The source and guarantee of this Church authority is Christs continuing presence in his Church — Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age (Mt 28:20). The purpose of this authority is to give the Church the ability to teach without error about the essentials of salvation: On this rock, I will build My Church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it (Mt 16:18). Jesus tells the Apostles that the authority he is giving them derives from his own, divine authority. (All authority... / Go therefore.) • The Apostles authority and mission comes directly from Christ himself. • The nature of this mission is to lead or govern (make disciples), sanctify (baptizing them), and teach (teaching them to observe). • Christ promises to remain present with them always in support of this mission (I am with you always). He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. (Mt 10:40) And: He who hears you hears Me, and he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me. (Lk 10:16)
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