I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Real spiritual authority has to do with the truth of the actual words being spoken, and the spirit of the person behind the words. Really, authority is about truth: honest-living truth.
Authentic spiritual authority is what puts you in touch with reality.
No authority is higher than reality.
By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.
I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.
I believe very confidently in the truth of Scripture, where it says that there is no authority, no power given to man except as given by God.
Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.
A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once.
Jesus was a perfect example of following authority. He was subject to His earthly parents; he subjected himself to the laws of the land, and as God, he had the power not to do any of it.
Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller.