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Hello and welcome once again to another #celestialchallenge by the only knight in blockchain @SirKnight.

However, on today's celestial challenge, I am going to quickly talk about the topic of importance called authority Structures.

Authority Structures

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Whether she like it or not, there are authorities everywhere. Like In the family, the man is the head with the woman assisting, like in an organization you have Managing Directors and all the heirachy, in steemchurch we have Sirknight and so on.

However, the Bible made us to understand up to five different authorities in Roman's 13 Vs 1 -7 which says that;

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

This goes on to prove that there is high need to pay attention and maximum respect to those who God has instituted before us. I was very shocked when I saw an article from the Pakistani people begging for strength delegation and then tagging steemchurch to it. It was quite disheartening to say the least. It all goes to show they don't respect our vision statement brought forward by the vision bearer of the church @SirKnight.

However without wasting much time, let's get to do this right away. The following are the authorities God recognizes;

Church Authorities

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In the book of Ephesians chapter 4 Vs 11-16, it says that;

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,
12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.
15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

In other words you could choose to say leaders in the vineyard of God just like how the Knight has made deliberate efforts to build the church from the scratch. In the normal Conventional setting, a church will normally be guided by the directions of the pastor and elders as well as other appointed heads to various departments . Therefore it is very necessary to make sure we respect their decisions.

Family Authorities

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Likewise in the book of proverbs 6 Vs 20-21, it makes clear that;

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

This therefore mean that as children we need to pay outmost respect for who God has put before us to take care of us. We are all God's children and the best God can do is give us a loving earthy father that will take care of our needs through His Divine provision.

Business Authorities

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Likewise in Colossians 3 Vs 22, it clearly stated that;

workers , obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord

This means that there is high need to be obedient to them and not by mere eye service.

Government Authorities

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Of course I do have mixed feelings about this because here at steemchurch we really don't appreciate a government that is corrupt. However we respect Government authorized as instituted by Bible. The word of God says in 1peter 2 Vs 13-17 that;

13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

This shows that we all have to respect our authorities so as to breed peaceful coexistence.

Who Is The Overall Authority

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The answer to this very simple question is GOD.He is the head of all other authorities. He gives power and takes it, He frees the oppressed, he delivers the sick, He provides the directives so we can have fellowship with Him. In real Nigeria term we simply say God Is the BOSS.In summary, everyone is accountable to God for all dealings irrespective of who we are. He simply is the source of any other authority you can think of.

A Little Improvement On Steemchurch Flyer

Before now Apostle Tikhub has already made flyers for the steemchurch but I have been able to make a little improvement on it to boldly Carry the steemchurch title with the help of a friend @Da-vinci who I just introduced to steemit and Steemchurch a day ago. See the flyer here.

That's the much I can take on today's celestialchallenge/improvement of our flyers.
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