"For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes." Matt. vii. 29.
The Scribes were interpreters of the law of Moses, the expounders of the religious writings of national leaders, long since deceased. They depended wholly on past opinions. Jesus' words were not born of earthly thought, but of heavenly reflection; hence they must be eternal. He knew the way to heaven, and he knew its requisites. He knew the Principle of the celestial kingdom, and spake as one having a direct message from God; hence with authority.
Truth must voice itself with authority, and to speak as one having authority is within the province of everybody. To attain this height is the right of all humanity, and must be achieved sooner or later.
