A Man Under Authority - Paul M. Williams

Matthew 8:5-13 A sad reality that haunts our present day is that Christianity has been reduced to nothing more than a simple formula through which if a person can regurgitate a few words, giving mental assent to a few facts, then he's admitted into this comfortable religion we call Christianity and promised the treasures of eternal life.  What does this "comfortable" religion look like?  Well...let's just say, you'd never know that the people professing it were any different from the world if it were not for the fact that they went by the name of Christian!!!!  Yet, here's the thing...as we trace the history of the first century Church, they were not always called Christians; they were called Christians first in Antioch.  What were they then known as before Antioch?  "...the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch".  Hence we see, the name "Christian", and the word "disciple" are synonymous!!  This sermon is a call for the rubber on the Christian wheels to meet the road.  Who sits on the throne of your heart?  Who is the supreme ruler of your life?  Who's pulling the strings?  Who's calling the shots?  In short; are you a man under authority?