What is the sum and substance of all that we have discussed? Authority, responsibility and accountability are a part of our everyday life in various forms. These are required for the smooth functioning of everyone's life.
People who are entrusted with different levels of responsibilities in different areas of life need to know that the authority they have is meant to enable them to carry out their responsibilities efficiently and not to be used for self-pleasing or self-advancement.
Those under authority must recognise that their submission is what enables those in authority to fulfil their responsibilities.
What goes wrong is when someone shirks his responsibilities and misuses his authority or when someone fears those in authority and blindly obeys them.
We ought to recognise that all of us – including those who have authority in specific situations and others who have to submit – are to be accountable to God for all that we do (Rom.14:12).
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Jacob Ninan,
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