This of course would also make good sense, insofar as it indicates that the church’s authority is based on its spiritual recognition or intuition of what is consistent with the outworking of God’s will and righteousness on earth, rather than the church wielding power and authority as it sees fit. So in Acts 5, the judgement on Ananias and Saphira was not a matter of Peter venting his own anger, but what he said and did was a reflection of God’s own mind at this time, when He was so abundantly and freely working in and through His church – to whom much is given much shall be required.
Naye mtume Paulo ana ujumbe kama huu katika Tito 2:11-14: "Maana neema ya Mungu iwaokoayo wanadamu wote imefunuliwa; nayo yatufundisha kukataa ubaya na tamaa za kidunia; tupate kuishi kwa kiasi, na haki, na utauwa, katika ulimwengu huu wa sasa; tukilitazamia tumaini lenye baraka na mafunuo ya utukufu wa Kristo Yesu, Mungu mkuu na mwokozi wetu; ambaye alijitoa nafsi yake kwa ajili yetu, ili atukomboe na maasi yote, na kujisafishia watu wawe milki yake mwenyewe, wale walio na juhudi katika matendo mema."