{"id":352,"date":"2022-10-09T09:09:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T16:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partnershipministries.org\/?page_id=352"},"modified":"2022-10-22T04:36:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T11:36:36","slug":"what-do-you-mean-by-earned-authority","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/partnershipministries.org\/about\/faq\/what-do-you-mean-by-earned-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY EARNED AUTHORITY?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"352\" class=\"elementor elementor-352\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d91b01d abt-pg elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d91b01d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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display-inline\"><div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__inline-wrap\"><p class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\"><span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-quote-left\"><\/i><\/span>After attending the teaching on 21st Century Marketplace, I never look at a newspaper or watch the news on television the same way.\u00a0 Each event is significant in the structure of our society, and significantly impacts the spiritual and natural realms in which we live.<span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-quote-right\"><\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec2f614 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"ec2f614\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing jet-listing-dynamic-field display-inline\"><div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__inline-wrap\"><h6 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Centre<\/h6><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a19494e elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"a19494e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing jet-listing-dynamic-field display-inline\"><div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__inline-wrap\"><h6 class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Ellel Central &amp; Eastern Europe; Development Hungary<\/h6><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1877a5a\" data-id=\"1877a5a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb978e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb978e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A:<\/strong>This is a term that is used to explain the appropriation of an authority God gives to us in an area of our life where earlier there may have been a weakness &#8211; a vulnerability \u2013 an area in which sin was able to access our life and impede our growth and personal transformation in our Christian walk.\u00a0 By addressing such areas specifically, what was once an area of vulnerability can instead become an area in which the authority of Christ as released through the Cross addresses that particular issue and it no longer has the same access in our life and work. Instead, we now have an authority in that area in which we can minister into the lives of other people who have experienced the same problem.\u00a0 Furthermore, loss can be turned into gain and the power of the Cross restores whatever the locusts may have destroyed (c.f. Joel 2:25) This reference can refer to relationships \u2013 integrity \u2013 ministry \u2013 collegiality \u2013 finances \u2013 and overall productivity of life \u2013 as well as the harvest on the land itself. 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