References:

• Authority—a definition (American Heritage Dictionary online)
  • The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge.
  • One that is invested with this power, especially a government or body of government officials…
• ἐξουσία (ex-oo-see'-ah)- power, authority (author)
  • Mat 7:29 - 1st time in NT - end of Sermon on Mount
  • Mat 8:9 - a man who understands authority
  • Mat 9:8 - that we may know He has power and authority as God
  • Jn 10:18 - authority to lay down His life and the power to take it up again. 
    • Etymology traces the word back to Latin “auctor,” creator; see author
      • Jesus as author of salvation
      • author and giver of life
• Will I let Him be the Author of my life, and write the story of my life according to His plot line?
  • Song: Write My Life by Out of the Grey
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNYHfMFmlxo
• He holds the copyright on our lives
  • When we try to take control of our own story, we are guilty of copyright infringement