Meekness and Self-Control

453.641 - 484.685 R.C. Sproul

Authority has to do with legally constituted or righteously established positions of rule or of leadership or the right to govern. And that right to govern is not limited or restricted to government as such, but the teacher has authority in the classroom. She has the right to govern the classroom. Parents in the home have authority, the right to impose obligations upon the children.