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We begin the process of being born again through exercising faith in Christ, repenting of our sins, and being baptized by immersion for the remission of sins by one having priesthood authority. -- David A. Bednar
The transcendent gift of the Holy Ghost, along with membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is bestowed by confirmation, by the laying on of hands by those having priesthood authority. -- James E. Faust
Of the sayings of Christ in the Synoptic Gospels that can be compared to those in the fourth Gospel, there are one or two which I venture to think can only have been recorded on the authority of St. John. -- Alfred Noyes
The Holy Ghost bears witness to us of the truth and impresses upon our souls the reality of God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, so surely that no earthly power or authority can separate us from that knowledge. -- James E. Faust
Priesthood is the means whereby the Lord acts through men to save souls. One of the defining features of the Church of Jesus Christ, both anciently and today, is His authority. There can be no true Church without divine authority. -- David A. Bednar
Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the people. -- Charles Hodge
How many Catholic schools do you think teach the students to question the authority of the Pope? Do you believe Christian schools teach students to question or challenge the authority of Jesus Christ? Do military schools teach the cadets to challenge the authority. -- Neal Boortz
Behold how Christ is the foundation of the church and the apostles are the foundations! Christ is by a figure of speech - antonomastice - the foundation because the edifice of the church begins from him and is finished in him and through him. But the prophets and apostles are the foundations because their authority bears up our weakness. -- Jan Hus
Peace comes in situations completely surrendered to the sovereign authority of Christ. -- Beth Moore
As things are brought back under Christ's rule and authority, they are restored to health, beauty, and freedom. -- Timothy Keller
One thing is clear - demons know they must submit to the superior authority in the name of Jesus Christ! -- T. B. Joshua
That you cannot have Christian principles without Christ is becoming increasingly clear, because their validity as principles depends on Christ's authority. -- Dorothy L. Sayers
Christ is the source of all true priesthood authority and power on earth. It is His work, in which we are privileged to assist. -- Dieter F. Uchtdorf
No matter what authority Satan and his subjects have temporarily been allowed in this world system, Christ can pull rank anytime He wants to. -- Beth Moore
If we belong to Christ, Satan has no right to exercise authority over us, but he hopes we're too ignorant regarding Scripture to know it. -- Beth Moore
Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship. -- Elisabeth Elliot
To be converted to faith in Jesus Christ is to return to the worship of the true God, and to dethrone all rivals to his authority. -- Graham Kendrick
The modern world detests authority but worships relevance. Our Christian conviction is that the Bible has both authority and relevance, and that the secret of both is Jesus Christ -- John Stott

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