Authority

Connections List
 * Power
 * Dictionary
 * Power, authority, responsibility
 * Giving
 * Covenants
 * Romans 13
 * 1 Peter 2
 * Matthew 22
 * Truth source, ethos
 * Governmental systems

Scope
 * Authority - the word and concept

Definition Topics
 * 1) (primary) Authority is the legal, arbitrary formalization of power over people.
 * Typically it is accompanied with matching power - either unilaterally (like God) or practically (like in a business).
 * 2) ethos. Use "ethos" for the definition.
 * Mech
 * Verses
 * How higher powers have different authority

Mech
 * Instituited by God. Rom 13:1, +I forget ref
 * For your good. Rom 13:4
 * You should welcome authority. Like you would a kung-fu teacher. Like sex sort of. Unlike our western culture of rebellion/questioning.
 * To receive honor indebts you to the authority who gave it. Daniel 5:17, Gen 14:23, 2 King 5:16

VERSES
 * taxes to ceasar matt 22, mark 12, luke 20
 * slaves 1 peter 2
 * rom 13 be subject - previous context is heap coals, love enemy feed him

God has authority
 * God has ultimate authority. It's like the President. The president can declare war. No citizen can do that. It's because he's the controller representative.