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"The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Biblical Use of Power"
by Dr. Patti Amsden
Authority is the right to act while power is the force by which an action can be accomplished. Authority is official in nature and is, therefore, legitimate. Power may not always be legitimately exercised. A man carrying a gun may not be licensed or trained to use a gun, therefore he may not have authority. The nature of a gun is a power weapon and, therefore, the man carrying has access to power. The unauthorized gun carrier may not have the authority to control the actions of another, but he has the power to so. Elected officials possess delegated authority that is derived from the populace and from the office to which they have been elected. Each office also has designated power assigned by the constitution and job description.
Reformation lens #1 – Authority, which is the right to control, and power, which is the ability to enforce both authority and control, must work in legitimate cooperation one with another.

Both authority and power must be service based. According to scripture, those empowered over others must use their actions to bring benefit, prosperity, freedom, and blessings to those who are under the influence of the one in power (Mt. 20:26-28; 23:11). Parents are to govern, guide, and provide for their children so as to release them into their full potential and adulthood. The five-fold ministry leaders are to equip and mature believers for the kingdom work into which the Christian has been called. Business leaders are to provide a platform for their employees to exercise their talents and training and from which to obtains financial and earthly rewards.
Reformation lens #2 – The concept of governing is based upon serving others and empowering others rather than using those under one’s authority for personal advantage.

Authority and power must be motivated by love. Love recognizes the image of God in others and treats each person with the dignity and value God has placed upon them. Although authority, power, or position my vary from person to person, the non-biased treatment of all persons is outlined within the commandments and must be observed. Love is concerned with the universal rights and welfare of others. Love does not promote self-interest at the expense of another nor does it unrighteously use power or authority to usurp the rights of those being ruled. Reformation lens #3 – Love makes power safe.

As Reformers, we must understand that God is not afraid to distribute His power. God has an infinite source of power and is never diminished when He gives it away. He does not maintain His control by hoarding His power. He calls people, gives them gifts, sets them in positions, and shares His authority with them. Scripture admonishes man to do likewise. “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus, Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!” (Phil. 2:3-8, NIV).

Everyone has some power and some authority. Everyone can rule over someone and seek to advance his or her position at the expense of another or can choose to train, teach, assist, and empower the other person into becoming more or attaining more. This axiomatic truth is applicable at every level of society, and it is especially important when applied to those in positions of authority in the civil realm. When a civil servant ceases to be a servant and, instead, operates in self-serving lordship over the populace, that civil magistrate deserves to be divested of both authority and power by being voted out of office. 
 


Archived Articles

​The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Primary Elections
            June, 2022
​The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Amendment 1 and Civil Overreach into Other God-ordained Jurisdictions 
            May, 2022
​The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Amendment 1  
            May, 2022
​The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Critical Race Theory  
    December, 2021
​The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Vaccination of Children  
    November, 2021
​The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Parental Notification in  Abortion
                   October, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning the Myth of Neutrality in Education 
                   October, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Shema and Biblical education vs. Public Education
                   July, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Sex Education in Public Schools, Part II
                   July, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Sex Education in Public Schools
                   July, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Thrones of Iniquity
                   May, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Police Reform Laws
               February, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR)
               January, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Redistricting
               January, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Mayflower Compact
            November, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Right to Vote
            October, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Graduated Tax Amendment​   
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              September, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Awakening
            July, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Illinois Monuments
            July, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Illinois Governors and Corruption
            June, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Illinois Governors and State Racial Equality
            June, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning the Civil Realm and Overstepping Authority 
            May, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Righteous Civil Actions and the Pandemic
            May, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning the Curse and a Plague
            April, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Covenant
            March, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Societal Corruption
            March, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Corruption in Illinois Civil Servants 
            February, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning the Morality of Recreational Marijuana 
            February, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Legalizing Marijuana 
            January, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Ekklesia and Apostolic Alliances 
            December, 2019
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Abortion and Gate-keepers
            November, 2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Restoring Ancient Pathways
            October, 2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Kingdom Management by the Ekklesia
            September, 2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Building Local Ekklesia Alliances
                  August, 2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Covenantal Stewardship over the Earth
                  July, 2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Government Involvement in Farm Subsidies
                   July,  2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Progressive Income Taxes
                   June,  2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Income Taxes
                   June,  2019
The Lenses of 
Reformation Concerning Mercy and Natural Disasters

                   May,  2019
The Lenses of 
Reformation Concerning State Treasurer and Comptroller  

                   May,  2019
The Lenses of 
Reformation Concerning State Government and Record-Keeping  

