigning in Life?

 

John 5:19 "So Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.'"

John 4:34 "Jesus said to them, 'My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.'"

 

Aspect	Content	Related Scriptures
Reasons	1. The Lord Jesus fully submits to the authority of God the Father 2. The Lord rejects His natural humanity and lives under the constraint of God the Father 3. The Lord practically lives under the governance of God the Father	John 17:4 "I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do." John 14:10 "Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works." John 14:24 "Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me." John 5:30 "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me." John 7:18 "The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood."
Explanation	1. As God-man, the Lord Jesus on earth is completely under the governance of the Father's divine life 2. In His human living, the Lord does not act on His own but under the constraint of the Father's divine life 3. The Lord gains the Father's authority by submitting to Him 4. When there is no barrier between us and the Lord, we can experience the Lord's governing presence	Philippians 2:8-11 "And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Ezekiel 1:22, 26 "Over the heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of an expanse, shining like awe-inspiring crystal, spread out above their heads. ... And above the expanse over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with a human appearance." Revelation 22:1 "Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb." Matthew 8:5-13 (The story of the centurion's faith)
Example	The centurion recognized that Jesus was under authority, and therefore had authority to command others
Application	1. We should follow the Lord Jesus' example and submit to God's authority 2. Maintain a clear conscience, without barriers between us and the Lord 3. Live in the Lord's governing presence, experiencing grace reigning in life	Hebrews 4:16 "Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need." Colossians 1:13 "He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son."

 

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*Please refer to the 2024 Summer Live Training - Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (1) Message One: Christ as the Great Light, the One with Authority, the Physician, the Bridegroom, the Unfulled Cloth, and the New Wine