What is the ultimate source of authority?

John 19:11Then Jesus said, “You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”

God is the ultimate source of authority over people’s lives and over governments.

Exodus 20:2“I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.”

God is the ultimate authority over his chosen people because he has bought them out of their slavery to sin.

2 Timothy 3:16All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.

Because Scripture comes from God, it should be the guiding authority over our lives.