                 April, 2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning the Role of Courts and Civil Justice
                 March, 2019
Illinois:  The Apostolic State; A Call to Leaders
       November 30, 2017
Illinois:  The Apostolic State
       November 28, 2017
Biblical View on Minimum Wage, Part 3
       September 28, 2017

Biblical View on Minimum Wage, Part 2
       September 14, 2017

Biblical View on Minimum Wage
            August  31, 2017
Biblical Case for Civil Taxation, Part 3
            August 3, 2017

Biblical Case for Civil Taxation, Part 2
            August 3, 2017


Biblical Case for Civil Taxation, Part 1
               July 13, 2017

Business:  Plunder and Free Will Contracts
               May 25, 2017

Business:  The Engine of Dominion
               May 25, 2017

Man's Inheritance of the Earth 
            May 11, 2017

Building the City of God 
            April  2, 2017


Judgment on the Fallen Kosmos 
            March 2, 2017

Discipling the Nations: The Fallen Kosmos
        February 2, 2017


A New Administration Takes Office:  Who Must Keep the Law?
          January  19 2017

Welcoming 2017:  A Year of God's Provision
        January  5, 2017

Discipling the Nations: God's Earth under Man's Stewardship
        December 8, 2016

Discipling the Nations: Teaching all Nations
        November 17, 2016

Ekklesia:  Revelation of the Rock Mountain             August 25, 2016
Ekklesia:  Upon This Rock I Will Build My Church 
            August 11, 2016
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Ekklesia; The Background of Caesarea Philippi 
              July 28, 2016.
Ekklesia; Moses #1 and Moses #2 
              July 14, 2016
Ekklesia; The Nature of the Christ's Courts, #3 
              June 23, 2016
Ekklesia; The Nature of the Christ's Courts, #2 
              June 23, 2016
Ekklesia: The Nature of the Christ's Courts, #1 
              June 2, 2016.
Ekklesia: The Nature of the Lowest Courts, #2 
              May 19, 2016

Ekklesia: The Nature of the Lowest Courts, #1 
              May 5, 2016
Ekklesia:  The Authority of Biblical Courts 
             
April 28, 2016

Ekklesia:  Judicial  Activity
             
April 14, 2016
Ekklesia:  Maturity through Responsibility  
             
April 7, 2016
Ekklesia:  Shared Yoke  
           
March 31, 2016.

Ekklesia:  Shared Power  
           
March 24, 2016.

Ekklesia: The Power of Unity       
           
March 10, 2016
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Ekklesia: Economic
Subordination  
      
           
March 03, 2016.

Ekklesia: Earned Authority       
        
February 25, 2016

Ekklesia: The Nature of Ekklesia Authority       
        
February11, 2016

Ekklesia: Called-Out and Set-In Authority       
        
February 4, 2016.

Ekklesia: Greek City-States
       January 28, 2016

The Church: An Ekklesia not a Synagogue
       January 21, 2016

Ekklesia:  The Governmental Function of the Church
       January 14, 2016

Ekklesia:  The Quest for Truth
       January 7, 2016
Ekklesia:  Keys of Kingdom Management, Part 2
       November 24, 2015

 Ekklesia:  Keys of Kingdom Management
        November 17, 2015

 Ekklesia:  God's Appointed Stewards
        November 12, 2015
A Resurrected Ekklesia:
        November 5, 2015
Ekklesia:  Lift Up Your Heads, O You Gates 
        October 22, 2015

Ekklesia:  Opening the  Gates of Death 
        October 8, 2015

Ekklesia:  The Gates of Hell shall Not Prevail 
        October 1, 2015

The Ekklesia Built by Christ 
       September 24, 2015

Dismantling the Older Covenant Order 
       September 17, 2015

Blessed are the Meek and Inheriting the Earth 
          September 9 ,2015
Covenantal Faithfulness and Stewarding the Earth 
             August 27 ,2015
Covenantal Sanctions 
             August 20 ,2015
The Ratified Covenant 
             August 13 ,2015
God's Everlasting Covenant  
                August 6,2015
The Nature of Covenant  
                 July 30,2015
Leviathan and The Transfer of Wealth 
                 July 23,2015
Leviathan and Mammon 
                 July 16,2015
Leviathan, Cheating in the Trade 
                 July 9,2015
Leviathan and Power Economics
                 July 2,2015
Leviathan, A Demonic Principality
                 June 18,2015
Leviathan, Controlling the Commerce of a Nation
                 June 25,2015
Leviathan, King of Pride
                 June 11,2015
Escapist Religion
                   June 4,2015
Dual Citizenship
                May 28, 2015
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