Jesus' Authority Scrutinized, Jesus Authority Validated!

Authority. What is and who has it?? Matthew 7 verse 28 -29 says after Jesus finished speaking the crowds were amazed at His teaching. For he taught as one who had real authority....quite unlike the teachers of religious law. Matthew 9 verse 2. Some friends brought Jesus a man that was paralyzed. Jesus told the man your sins are forgiven. v 3 "Blasphemy! this man talks like he is God some of the religious law teachers said. Jesus knew what they were thinking so he asked them "why are you thinking such evil thoughts is it easier to say your sins are forgiven or get up and walk I will prove that I the Son of Man have the authority on earth to forgive sins." Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said stand up take up your mat and go home because you are healed. The man jumped up and went home. fear swept through the crowd as they saw this happen right before their eyes. v8 They praised God for sending a man with such great authority.  In the law and in the courtroom authority is everything. Black's Law Dictionary says authority is the power present in any job needed to get it done. It can also be defined as any power that is formally given. Another definition for legal authority is the judgment of the court used to support an argument. Simply stated authority is legal support of an action. Power is defined as the ability to do something or act in a particular way. I get excited when I read scripture that says Jesus has authority. countless times in the courtroom a judge will ask an attorney what is your authority. The attorney will then proceed to quote a case from the California court from the federal court from the Constitution or from a code book or other legal source. An attorney's argument rests on the legal authorities he/she is citing or quoting.the authority is the legal basis for the argument a person is making. The legal authority is the power by which a judge can make a decision. Here we see Jesus has authority... He has authority when he speaks and he has authority to heal and forgive sins. Jesus has the power to do all that is within the Father's power. Jesus has authority to heal sin and to save people. Where does Jesus get his authority?? Jesus has the same authority that the Heavenly Father does. Jesus is Lord of creation Lord of the earth Lord of circumstances.....He is the Lord of all. We can come confidently to our advocate knowing that he always lives to intercede for us and he has the greatest Authority under heaven. This causes us to rejoice. I love the song by Gia Lucid that says over and over there is power in the name of Jesus to break every chain break every chain. Salvation is found in no one else for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which you must be saved. Acts 4:12. There's power in the name of Jesus because there's authority in the name of Jesus.