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What does the Bible say about all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth?

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The Bible teaches that the risen Jesus Christ possesses supreme authority over all creation, and He exercises it for the salvation, sanctification, and mission of His people. In Matthew 28:18-20, Christ grounds the church's calling to make disciples in His universal rule and promises His abiding presence. His authority includes forgiving sins, as Matthew 9:6-8 shows, and granting peace and sending witnesses, as in John 20:19-24. Hebrews 1:2 declares that the Father appointed the Son heir of all things, while Philippians 2:12-13 comforts believers that God works in them to will and to act. Therefore Christians obey Christ confidently, rejecting human traditions that diminish His sufficiency.

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  • Matthew 28:18-20

    [18] Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. [19] Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

  • 1 Peter 3:18-22

    [18] Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; [19] in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison, [20] who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ark was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. [21] This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you-- not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, [22] who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

  • Matthew 28:18

    Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

  • Matthew 28:18-19

    [18] Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. [19] Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

  • Matthew 9:6-8

    [6] But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic), "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house." [7] He arose and departed to his house. [8] But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

  • John 20:19-24

    [19] When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you." [20] When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord. [21] Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." [22] When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit! [23] Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven them. Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained." [24] But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them when Jesus came.

  • John 6:55-59

    [55] For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. [56] He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him. [57] As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me. [58] This is the bread which came down out of heaven-- not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever." [59] These things he said in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

  • Hebrews 1:2

    has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

  • Colossians 2:8

    Be careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

  • Philippians 2:12-13

    [12] So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. [13] For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

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