110123 The Bedrock Principle of AuthorityThe Bedrock Principle of Authority.

We interact with authority every day. We submit ourselves to authority every day. We

depend on authority every day. At the gas pump. In the grocery store. When we look at our

watches. As we use our money. When we drive our motor vehicles. As we leave the pharmacy.

We expect the fresh fruits and vegetables that we buy to meet a certain standard of

cleanliness and quality. We take for granted the fact that the prescriptions our pharmacists fill

have been regulated and approved by a governing authority. Every single time we cruise beside

someone on the highway or fly by another car on a narrow two-way street, we assume that all

involved are going to abide by the regulating standards of lawful authority.

Standards of authority have power to teach, reprove, correct and train. When different

people with differing ideas and varying histories and conflicting agendas agree to abide under a

common standard of authority, unity of mind and purpose is possible. There is potential for

peaceful and constructive coexistence. Disagreements can be settled and a clear vision for

collective purpose and action in the future can be established.