Pastor's Corner: Take thou authority

"But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" - [Jesus of Nazareth] then said to the paralytic - "Stand up, take your bed, and go to your home. And he stood up and went to his home. When the crowds saw it, they were filled with awe, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to human beings."

Authority, according to Britannica, is the power or right to direct or control someone or something. Have you ever held a position of authority? Our first instinct might be to respond, "no," because we don't always feel "powerful."

However, the root word o...