Who's Authority?

I have watched an interesting movie Time Changer a Rich Christiano Film. (I do have a problem with the ending and they have him lie, why? oh, why? Ok, only the Bible is infallible.) The message in the beginning is so powerful. It is something like this, When you separate Jesus from His teachings (that would be just teaching good morals) you take the authority out-Jesus' authority. the two cannot be separated. Now here is the lines that have had me thinking "It would be better to not tell a boy not to steal if one cannot tell him the authority. Then at a later time the boy would have a better chance to see a need for a savior. Satan is not against good morals-he is against the authority-Jesus."

The more I think about this I can see why the church is so corrupt. The authority has even been taken out of many churches today. It has been taken out of schools, courts, they are trying to take God's authority out of every aspect of life. It has happened so simply.

It reminds me of my teen years. I got fed up with hearing about God. I told my parents I didn't want to hear another word about God, not another reason why I cannot do this or that because of what the Bible said. Can you believe it they said ok. As I look back to my growing up that has to be about the saddest day. I won. It was not because I won but because of who they were willing to deny. They kept to it, God was not mentioned around me unless I brought up the subject. My dad did still preach about God in church as if nothing happened. Yet God was basically removed from the house. I then fell deep into drugs, alcohol and sex. I can still hear my dad giving reasons and examples of why I could not do this or that without giving me the authority-God.

At times I can see it in my child training. I am so glad that God will point it out and show me the err of my ways. Only then can I start to do the right. I praise God for not giving up on me, for not turning His back on me. Only by the blood of Jesus my Lord and Savior am I saved. God grace for not giving me what I deserve. A gift so freely given. I pray that I will never ever deny God for any possible reason. Dawn