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Podcast: Open the Bible UK Daily
Episode: How God Gives Authority
Description: But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession. 1 PETER 2:9We live in a fallen world where even the best leaders are sinners in the process of being redeemed. So, when God gives authority, He spreads it out. No one person could hold all four offices of leadership. The priest could not be a king. The prophet could not act as the judge.Christopher Wright, in his commentary on Deuteronomy says, “The clear distinction and separation of the different kinds of authority can be seen as a...