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His name was Irwin Rommel.
He was to be known as the Desert Fox.
But before leading the Axis army in North Africa, Rommel was a commander in the German army as they invaded France in 1940.
It was during that invasion that Rommel tells of having taken a ride in his command car to reconnoiter the front.
He was driving through the Belgium hills when he rounded a turn and came face to face with a truck filled with enemy soldiers.
Without missing a beat, Rommel was out of his command car and calling loudly to the soldiers, "You are all now prisoners of the German army.
Just drive your truck in that direction and you will be processed accordingly."
The soldiers in the truck nodded their agreement and moved to comply.
The truck behind them followed suit.
As did the truck behind that one.
In amazement, Rommel watched while 20 truckloads of soldiers meekly surrendered, all because one man had spoken with authority.
One of the distinctive things about Jesus was that He spoke with a calm but unshakable authority.
This set him apart from the rabbinical teachers of that day who were always having to quote the opinion of some earlier rabbi or expert.
Jesus spoke from God.
He was able to say, "Thus saith the Lord."
And He even went further to say, "Thus saith ME."
He did not only speak with authority; He also ACTED with authority.
He acted with authority when He commanded demons to leave those whom they had possessed.
He acted with authority when He told a storm to be silent.
He acted with authority when He told a lame man to walk, when He rebuked disease and it departed, and when He commanded a dead girl to get up.
And He acted with authority when He came in and cleansed the Temple, driving out those who had come to make a profit instead of to listen to the Prophet.
Imagine what would be the reaction if an out-of-town carpenter showed up this Sunday in your church and began overturning pews and tossing around the offering plates.
What would be your reaction?
It would probably be the same as was seen by the Temple leaders: "What gives you the right to do these things?
Just who do you think you are?"
JESUS HAS ALL AUTHORITY OVER ALL LIFE BECAUSE HE AUTHORED LIFE IN HIS IMAGE.
Why does mankind rebellion against the God in whose image they were created?
Our first parents rebelled for the same reason their descendants rebel today - they believed the lie that God was not good.
All that we call human history--money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery--[is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.
C.S. Lewis
THE ROOT OF REBELLION
DEPRAVITY
We see the depths of their depravity and Christ grace as they argue against Him the very power that makes them able to argue at all.
The depravity of man is expressed in their demands while the goodness of God is experienced in submission.
THE FRUIT OF REBELLION
DESTRUCTION
All that we call human history--money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery--[is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.
The Bible says all men are without excuse.
Even those who are given no good reason to believe and many persuasive reasons to disbelieve have no excuse, because the ultimate reason they do not believe is that they have deliberately rejected God's Holy Spirit.
THE REASON FOR SUBMISSION
Our reason for submission is the imago dei.
People are not to make images of God because He has already made images of himself.
IMAGO DEI
Jesus has all authority over all life because He authored life in His image.
Submit to His authority today for He is good.
Closing story from Tim Keller:
I asked her what was so scary about unmerited free grace?
She replied something like this: "If I was saved by my good works -- then there would be a limit to what God could ask of me or put me through.
I would be like a taxpayer with rights.
I would have done my duty and now I would deserve a certain quality of life.
But if it is really true that I am a sinner saved by sheer grace -- at God's infinite cost -- then there's nothing he cannot ask of me.
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